Chinese ferro-silicon prices dropped in the week ended Friday November 2 due to slow buying interest and a weak yuan versus the dollar, while the European market also succumbed to quiet demand, causing suppliers to cut their offer prices to garner buying interest. Chinese market drops in line with demand Weaker yuan exacerbates downward trend European suppliers cut offer prices ...Read More
NEW BRUNSWICK - The world's largest fertilizer supplier, Nutrien, has announced the permanent closure of its New Brunswick potash facility near Sussex. The mine and plant have been on care and maintenance since early 2016.Nutrien says it will focus on increasing potash production in Saskatchewan where operating costs are lower and no capital needs to be invested. The company will take a US$1.8 bil...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipDR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftBezant's Mankayan back in copper-gold spotlightSPONSOREDbezant resourcesThe Toronto-listed company acquired the project from Australia-based Condor Resources in January and since then has...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday November 7.Base metals futures prices on the London Metal Exchange fell again on Tuesday November 6 while uncertainty continued about the outcome of the midterm elections in the United States and that country's trade relations with China. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:Brazi...Read More
Canadian miners' performance slipped in the three months leading to the end of September, due mostly to weaker gold, nickel, copper and zinc prices, the latest report by consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) reveals.Following a 5% drop between April and June this year, gold prices decreased by another 5% in the third quarter, mainly due to the strong US dollar and the recent Federal Reserve rate hike of...Read More
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has added its stamp of approval to the proposed friendly merger, which Zijin would use in combination with the previously received National Development and Reform Commission nod to apply for final approval from the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange department.The substantial deal is not subject to financing conditions and no specific closing date has...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
Traders and market participants are quietly waiting to hear results from today's midterm elections. In possibly one of the most important midterm elections held in recent history, the net results could have a profound impact. This election will determine whether or not the current administration and the Republican-led House and Senate will continue to have total control resulting in the ability to...Read More
Ten things we learned from the 21st International Lead & Zinc Conference last week in Baoji, Shaanxi province, in China.A major zinc producer has considered increasing the 2019 refined zinc premium for Chinese customers by up to $20 per tonne, citing an expected tightness in Southeast Asian zinc supply for the first half of next year. Talks are still at an early stage while customers are yet to re...Read More
(Kitco News) -Investors appear to be the clear winners in the ongoing fee war among gold-backed exchange traded funds.This past month has been a milestone for two low-cost gold-back ETFs. Last month, after celebrating its one-year anniversary, GraniteShares said its ETF (NYSE: BAR) has seen its assets under management surpass $350 million.The ETF offers the lowest cost investment product in the go...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are moderately lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Tuesday. A modest rebound in the U.S. dollar index today, as well as a rally in the U.S. stock market, put some downside pressure on the precious metals markets. Trading was choppy and two-sided as the world marketplace awaits the outcome of the U.S. mid-term elections. December gold futures were last down...Read More
London Metal Exchange base metal prices were little changed in morning trading on Tuesday November 6, with the market pausing for direction after taking heavy losses on Monday. Three-month copper price is down $13 against yesterday's 5pm closing price at $6,118 per tonne, while aluminium futures are up by just $4 at $1,979 per tonne and zinc is down by $4 to $2,558 per tonne. Industrial metal mark...Read More
Expect more ebb and flow in risk sentiment The run up in prices at the end of last week was triggered by hopes that a US-China trade deal may be arranged before too long. We have seen this before as hopes are briefly raised. But, once again, the improvement in sentiment was short-lived. However, it is a reminder of how metal prices are being held down by risk-off sentiment in large part due to ong...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold is due for a comeback even if the global equities space rallies following a recent correction, according to Wells Fargo, which projects to see the precious metal rise another 7% from current levels.“We suspect that gold could very well continue to rally as we exit 2018 and enter 2019, even if stocks do too. Our rolling 12-month gold target is $1,300—roughly 7% highe...Read More
Copper stocks in bonded warehouses in Shanghai fell slightly in October as a number of major importers looked to use up their annual quotas, and zinc and nickel inventories also decreased due to increased import activity after the arbitrage window opened, while aluminum stocks were flat.Copper stocks in October fall amid buying activity by major importers Shanghai-bonded copper stocks decline...Read More
LME prices down to their lowest...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon a...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Tuesday November 06*Copper -$160.98 (-1,115.94 yuan) Aluminium -$432.89 (-3,000.94 yuan) Zinc -$29.84 (-206.83 yuan) Nickel $460.77 (3,194.22 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month...Read More
Aluminium LME aluminium prices continue to consolidate ahead...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus d...Read More
(Kitco News) - The gold market could struggle through the rest of the year as there is a lack of fundamental reasons to push prices higher, according to one Australian Bank.It is difficult to be overly bullish on gold as there is no new catalyst that could dramatically drive prices higher, Macquarie precious metals analyst Matthew Turner told Kitco News on the sidelines of the London Bullion Marke...Read More
Brazilian flat and long steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) has been negotiating with slab producers to build up its inventories in advance of a stoppage at one of its own blast furnaces, market participants have told Fastmarkets.Maintenance work on the blast furnace has been expected for a few years and is now planned for June 2019, a source close to CSN said. The stoppage has been d...Read More