Underground mining operations at the Kamoto Mine, DRC. Source: Katanga Mining Ltd.Glencore AG's [GLEN-LSE] Katanga Mining Ltd. [KAT-TSX] said Tuesday November 6 that it will temporarily suspend the export and sale of cobalt produced from its 75%-owned Kamoto Copper Co. project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until further notice.Its partner in the project is Gecamines, a state-owned mini...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares sagged and the dollar and bond markets barely budged on Tuesday, as traders braced for midterm elections in the United States and potentially lively sessions ahead.Japan [.T] and Hong Kong had helped Asia overcome another Chinese wobble [.SS], but Europe [.EU] was in the 0.4 percent red as investors pounced on corporate earnings misses and pre-market caution drag...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks were on track to open slightly lower on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of U.S. midterm elections that could shape the future of Donald Trump’s presidency and test his tax and trade policies.The cautious mood set in as investors broadly braced for opposition Democrats to take over the House of Representatives and Trump’s Republican Party to retain the...Read More
The Comex copper price staged a modest recovery in the US morning on Tuesday November 6 amid a softening dollar and speculative buying. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange recovered 0.35 cents to $2.7595 per lb. Industrial metal markets continue to look at the trade dispute between the United States and...Read More
SASKATOON - The head of Nutrien Ltd. says the company has enough room for potash expansion in Saskatchewan that it doesn't make sense to invest in expanding production in costlier regions.Chief executive Chuck Magro made the remarks on conference call with financial analysts Tuesday after taking a writedown due to the permanent closure of its potash mine in New Brunswick."The decision is pretty ob...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will push for larger tax cuts, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, adding that it would help small firms facing funding difficulties and widen access for private firms in infrastructure.China will not resort to competitive currency devaluation and is able to keep its yuan currency basically stable, Li added, reiterating that it would not resort to forceful stimulus to pro...Read More
Since Obama said he would put coal companies out of business, Wall Street has ignored coal producing, making it the most undervalued sector in the market.It's true, coal production did go down for four years, but since Trump was put in office, that has turned around. Don't get me wrong; the U.S. isn't burning more coal - it's exporting it, both to China to replace low-quality coal and to Germany,...Read More
By Ernest ScheyderNov 6 (Reuters) - A years-long fight over the future of theworld's second largest silver mine between Tahoe Resources Inc and opponents of the project shows no signs of abating,creating uncertainty for the U.S. miner and its investors.With environmental and indigenous opponents of Tahoe'sEscobal mine vowing it will never again produce silver, thetension is top of mind for Wall St...Read More
Australian lithium spodumene producer Altura Mining shipped about 10,000 tonnes of lithium spodumene from Port Hedland in Western Australia to China in October 2018, the company has said.Altura announced on October 31 that it had despatched two cargoes each of around 5,000 tonnes of lithium spodumene to China, on October 9 and October 20. The material came from the company's Pilgangoora lithium mi...Read More
Australian lithium spodumene miner Neometals reported that it had achieved slightly higher production volumes in the July-September quarter in a results statement published on Wednesday October 31.Neometals increased its output by about 1.68%, producing 111,023 tonnes of lithium spodumene in the quarter, compared with 109,183 tonnes produced in April-June.Output of higher-grade lithium spodumene (...Read More
* Stock markets, dollar little changed * SPDR holdings fell on Monday (Updates prices)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Gold edged up on Tuesday asinvestors sought shelter fromuncertainty over the outcome ofthe U.S. midterm elections.Spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,234.94 per ounce asof 1314 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were up 0.4 percentat $1,236.50."One scenario (from the electi...Read More
(Updates with production, Barrick vote)LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Randgold Resources said onTuesday third-quarter profit rose 25 percent on the previousquarter helped by lower costs a day before its shareholders voteon a $6.1 billion tie-up with Barrick Gold.The London-listed miner said profit for the period reached$73.2 million while cash costs fell 18 percent versus theprevious quarter to $181.6...Read More
TORONTO (Reuters) - If all goes according to plan, Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) will have fewer mines and workers one year after acquiring Africa-focused Randgold Resources (RRS.L), the Canadian miner’s executive chairman said on Monday, as its investors approved the deal.Votes were 99.8 percent in favor of the $6.1 billion, no-premium transaction, Barrick said, confirming a Reuters report. After R...Read More
Lithium spodumene miner Tawana Resources reported a quarter-on-quarter production increase of 63% from operations at Bald Hill in Western Australia in July-September this year, in a results statement for the third quarter published on Wednesday October 31.The Australian miner produced 28,419 tonnes of lithium spodumene in the quarter ended on September 30, compared with 17,403 tonnes in the previo...Read More
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, chairman of the German arm of BlackRock (BLK.N), the world’s biggest fund manager, said he had ordered the fund’s management board to fully investigate all incidents involving so-called cum ex transactions and cooperate with prosecutors.Merz spoke at a political event in the northwestern German city of Duesseldorf, hours after a source f...Read More
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday that chip seller Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel Corp (INTC.O).The preliminary ruling came in an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in early 2017 and that is scheduled to go to trial next year.The preliminary ruling by Judge Lucy Koh in the U.S. Dist...Read More
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc (AIG.N) is exiting business activities in Iran that came with a subsidiary it acquired and which now butt up against the sanctions against Iran that have been reimposed by the Trump administration, according to a filing.Validus Holdings Ltd, a Bermuda-based reinsurer that AIG acquired for $5.56 billion in July, is winding down insurance coverage it prov...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) steel sheet in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow have decreased over the past week, reflecting a slowdown in demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for Russia-origin 4mm HR sheet was 40,000-40,500 roubles ($604-612) per tonne cpt Moscow on Tuesday November 6, including 18% VAT. This was down from 41,000-41...Read More
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is planning to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, people familiar with the matter said Monday, in a twist to a more than year-long contest that has drawn overtures from locales across North America.Dallas, Long Island City in New York and Arlington near Washington, D.C. are all among the finalists with which Amazon is holding advanced talks, one of...Read More
Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were mostly stable over the past week, with demand remaining limited, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 6.UAE Hot-rolled coil from Russia was on offer to the UAE at $560-565 per tonne cfr, with one buyer bidding $550 per tonne cfr. Chinese HRC was on offer at $580 per tonne cfr.But buyers were not willing to book mate...Read More