These Top 10 lowest cost gold mines are all below all-in-sustaining costs (AISC) $550/oz level and will prove profitable - even if the price falls 50%.Mining Intelligence looked at costs at primary gold mines and found 10 operations that would still make money, even if gold halves in value from today's levels. AISC metrics has been taken as a basis of comparison and ranking.Since the World Gold C...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly trading lower at the close on Wednesday October 17, with sentiment in the market weakening, but zinc continued to outperform. Three-month lead, aluminium and tin prices all started the day in positive territory but weakened this afternoon, while nickel was down 1.2% due to a lack of directional news for the near term. Aluminium prices dip...Read More
Comex copper prices were slightly higher in morning trading on Wednesday October 17 with a rising dollar preventing any significant gain.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.60 cents to $2.7855 per lb. "We are seeing very quiet conditions in metals so far this week; yesterday ended in a mixed...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices went up on Wednesday October 17 amid bullish sentiment and a surge in the paper markets.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $73.36 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.86 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $72.39 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.86 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $78.75 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $2.05 per tonne.MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $61.4...Read More
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s annual LME Week party is usually an opportunity for Chief Executive Officer Richard Adkerson to hobnob with the traders and consumers who buy copper from his mining company. At this year's event, he was surrounded by investment bankers.We are probably not going to see massive M&A from the majors in the next 12 months.With its biggest stock overhang - a deal around its flags...Read More
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Glencore Plc said its chairman Tony Hayward will no longer be attending the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia, confirming a report in the Financial Times.He is the latest top executive to pull out of next week's high profile conference, amid widespread concern about the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and Washington Post column...Read More
LUSAKA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Mining companies operating in Zambia will still meet their operational costs even after the government imposes higher taxes in Africa's No.2 copper producer, its finance minister said on Wednesday.Mwanakatwe told parliament that even with the proposed taxes, we are confident that mining companies will be able to meet their operational costs.Zambia plans to introduce new...Read More
BHP Billiton Ltd. is boosting sales of the top-quality nickel that's needed for electric vehicle batteries, another sign the world's biggest miner is targeting more opportunities in the booming sector.Sales of refined nickel, a category that includes the premium products used for battery production, jumped 18 percent in the three months to Sept. 30 from a year earlier, according to a statement Wed...Read More
Oct 17 (Reuters) - BHP has not seen a material impact from current global trade tensions on its business but remains cautious in the near term, the world's biggest miner said on Wednesday."We closely monitor the external environment, in particular the market volatility triggered by current global trade tensions. Though we have not seen a material impact on our business, we remain cautious in the n...Read More
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 gold producer, confirmed Wednesday local media reports saying that one of its staff members and a former employee were detained by the country's anticorruption authority.The company, majority owned by Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), updated the market later in the day, announcing that its three local subsidiaries, an employee and a former staffer had been...Read More
Anglo American Brazi'sl chief executive, Ruben Fernandes, has hinted at a potential major copper discovery on the edge of the Amazon rainforest by saying the results of an ongoing drilling campaign in the area were "very promising".He was referring to a 19,000 square kilometres-property, equivalent to the size of Israel, the company has been exploring since July and where it has already drilled si...Read More
Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a project that would extend the productive life of its aging Salvador mine by 40 years and increase output by 30 percent.The Rajo Inca project would convert the existing mine, which has been in operation since 1959 and is due to run out of ore in 2021, to an open pit mine from...Read More
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May and business minister Greg Clark met Ratan Tata, patriarch of the Indian Tata family, a few weeks ago as its car brand Jaguar Land Rover warns about the effect of Brexit and diesel policy, a government source said.The sprawling Tata conglomerate includes manufacturing, defence, aerospace, services and steel operations.Tata bought ailing...Read More
SANTIAGO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Chilean government said on Wednesday it would seek international arbitration over what it alleged was the failure of lithium miner Albemarle Corp to adhere to the terms of a contract drawn up in 2016.The state development agency Corfo said U.S.-based Albemarle had failed to make a "serious" offer for as much as 25 percent of its annual production capacity to be pro...Read More
* U.S. crude stocks up 6.5 mln bbls in fourth weekly build -EIA* U.S. crude production dips to below 11 mln bpd* Trump gives Saudi benefit of doubt in journalist disappearance (Adds trade volumes, background)By David GaffenNEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday, with U.S. futures settling below $70 a barrel for the first time in a month, after U.S. crude stockpiles rose 6.5 mill...Read More
* NSE index down 1.2 pct, BSE index ends 1.1 pct lower* Indiabulls Housing down 14.3 pct* Reliance Q2 results awaitedOct 17 (Reuters) - Indian shares ended more than one percent lower on Wednesday, dragged by financial stocks such as Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd INBF.NS and Yes Bank Ltd YESB.NS amid liquidity concerns.The benchmark BSE index .BSESN closed 1.09 percent lower at 34,779.58 whil...Read More
Oct 17 (Reuters) - BHP has not seen a material impact from current global trade tensions on its business but remains cautious in the near term, the world's biggest miner said on Wednesday."We closely monitor the external environment, in particular the market volatility triggered by current global trade tensions. Though we have not seen a material impact on our business, we remain cautious in the n...Read More
(Adds company news items, futures)Oct 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 27 points higher at 7,087 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with FTSE 100 futures .FFIc1 up 0.4 percent ahead of the cash market open.* ASOS: British online fashion retailer ASOS ASOS.L narrowly beat forecasts with a 28 percent rise in 2017-18 profit, maintained guidance for its ne...Read More
MADRID, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Alcoa said on Wednesday it would close two of its three aluminium plants in Spain with a combined annual production of 180,000 metric tonnes, resulting in the lay off of almost 700 workers.The U.S. company said it was starting a consultation process with workers' representatives and was committed to negotiating a social plan with unions.Negotiations begin on Oct. 31 and...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.India's renewables target of 175 GW capacity (100 GW of solar and 75 GW of wind) by 2022 is an ambitious endeavour. Even with significant cost declines, Wood Mackenzie expects about 76% of the target to be met by 2022 and this would s...Read More