The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) GemLab Ltd will be taking part in the Gemmological Laboratories Zone at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, June 20 to 23, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Led by company director Omar Wahid Hatta and chief gemmologist Dietmar Schwarz, ICA GemLab will offer its Premium Report at the show, with the express ser...Read More
The Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) announced the opening ff its 10th Annual International Pearl Design Competition (IPDC) today, complete with an exciting collaboration with a prominent retailer to showcase and sell winning designs. The contest is open today through October 4, 2019. The CPAA celebrates pearls of all varieties, so it encourages seasoned and award-winning artists and b...Read More
HRD Antwerp announced its expansion into the UK market with the opening of a new drop-off point in London's Hatton Garden,saying that it is to help combat the proliferation of lab-grown diamonds (LGDs). "The supply of laboratory grown diamonds is ever increasing. As a result, jewelers are unknowingly selling jewelry which features a mix of natural and lab-grown diamonds. HRD Antwerp is pleas...Read More
Sarine Technologies Ltd. has begun offering jewelry suppliers and retailers a "new, simple, automated and extremely cost-effective imaging and visualization service with interactive personalization functionality." The Israeli start-up Verto has developed an innovative imaging solution that generates high quality interactive video displays, derived automatically from but a handful of images capture...Read More
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will be taking part in the Gemmological Laboratories Zone at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, June 20 to 23, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). GIA will give show attendees the opportunity to see live demonstrations of its newest instruments: The GIA iD100???EUR? ? gem-testing device, the GIA UV Lamp and Viewing Cabin...Read More
WINDHOEK – Five African commercial banks have partnered in a $375-million financing deal to build a new diamond mining vessel for a subsidiary of Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers.Nedbank Namibia, RMB Namibia, Standard Bank, ABSA and Bank Windhoek agreed to provide 80% of the funding for the ship, which will be the world's largest of its type.AdvertisementDebmarine Namibia - a 5...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.As Indonesia heads for the polls on 17 April, Wood Mackenzie's research director Andrew Harwood provides the following commentary:"We predict that President Jokowi will once again defeat his 2014 opponent, Prabowo Subianto, and secure...Read More
The price of mesh-quality wire rod in Europe was unchanged this week in a stable and quiet market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday June 19.Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessment for mesh-quality wire rod in Northern Europe was ?,?505-515 ($566-577) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, unchanged week on week. Demand has been quiet in the market this week while buyers anticipate an...Read More
A road map to finalise agreements that will enable Aim-listed Vast Resources to mine for diamonds on the Heritage concession, in Zimbabwe, has been established.This follows after meetings between the company’s senior management, local community leaders and parastatal Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), in Harare, last week.AdvertisementThe agreements concerning the Heritage concess...Read More
Domestic prices for hollow steel sections in Northern and Southern Europe were unchanged this week, with market participants expecting increases in the coming weeks, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday June 19.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe was ?,?620-640 ($695-717) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, stable week...Read More
Shipments of steel products from Iran remained unaffected by the conflict in the Gulf of Oman, which took place late last week, sources told Fastmarkets."We can still ship material," the country's major semi-finished steel producer told Fastmarkets.On June 13, two oil tankers (Norwegia-owned Front Altair and the Japan-owned Kokuka Courageous), reported an attack in the Gulf of Oman. Front Altair w...Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe highly regarded junior has welcomed Lundin Mining Corporation as both a major shareholder (14.3%) and potentially as a joint venture partner at the 100%-owned Stellar project, aptly named for the porphyry copper-gold potential identified at Saturn, Mars, Gemini and Jupiter.PolarX's summer exploration focus will be on two key pro...Read More
Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas is currently negotiating with local slab producers to feed its Cubat??o unit in the southeastern state of S??o Paulo, after having had to import the raw material from abroad so far in 2019, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Brazilian suppliers spent the first part of the year focused on exporting slab to the United States at higher prices than could be achi...Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe major can earn up to 80% of Janice Lake by spending C$30 million (US$22.3 million) on exploration over three years and paying Forum a total of $640,000, under an agreement struck last month.Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsPolice fired rubber bullets and tear gas as workers tried to block access to the site, Reuters reported.In a translated joint statement, Sindicatos 1, 2 and 3 said workers were "violently repressed" when trying to set up a camp, adding 12 had been detained.Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicals"The repres...Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsAddressing the South Australian government's annual Copper to the World conference in Adelaide yesterday, Santiago-based CRU Consulting principal analyst, Erik Heimlich, said the copper price at itsRead More
Dovish comments from European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi combined with some positive US-China trade developments (in that US president Donald Trump said he will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in late June), prompted a recovery in equities and industrial metals prices on Tuesday June 18. Markets are now consolidating while they await direction from the conclusion of today’s U...Read More
Turkish steel producers have resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings after a short break of a day, but demand is expected to slow down, sources said on Wednesday June 19.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $278.50 per tonne and 7,000 tonnes of shredded at $283.50 per tonne cfr. This compares with a deep-sea deal from this region on M...Read More
Vale expects to resume production through wet processing at its Brucutu mine in 72 hours, following a decision from the country's Superior Court of Justice that nullified a previous ruling impeding the use of a tailings dam, it said on Wednesday June 19. Capacity at the unit is around 30 million tonnes per year of iron ore, which was halted following an accident at another mine, C??rrego...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials.Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreRio Tinto, Global Ore, 170,000 tonnes of 62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, traded at the July average of a 62% Fe index...Read More