A longitudinal section of the Arrow mine plan relative to inferred resources. Red arrows indicate inferred resources not presently included in the mine plan.SASKATCHEWAN - Vancouver-based NexGen Energy, Wood Group and Rosco Postle Associates have completed the pre-feasibility study for NexGen's Rook I project in the Athabasca Basin. New numbers include a 64% increase in average annual after tax ca...Read More
RAPAPORT... Israeli authorities suspect an employee at a Lev Leviev companyof smuggling hundreds of millions of shekels worth of diamonds into the country,according to local news website Ynet.A staff member at one of the diamond mogul's businesses in Russia is suspected of smuggling large quantities of the stones in suitcases when he moved to Israel six years ago, the Ynet report said. Police also...Read More
Suppliers of long steel products in the European Union have been raising their offer prices for November deals in anticipation of strong demand and high manufacturing costs, Fastmarkets was told on Monday November 5.But the recent political uncertainty that has enveloped all the world's major markets was keeping customers quiet for now, and content to keep their buying activities confined to the s...Read More
Easing supply tightness in the alumina market continues to put significant pressure on the fob Australia alumina index and traders expect prices to fall even further before the end of the year. The benchmark fob Australia daily alumina index has fallen back below $450 per tonne for the first time since June 2018. It was most recently assessed on Friday November 5 at $442.50 per tonne. Traders...Read More
RAPAPORT... A rare Kashmir sapphire necklace could set a new auctionworld record when it goes under the hammer at Christie's Hong Kong sale onNovember 27. The Peacock Necklace - which will lead the Magnificent Jewels auction- contains 21 cushion-cut Kashmir sapphires weighing a total of 109.08 carats.The piece, with its 10.56-carat center sapphire, is estimated at $12 million to$15 million....Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company hasextracted 1,502 carats of rough during testing at a new alluvial diamond sourceadjacent to its Lulo mine in Angola. The yield included 17 stonesweighing more than 10.8 carats each, as well as a 55.30-carat, D-color, typeIIa stone. The average diamond size was 1.40 carats, Lucapa said. The new source is located in thepreviously untested flood plains at Lul...Read More
RAPAPORT... The International Diamond Manufacturers Association(IDMA) is considering an alliance with the World Federation of DiamondBourses (WFDB) in response to the crisis in the global cutting sector. "With the changes in the diamond-manufacturing sector's landscape,as well as due to the many other challenges the diamond industry is facing, thetime may have come for the diamond trade to unite u...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Israeli law enforcement officials say they want to question Lev Leviev, the business tycoon whose companies are reportedly at the center of a diamond smuggling ring that operated over years. Among six people police detained for questioning under caution on Monday are two of his relatives, and four other people who are or had been involved in his companies in Israel and Russ...Read More
(IDEX Online) - During the third quarter of 2018 prices of fancy color blue and pink diamonds rose by 0.7% and 0.4% respectively in all sizes and saturation levels, according to the Fancy Color Diamond Index published by the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF). At the same time, overall fancy color diamond prices showed no significant change and increased by only 0.1%, the FCRF said. Ye...Read More
(IDEX Online) - International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) President Ronnie VanderLinden said that during the 38th World Diamond Congress that was held in Mumbai last week the changing landscape of diamond manufacturing was at the heart of the members' discussions. "We need to recognize that we have lost a significant number of factories, especially in the smaller diamond...Read More
The freefall in aluminium scrap prices could soon reach its bottom and stabilize, European secondary aluminium market participants told Fastmarkets this week.The combined impact of the trade war between the United States and China and fundamental changes in how the Chinese consume scrap has led to a flood of aluminium scrap entering the global market, pushing the price of some grades to...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday November 5.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading, pressured by escalating tensions between the United States and China while key global stock markets followed lower.Here's how base metals prices looked at 11:45am London time:Read our live futures report here. UC Rusal...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading on Monday November 5, pressured by escalating tensions between the United States and China while key global stock markets followed lower. Topping losses in percentage terms over the morning, the three-month nickel price continues to trade below the $12,000 per tonne threshold, retreating by 1.1% against a broadly str...Read More
Profits from zinc miners and refiners are expected to move downstream into the zinc smelting sector to reshape the unhealthy and significantly, profits-diverged structure, sources told Fastmarkets MB at the 21st China International Lead and Zinc Conference.Profits in the upstream zinc mining and refining sectors has risen by 8% year on year in the first nine months of 2018, while those in the smel...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Monday November 05*Copper -$205.55 (-1,425.89 yuan) Aluminium -$444.44 (-3,082.97 yuan) Zinc -$50.76 (-352.08 yuan) Nickel $570.66 (3,958.54 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month prices at 3pm Shanghai time, taking account of VAT and impor...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 6.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly lower at the close of trading on Monday November 5, topped by a continued downturn in lead's three-month price while aluminium was the only metal to trade in positive territory. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of...Read More
The global excess of steel production capacity is resulting in increased volumes of imports into the Middle East, BS Shetty of Al Ghurair Iron & Steel (AGIS) told an industry conference on Monday November 5.Steel mills in China and India have more than 50% of the world's steel production capacity, and they get export incentives, Shetty told delegates to the Arab Iron & Steel Union Summit in Amman,...Read More
This week could prove to be a monumental week with the midterm elections beginning tomorrow. According to Bloomberg politics, "The 2018 midterms are the most closely watched, most expensive, and most fretted-about congressional elections in memory." The stakes are enormous, as the outcome could determine whether the status quo remains the same or if there will be some real changes in the way Washi...Read More
The import price for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia stopped declining during the past week, with trading activity still muted.Fastmarkets MB's price assessment for imported slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia was at $470-480 per tonne cfr for the week ended Monday November 5, the same as the previous week.The assessment had previously been falling since mid-October amid lower offers.....Read More
(Kitco News) - Roy Sebag the visionary behind GoldMoney is taking aim at the jewelry sector and looking to disrupt Western views on gold with his latest venture, Mene, set to make its TSX debut on November 6. A spinoff of Goldmoney, Mene will make its TSX debut under the symbol "MENE." The company, named after the ancient Aramaic word for a unit of money, is selling what Sebag calls, "investment...Read More