Spot copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TCs/RCs) remained almost unchanged and at high levels toward the end of October, with a rapidly widening backwardation reducing the market liquidity.Fastmarkets' assessment of the TC/RC index dipped by $1.60 per tonne/0.16 cents per lb to $87.40 per tonne/8.74 cents per lb on October 31. The previous assessment of $89.00 per tonne/8.90 cents...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Gemfields said it has discovered a 5,655-carat emerald crystal which it says has "remarkable clarity and a perfectly balanced golden green hue" which it has named the 'Inkalamu', the Lion Emerald. Inkalamu was discovered at Kagem, the world's largest emerald mine, which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% by the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia which belongs to the...Read More
Petra Diamonds has appointed former Diamond Trading Company CEO Varda Shine as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2019. The mining firm also appointed Bernard Pryor to the same position, saying that the appointments were made in accordance with the Nomination Committee's three year Succession Plan which is in line with Petra's development "from a phase of inten...Read More
World's top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) said Wednesday it had begun production at its new Verkhne-Munskoye diamond field in eastern Siberia, which Russian President Vladimir Putin said would reinforce the state-controlled firm's position as a world leader.The Verkhne-Munskoye deposit, which has a 20-year productive life, will partly substitute suspended output at Alrosa's undergr...Read More
Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds recovered 240 733 ct of diamonds at a grade of 23.8 carats per hundred tonnes (cpht) from its Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho, during the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2019 financial yearThis compares with the 263 512 ct recovered at a grade of 25.7 cpht in the fourth quarter of the 2018 financial year, ended June 30.AdvertisementDiamond sales...Read More
Comex copper prices recovered from a mid-September low in early morning trading on Wednesday in the United States, with a stronger dollar and modest Chinese growth preventing a major rebound.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up 0.05 cents to $2.6645 per lb. Overnight, China's October PMI for the manufacturing industry was reco...Read More
China's lead production is estimated to moderately decrease by 2020 due to the stringent environmental regulations, a spokesperson of the China Non-ferrous Industry Association (CNIA) told delegates at the 21st China International Lead and Zinc Conference on October 31.Peng Tao, the general secretary of CNIA, forecast China's lead production to retreat to 4.65 million tonnes in two years' time, sl...Read More
Xiana Mining will acquire Glencore's Minera Altos De Punitaqui copper mine in Peru for $25 million, after sealing a financing package with Swiss trading firm Bluequest. Vancouver-headquartered Xiana agreed to buy the mine after signing terms in May, when London Metal Exchange three-month copper prices rose above $7,000 per tonne. But a combination of trade-war fears and diminishing mine supply ris...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resources Hudbay has offered Mason shareholders C$0.40 in cash for each share held, valuing Mason at $31 million. Net of Mason's cash and Hudbay's current 14% ownership in the company, Masno's enterprise value is about US$15 million.Hudbay CEO Alan Hair said the acquisition of the Ann Mason project was "another step in Hudbay's consistent strate...Read More
Latin American steelmaker Ternium, based in Luxembourg, said it believes it can take back market share held by imports in Mexico, chief executive officer M??ximo Vedoya told analysts on Wednesday October 31. The company is expanding a plant there."Mexico is a more competitive market than the United States to produce steel and we believe we can do that, taking market share back from imports," the e...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resources The company reported a headline loss for the three-months period of C$8.3 million, or 4c a share, which were below average analyst forecasts that called for nil per share, on expected revenue of $72.1 million.Revenue fell 21.3% year-over-year to $60.72 million. Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resources Copper Mount...Read More
PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedGalan Lithium scores coup in Argentina's 'Pilbara of lithium'SPONSOREDgalan lithiumWhite Rock sets cracking Alaska pace in first field seasonSPONSOREDwhite rock minerals The combined sector helped push the real gross domestic product (GDP) up for a seventh consecutive month, edging up 0.1% in August.StatsCan said growt...Read More
Slab prices are due to recover at any time, with production stoppages expected and an inflationary trend in the prices of raw materials used to make steel, the chief executive officer of Ternium, M??ximo Vedoya, told analysts today.Ternium has produced slab that is sold to third parties in Brazil, since buying Companhia Sider??rgica do Atl??ntico (CSA), from Thyssenkrupp. The mill, which has 5 mil...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resourcesThe higher grade scenario is focused on 54Mt grading 0.86% copper equivalent, with the scoping work due for completion this quarter.Xanadu will also now look at the potential of definin...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipPolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedGalan Lithium scores coup in Argentina's 'Pilbara of lithium'SPONSOREDgalan lithium The best intercept was 583m at 0.59g/t gold and 0.41% copper.Seabridge said it had intersected some "exceptional w...Read More
European prices for mesh-quality wire rod were flat across the Northern and Southern parts of the continent on Wednesday October 31, with few buyers seriously enquiring for deliveries. Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessments for mesh-quality wire rod in both Southern and Northern Europe were ?,?535-560 ($608-636) per tonne delivered on Wednesday. Both assessments were unchanged over the pre...Read More
Market sentiment continues to oscillate in regard to U.S. equities as traders continue to witness large price swings in both directions. Gone are the days when a 100- or 200-point gain or decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average would be considered a sizable move. It seems there is a new normal. That normal is characterized by swings in the Dow in excess of 500 points or more in terms of the da...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe fell slightly on Wednesday October 31, with some suppliers accepting lower bids to make sales but most only offering higher prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe fell to ?,?510-535 ($579-608) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?520-545 per tonne last week.Producers have been raising thei...Read More
Editorial credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock.com(Kitco News) - Global central bank interest in gold is growing and has room to grow according to one former senior executive at the New York Federal Reserve.That growing sentiment could be felt during the London Bullion Market Association’s 2018 precious metals conference, which included more than 30 delegates from central banks around the w...Read More
Turkey's flat steel exports more than doubled year on year in September, up by 103.67%, with total exports in the year to the end of September up by morre than a quarter (27.88%), according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The increase in exports in September was due to the strong demand especially from Europe, market participants although the amount available for exports was boos...Read More