(IDEX Online) - Christie's sold the 18.96-carat Winston Pink Legacy, the largest and finest fancy vivid pink diamond it has ever auctioned, for $50,375,000, a world auction record price per carat for a pink diamond of $2,656,909. The November Luxury sales in Geneva raised $126,312,257, with registered bidders from 51 countries from six continents participating in the Magnificent Jewels sale...Read More
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has announced the winners of its yearly awards, which recognise the work of international and domestic leaders in the mineral exploration and mining community.The Bill Dennis award went to Peregrine Diamonds, which discovered the Chidliak diamond district, near Iqaluit on Baffin Island. Exploration programmes and engineering studies compl...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Ben Bridge Jeweler, the family-run fine jeweler with 95 retail stores in 11 states and one Canadian province, announced that Chairman and CEO Ed Bridge is retiring as of January 31, with company President and COO Lisa Bridge becoming President and CEO. Having served as the first female President of Ben Bridge Jeweler, Lisa Bridge will now continue her service as the fifth g...Read More
(IDEX Online) - ALROSA sold 119 large special size rough diamonds (over 10.8 carats) with a total weight of 1,890 carats for $10.3 million at the final auction of the year in Vladivostok. The company said that 26 companies from global diamond trading centers secured goods at the sale. "Since the beginning of 2018, we held four auctions there, including the last one, gaining almost $...Read More
GENEVA – The "Pink Legacy", a diamond weighing just under 19 carats, fetched a record 50.375-million Swiss francs ($50-million), purchased by US-based luxury jeweller Harry Winston, Christie's said on Tuesday.Harry Winston, owned by Swatch whose CEO is Nayla Hayek, daughter of the late Swatch founder Nicolas Hayek, promptly renamed it "The Winston Pink Legacy", adding...Read More
The tin premium in Europe remains at a 21-month high amid continued uncertainty over Indonesian supply, while thin spot activity and a closed import arbitrage window kept premiums firm in the United States and China. European participants seek direction amid Indonesian supply outage US traders at odds with buyers in 'dull' market Chinese premiums flat on rising SHFE stocksEuropean premiums hold st...Read More
Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals has received assay results for the first two diamond drill holes completed during the wet season at the Sogola-Baoule and Boumou prospects on the company’s 450 km2 Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali.The diamond core intersections confirm the geological model and continue to extend mineralisation.AdvertisementIntersections inc...Read More
Comex copper prices moved higher on Wednesday November 14 despite a stronger dollar due to growing optimism that a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and China could be reached in the next few months. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 1.25 cents to $2.6995 per lb. Markets have seen chaotic price movement in th...Read More
Kyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalXiana paid US$25 million in cash for the complex which consists of three operating mines, a concentrate plant, related infrastructure and exploration licences near the northern city of Ovalle."MAP is an excellent cornerstone asset for the Xiana portfolio and we look forward to executing our optimization plans...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resourcesThe scale of the Frisco project is demonstrated by the two systems that "book end" it - the large copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver bearing skarn at Accrington which measures up to 4km-by-2km, and the cluster of copper-gold-silver breccia pipes at Cactus over 5km to the north.With exploration continuing to demonstrate strong mineralisation at...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe pushed slowly upward again on Wednesday November 14, with sellers offering higher prices due to high costs but consumers so far unwilling to commit to large-volume deals.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?530-535 ($597-602) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?520-535 pe...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 maplecroftKyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalThe headline intercept was 500.3m at 2.19g/t gold-equivalent, or 0.8g/t gold, 0.66% copper and 2.24g/t...Read More
Kyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalThe Toronto-based company said its improved performance was owing to a trebling of gold production from its 100%-owned Beta Hunt mine, in Western Australia, to 31,360 ounces, helping push sales for the quarter up 175% 23,805oz.But RNC said it had generated more than $10 million EBITDA in the third quarter, an...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Northern Europe stayed flat on Wednesday November 14, with producers remaining firm on their offer prices despite higher production and raw material costs.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Northern Europe stayed at ?,?550-560 ($619-630) per tonne delivered, after rising from ?,?540-560 per tonne two weeks ago.The low end of the...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resourcesThe LME spot price has tumbled from US$7,330.50 a tonne on June 7 to less than $5,800/t in mid-August, recovering to last trade at $6,088.50/t.Tariffs and the need for copper mine investment are among the challenges facing the copper industry, Reuters reported, with two China-based traders saying they had seen strong physical buying of c...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in Northern Europe were flat this week amid stable market conditions, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday November 14.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe was ?,?640-660 ($720-743) per tonne delivered on November 14, unchanged week on week.Last week, hollow section prices widened by ?,?10 pe...Read More
Steel mills have begun pushing for an increase in the domestic price for steel beams in Europe, despite market conditions and feedstock costs remaining stable, but prices did not show any change this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 14.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic S235-grade, 200x200mm, category-2 H-beam in Northern Europe was ?,?620-645 ($698-726) per tonn...Read More
The gap between export offers and bids for hot-rolled coil in China narrowed on Wednesday November 14, raising expectations of the Chinese product finding favor among overseas buyers again.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,810 yuan ($546-547) per tonne, narrowing downward 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,840-3,850 yuan per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneDomestic prices were larg...Read More
South African miners will continue to need road transportation to get their material to port, according to Thembalani Gantsho, joint chief executive officer of Kudumane Manganese Resources.Road freight will be needed to meet the shortfall in capacity offered by the country's rail freight company, Transnet, Gantsho told delegates to Fastmarkets International Ferroalloys Conference in Lisbon, held N...Read More
Manganese alloy smelters are under pressure to scale back production due to the smaller margins achieved on suppressed alloy prices, Ferroglobe chief executive officer Pedro Larrea said during Fastmarkets' International Ferro-alloys Conference in Lisbon.Ferroglobe has cut some production at its manganese alloy furnaces, because the company has faced difficulties in generating profits due to the st...Read More