(Adds detail, background)JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Sibanye-Stillwater said on Monday that the Association of Mineworkers andConstruction Union (AMCU) planned to strike on Wednesday at itsSouth African gold operations after wage agreement talks brokedown. Sibanye-Stillwater, which had signed a three-year wageagreement with three other labour unions, said AMCU represents43 percent of its work...Read More
Gold pour at the Aurora Mine in Guyana, South America. Source: Guyana Goldfields Inc.Guyana Goldfields Inc. [GUY-TSX; OTC-GUYFF] has been asked to cease all activity related to underground development at its Aurora Mine in Guyana, South America.A Guyanese newspaper reported over the weekend that the request came from the country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a report by Sco...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to hold back from the deep-sea scrap market on Monday November 19, because they expect more supplies from China to hit the market in the next few weeks.This is especially so for Chinese rebar, which is widely expected by market participants to be offered in increasing amounts in the near term while its domestic market softens."The price in China is falling....Read More
(Reuters) - Iran will continue to export oil despite U.S. sanctions, which are part of a psychological war doomed to failure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday.By reimposing sanctions on OPEC’s third biggest crude producer, Washington wants to force Tehran to drop its ballistic missile programs, further curb its nuclear work and limit its support for proxy militias from Syria t...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin slumped to a new 13-month low on Monday, with the biggest cryptocurrency touching $5173.23 on the Bitstamp platform BTC=BTSP.Bitcoin was last down 5.2 percent at $5270. The cryptocurrency, and other lesser coins including ethereum and XRP, endured a sell-off last week, with some blaming fears that a “hard fork” in bitcoin cash, where the smaller coin that sp...Read More
* European stocks struggle with car woes, Wall Streetfutures dip* Nikkei and China shares firm* Mixed signals on prospect of Sino-US trade thaw* Dollar subdued as Fed talks about global risks* Sterling waits for more Brexit developments * Oil prices recoup some losses on chance of output cut * Graphic: The rolling bear market* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018By Marc JonesLONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) -...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have softened over the past week with some mills reducing their buy prices because of high stock levels, sources said on Monday November 19.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,650-1,940 ($309-363) per tonne delivered on Monday, widening downward from last week's TRY1,800-1,940 per tonne.This change in the as...Read More
Rob McLeod, President and CEO of IDM Mining, shows off the 10 g/t gold mineralization underground at the Red Mountain Mine.Aben Resources Ltd. [ABN-TSXV; ABNAF-OTC; E2L-FSE] reported drill results from the Forrest Kerr Project. Results continue to reveal near-surface high-grade gold mineralization at the Boundary Zone and demonstrate potential for new discoveries.For step-out drilling at the North...Read More
Unwavering demand for refined copper, following China's ban of category 7 copper scrap imports, and tighter refined copper cathodes supply from overseas may lead to higher spot copper premiums cif Shanghai in the first half of 2019, Awin Resources' deputy general manager Danny Ju told Fastmarkets in a recent interview. The effect of several smelter disruptions in 2018 will be sustained into first...Read More
By Polina Devitt and Christian LoweMOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Russian nickel and palladiumproducer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) plans to ramp upoutput over the next five years to tap an expected boom indemand from electric vehicle makers, its CEO and top shareholderVladimir Potanin told Reuters.The company, which vies with Brazil's Vale to bethe world's largest nickel producer, has been profitable f...Read More
Comex copper prices eased lower in morning trading on Monday November 19 in the United States amid early warning signs of a continuing impasse between that country and China ahead of the meeting of the G20 developed nations later this month.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.35 cents per lb to $2.7950 per lb.Despite the po...Read More
2018 has been a most… interesting year for me. In life, I believe there are 3 main aspects that we all seek to maximize in order to be happy: Wealth, Health, Relationships.Wealth.This first key component hasn’t really gone as expected for me this year… It’s only with the benefit of hindsight when we can reflect back and kind of figure out just exactly what went right/wrong...Read More
Kirsten Marcia is the founder of DEEP and its President and CEO.As noted on the DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) website, geothermal energy is the only renewable power that is independent of wind and sunshine and produces continuous power made available by an energy producer (baseload). This green energy source provides zero carbon-based fuel consumption and leaves a small environmental f...Read More
(Adds detail, quote)HARARE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will allow gold andplatinum mining companies to retain up to 55 percent of theirearnings in dollars, government and central bank officials saidon Monday, as authorities in the southern African nation move toensure operators remain viable.Mining accounts for more than two-thirds of Zimbabwe'sexport earnings but the sector has seen some compani...Read More
Disappointment that United States/China trade talks are not making progress has once again dampened sentiment in the London Metal Exchange's three-month base metals prices to the extent there has been little follow through to the strength seen at the end of last week.Nickel has taken the brunt of the disappointment this morning, Monday November 19, and is showing a drop of 1.1% to $11,265 per tonn...Read More
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, acolumnist for Reuters.)By Clyde RussellLAUNCESTON, Australia, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Are themuch-lauded predictive capabilities of copper starting to showthat the divide between China and the United States on trade andinvestment, which was on full display at the weekend meeting ofAsia-Pacific leaders, no longer matters?The failure of leaders of th...Read More
Nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) 811 batteries are penetrating the electric vehicle (EV) battery market slowly, according to Wang Xiaoming, vice general manager for international sales and purchases at Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co.NCM 811 batteries, which have an 8:1:1 proportion of nickel, cobalt and manganese respectively, are among those striving to attain a dominant position in the EV...Read More
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) processed payments for Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) in Estonia but ended the relationship in 2015 after it found suspicious activity, a spokesman for the German lender said on Monday.“Our role was to process payments for Danske Bank,” he said. “We terminated the relationship in 2015 after identifying suspicious activity.”Reporting b...Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ABN) (OTCQB: ABNAF) (Frankfurt: E2L2) reports further results from the recently completed drill program at the Forrest Kerr Project. Drilling has extended the mineralized envelope surrounding the 2017 and 2018 high-grade gold discoveries at North Boundary. This round of focused drilling tested for the depth and lateral extension of know...Read More
Chinese cobalt sulfate trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets MB.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are yuan per tonne on an ex-works basis. In addition, the cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, China ex-works, adjustment to the low-grade cobalt low-end price at Co 20.5% basis is on a $ per lb basis. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarket MB's price...Read More