Under the agreement, South32 will provide US$1 million funding for generative work and acquisitions per year over two years.Generative work will focus on copper and other base metal projects within the Laramide and Tertiary magmatic arcs of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.Any projects progressed to drilling can be selected as designated projects and will advance under separate options agreements.Sout...Read More
Aurubis Executive Board chairman J? 1/4 rgen Schachler will leave the company on June 30 next year, the company said in a release today.The company has begun looking for a successor but has yet to find one.Aurubis is Europe's largest copper smelting company, producing over 1.1 million tonnes per year of refined copper at...Read More
The company said Monday it continued to work with the local and national governments to resolve the situation and remained cautiously confident the Ministerio Público and local police would enforce the rule of law. Until such time, operations might remain suspended, Aura said."We are obviously extremely disappointed and frustrated that we have experienced another invasion from a small numbe...Read More
Fred Imbert| @foimbertPublished 16 Hours AgoUpdated2 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Citi's top strategist says this is why he's betting on the bulls into the end of the year and beyond 2 Hours Ago |04:31 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower on Tuesday after alternating between gains and losses throughout the session in the latest bout of market volatility.Th...Read More
Thin spot activity in the European antimony market pressured prices lower still in the region while an improvement in Chinese sentiment enabled prices there to stabilize. Chinese market steadyFastmarkets MB assessed the price of MMTA standard grade-II antimony, delivered duty-paid, in China at 49,500-50,000 yuan per tonne on Wednesday December 5, unchanged from the previous week. Sellers proved re...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1243.00-$1.30Silver$14.55+$0.03XAU67.09-0.46%HUI152.82-0.78%GDM558.66-0.31%JSE Gold1249.83+2.68USD97.42+0.21Euro113.22-0.35Yen88.22-0.12Oil$51.65+$0.6510-Year2.879%+0.025T-Bond143.90625-0.15625Dow24370.24-0.22%Nasdaq7031.83+0.16%S&P2636.78-0.04% The Metals: Gold gained $5.20 to $1249.50 in London before it chopped back down to $1241.10 by midafternoon in New York, but i...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday December 7.China The Chinese grade-553 silicon price range narrowed upward by $10 per tonne to $1,580-1,650 per tonne last week from the previous week.Japanese traders continued to buy cargoes for delivery in the first quarter of 2019, prompting the slight rebound in the price.Europe Grade-441 and grade-553 silicon prices in Europ...Read More
Turkish steel mills remained out of deep-sea scrap markets on Tuesday December 11 because of continued uncertainty in the Chinese steel market, sources told Fastmarkets MB.Market pessimism weighed on China's rebar prices in both the domestic and the export market again on Tuesday December 11.Buyers kept procurement rates low amid bad weather in China, with work suspended at many construction sites...Read More
Turkish steel mills started the trading week without any deep-sea bookings because of uncertainty prevalent across Asian markets, sources told Fastmarkets MB.The mills were mostly watching the situation in Chinese steel market for clues to market direction, sources said on Monday December 10."The phone did not ring... Everybody is watching China and is not willing to buy scrap until the situation...Read More
Comex copper prices hit a one-week high in the US morning on Tuesday December 11 with the continued trade actions between China and the United States guiding the market. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped 5.15 cents to $2.7715 per lb today. Earlier, the contract traded at $2.7805, the highest since December 4. Trade tensions betwe...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday December 11, with average gains of 0.2%. This after they again tested support levels on Monday, when support held to varying degrees.Copper led on the upside this morning with a 0.6% gain to $6,133 per tonne, while aluminium dipped 0.1% to $1,945 per tonne. Volume across the complex has...Read More
Comex copper prices softened on Monday morning in the United States amid weak Chinese data and continued equity market weakness.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped 2.25 cents to $2.7370 per lb."We expect copper prices to strengthen in the coming days," Fastmarkets analyst Boris Mikanikrezai said. "Although there is plenty of uncert...Read More
The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks rally higher as investors react cautiously to news of progress in U.S.-China trade talks but remain unsettled by political uncertainty in Europe.China's chief trade negotiator spoke with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to set out a "roadmap" for talks despite the political overhang of the Huawei CFO arrestHu...Read More
Share this articleEDMONTON - Alberta is looking for someone to build a new oil refinery, but Premier Rachel Notley says any deal needs to work for both industry and taxpayers."The project must make sense for Alberta," Notley said Tuesday. "It must have a return on investment for Albertans, and it must diversify the way we use the energy resources that we as Albertans all own."Notley announced the...Read More
Share this articleTORONTO - Canada's main stock index was higher in late-morning trading, boosted by gains in the consumer staples sector as well as in financial and industrial stocks.The S&P/TSX composite index was up 69.40 points at 14,797.68.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 110.23 points at 24,533.49. The S&P 500 index was up 19.11 points at 2,656.83, while the Nasdaq compos...Read More
This is an ominous chart. This is the Dow Jones Transportation Average. And it looks dangerous.You see, when the transports and the Dow Jones Industrial Average agree, it gives us a clear sign of where the stock market is heading. Here is the industrial chart:Both charts have broken their respective support lines. Both are in downtrends, with lower highs and lower lows.I've been using the Dow th...Read More
Share this articleBiometric screening is expanding to the rental car industry.Hertz said Tuesday it is teaming up with Clear, the maker of biometric screening kiosks found at many airports, in an effort to slash the time it takes to pick up a rental car. Clear hopes it will lead more travellers to its platform, which has 3 million members in the U.S.It's the latest place consumers will find biomet...Read More
Last month, we suggested the gold market faced one of two scenarios. The first was the case where the Fed came to the conclusion this month that it would have to stop tightening. The second was the scarier situation where the Fed continued to press ahead with its tightening mantra until something broke, such as the stock market.Based on recent comments by FOMC chairman Jerome Powell, the Fed seem...Read More
The outlook for the steel market in the Middle East is improving because of improved oil prices, Abu Bucker Husain, chief executive officer of United Arab Emirates-based Al Ghurair Iron and Steel (AGIS) said in his presentation on Tuesday December 11 in Dubai.2017 had been the worst year for contracts being awarded in the Middle East since 2012 but now investment in construction, infrastructure pr...Read More
Flat steel import prices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have remained stable over the past week due to limited demand near year-end, sources said on Tuesday December 11. Demand was subdued because buyers do not want to build up inventories before finalizing their year-end accounting procedures, they told Fastmarkets. UAE Chinese offers for hot-rolled coil (HRC) into the UAE wer...Read More