PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Commercial diamond mining has started at the Mothae mine, in Lesotho, ASX-listed Lucapa Diamonds reported on Wednesday.“Lucapa is on track to become one of a few listed diamond companies globally with production from more than one operating mine,” said Lucapa MD Stephen Wetherall.AdvertisementRamp-up to the 1.1-million-tonne-a-year nameplate capacity at...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday December 6.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Wednesday December 5, with most of the three-month prices trading in narrow ranges while impervious to broad strength in the US dollar. Read more here in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at the close of trading:Bra...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The top performing lot during Bonhams December Fine Jewelry sale was a diamond ring which sold for $828,500 compared with its pre-sale estimate of $400,000-$600,000. Coming from a private collection, it was the first time the 18.04-carat emerald-cut diamond had come to auction. The second top performing lot was a diamond solitaire ring by Royal De Versailles. The ro...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A federal judge in New York has ordered that Signet Jewelers Ltd. face a securities-fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders alleging the company misled them about the performance of its credit portfolio and allegations of sexual discrimination. The lawsuit was filed by Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi with which District Judge Colleen McMahon agreed. The...Read More
Brazilian miner Vale will invest an additional $500 million in its Vale New Caledonia (VNC) nickel operations in the South Pacific due to expectations of increased demand from rising electric vehicle (EV) output, chief executive officer Fabio Schvartsman said on Tuesday December 4."We will need all of the capacity of VNC to meet this demand," Schvartsman said.In two years, nickel output from VNC w...Read More
HARARE – Zimbabwe will now allow two more private companies to explore and mine diamonds in the country, bringing to four the number of firms that will operate in the sector, mines minister Winston Chitando has said.Last week Chitando said the country did not plan to change its ownership rules for diamonds and platinum, denting hopes among some miners the country will open up ownership as it...Read More
Lithium-focused Wealth Minerals has signed letters of intent to acquire stakes in two Chilean copper projects, which will be held by newly formed subsidiary Wealth Copper.Canada-registered Wealth intends to spin-out Wealth Copper to shareholders of Wealth, with the intention of listing the new unit on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto. Wealth itself will continue to focus on its Chilean lithium...Read More
TSX-V-listed Diamcor sold 2 979 ct of rough diamonds for $653 652 in its November tender.That equates to an average price of $218/ct.AdvertisementThe diamonds were recovered from resumed processing exercises at the company’s Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa’s Limpopo province.Most of the material processed comprised smaller size fractions, in addition to a low percentag...Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsDealing with the complexity of Coal data with Geobank 2018SPONSOREDmicromineSpeaking at its investor day on Monday, CEO Ivan Glasenberg said inventories for a lot of metals were at or near reco...Read More
Comex copper prices staged a modest recovery during morning trading on Wednesday morning in the US amid calmer market conditions after yesterday's major equity sell-off. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.30 cents to $2.7620 per lb. Despite optimism from the recent Group of Nations (G20) meeting in Argentina over the weeken...Read More
Fastmarkets MB proposes to discontinue four weekly tin spot premium assessments in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Singapore due to a lack of spot liquidity.The four prices are the 99.85% tin ingot premiums in-warehouse Rotterdam and cif Shanghai and the 99.9% tin ingot premiums for standard and low-lead purities in-warehouse Singapore. Fastmarkets MB will continue to publish weekly premiums for 99.9...Read More
The hot-rolled coil price in the United States was largely steady on Tuesday December 4, moving only 0.2% higher with little market activity reported.Fastmarkets AMM's daily US Midwest HRC index inched up to $37.85 per hundredweight ($757 per short ton) on Tuesday, up slightly from $37.77 per cwt the previous day.Lead times stand at around three to four weeks, market participants said.Qu...Read More
Brazil's outgoing President Michel Temer launched Wednesday a new regulatory agency for the mining sector, linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, aimed at making the country's industry more competitive and sustainable.The National Mining Agency (ANM), which replaces the previous National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM), has been tasked with "promoting the management of the mineral res...Read More
New entity Wealth Copper would up the stakes for shareholders on "the global energy consumption paradigm shift" to capitalise on a forecast positive global copper market outlook, CEO Henk Van Al...Read More
CIS export billet prices continued fall this week, reflecting a lack of supportive factors in the market.Fastmarkets MB's daily CIS export steel billet index was $432 per tonne fob Black Sea on Wednesday December 5, a drop of $3 per tonne from yesterday.The increase in Chinese domestic long steel and billet prices early this week has not provided the expected support to prices in Asia - offers of...Read More
Mahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsDealing with the complexity of Coal data with Geobank 2018SPONSOREDmicromine"While we remain modestly positive on commodities, differentiation is essential, and three macro downside risks stand...Read More
According to a statement by Vancouver-based Mason on Tuesday, both proxy advisory firms cited the strong strategic rationale for the arrangement, the significant premium, certainty of value from the cash consideration, and favourable market reaction as factors supporting their positive recommendations.Mason (TSX:MNR) shareholders will vote on the deal during a special meeting scheduled for De...Read More
Hollow steel sections prices in Europe were stable this week but lower feedstock costs and a reduced import quota limit could bring about a significant change, market participants said.Fastmarkets MB's domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe was an unchanged ?,?635-650 ($722-739) per tonne delivered on Wednesday December 5.The hollow...Read More
Yellowhead owns the Harper Creek copper-gold-silver project in British Columbia, where the company already operates the Gibraltar mine.CEO Russell Hallbauer said Yellowhead was being acquired at a cost of "half a penny per pound of copper" in the reserve base. The project holds proven and probable reserves of 3.6 billion pounds of recoverable copper, accompanied by 370,000 ounces gold and 15.6Moz...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe was flat on Wednesday December 5, with market participants pulling back in anticipation of the year-end holidays.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe stayed at ?,?530-540 ($603-614) per tonne delivered for the third consecutive week on Wednesday, with no new business expected before the new...Read More