A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday November 3. Please click...Read More

Brazilian iron ore exports fell 8.6% in October, when compared with the same month last year, since the month had fewer workdays in 2020, and despite those volumes representing a higher daily average, data from the country's economy ministry showed on Tuesday November 3.Brazil exported 31.19 million tonnes of iron ore last month, down from 34.14 million tonnes a year before, and down 17.6% from th...Read More

The London Metal Exchange base metals complex closed up by 1.2% from the previous day's kerb on Tuesday November 3, buoyed by bullish expectations arising from the same day's United States presidential election.Conversely, the US dollar index was trading down by 0.64% around 93.40 during the afternoon session, in anticipation of the poll result, providing a significant tailwind for LME three-month...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 3 that are worth another look.Flying taxis and skyports could become a reality over the next 20 years, according to Shin Jaiwon, Hyundai Motor Group's executive vice president and head of the newly established Urban Air Mobility...Read More

Many Chinese steelmakers switched up their sinter feed ratios to consist of more low and high-grade iron ore amid rising prices for mid-grade products in the third quarter, sources said.This trend appeared short-lived when iron ore prices declined in the last couple of months but with coke becoming costlier in China, blends of low and high grades of iron ore appear to be making a comeback.Surging...Read More

The London Metal Exchange base metals complex closed up by 1.2% from the previous day's kerb on Tuesday November 3, buoyed by bullish expectations arising from the same day's United States presidential election.Conversely, the US dollar index was trading down by 0.64% around 93.40 during the afternoon session, in anticipation of the poll result, providing a significant tailwind for LME three-month...Read More

Many Chinese steelmakers switched up their sinter feed ratios to consist of more low and high-grade iron ore amid rising prices for mid-grade products in the third quarter, sources said.This trend appeared short-lived when iron ore prices declined in the last couple of months but with coke becoming costlier in China, blends of low and high grades of iron ore appear to be making a comeback.Surging...Read More

Based on communication with the Central Bank of Mexico, the principal supplier of silver ounces to Banco Azteca, supply will likely be "exhausted" by year's end!(by Half Dollar) Silver Bugs, stackers and other smart investors, take note!Silver Fever is running through Mexico!Hugo Salinas Price has a stake in Banco Azteca, which are banks generally found inside of department/rent-to-own stores call...Read More

The Comex lately has been unable to deliver enough silver to meet market demand...by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA)1:07p ET Monday, November 2, 2020Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:International monetary metals consultant Corey Keller, interviewed today by Bullion Star's Ronan Manly, suggests that the New York Commodities Exchange is the vulnerable spot of the bullion bank...Read More

The London Metal Exchange has approved the resignation of French bank Soci?(C)t?(C) G?(C)n?(C)rale from its Category II and LMEprecious membership structure, outlining in a note to members on Tuesday November 3 that the entity will no longer trade as a general clearing member of LMEClear with immediate effect. Soci?(C)t?(C) G?(C)n?(C)rale, also known as SocGen, began a refinement of its commodity...Read More

We really needed to break through $21, and we did that. Here's what comes next for silver...Bill Murphy interviewed by Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsFor years, there was a #silver analyst who warned to watch out once the #silverprice broke through the $21 level. Because when it did, he expected the price to rise substantially.Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. And to find out what #Bill...Read More

RAPAPORT... Signet Jewelers will offer James Allen products in nearly half of its Jared stores through a new, dual-branded model.The Jared + James Allen locations are part of the jeweler's efforts to reposition Jared as a more exclusive, luxurious destination, and provide customers with an "elevated and superior" experience, Signet executive vice president and chief marketing officer Bill Brace to...Read More

RAPAPORT... Mountain Province recorded its largest open-market sale to date as rough-diamond demand returned ahead of the holiday season.The miner sold 559,528 carats for $34.3 million at last month's tender in Antwerp, averaging $61 per carat, the company reported Monday. The event, which closed October 30, was only its second commercial sale since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."The int...Read More

RAPAPORT... Watches of Switzerland has hired Kelly Yoch as director of client relations, a new position for the company, it said Monday.Yoch, who was most recently the senior North American consultant for Patek Philippe watches at Tiffany & Co., also served as the head of fine jewelry at Saks Fifth Avenue, and as the general manager of luxury-watch label Tourneau. She will be responsible for d...Read More

RAPAPORT... Chow Tai Fook is launching its own diamond certificates based on artificial intelligence, using a new grading scale featuring numbers instead of letters.The Chow Tai Fook AI Diamond Grading Certificate will be available for stones weighing 0.30 carats or less through T Mark, the retailer's diamond brand focused on traceability, the company said Monday. The reports - which it devel...Read More

RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, November 3, 2020, Las Vegas... The diamond market continued to improve in October as holiday orders picked up. Supply shortages helped buoy prices of 1-carat and larger stones. However, the positive sentiment of the previous month weakened due to a rise in global Covid-19 cases and uncertainty surrounding the US election. The RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI?,,?) for 1-carat poli...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have moved up on Tuesday November 3, supported by long lead times for delivery of the material, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?505.96 ($588.80) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?0.96 per tonne from ?,?505.00 per tonne.The index was up by ?,?7....Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lightbox, the lab-grown division of De Beers, has opened a vast factory in the USA that will allow it to produce 200,000 carats a year.It has also announced that its lab-grown diamonds will be sold as fashion jewlery by the online retailer Blue Nile -  the first time it has sold lab-growns - as well as on Lighbox's own website.Lightbox's manufacturing operation (pict...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Surat's bourse has seen business boom, as it picked up export trade from its closed counterpart in Mumbai.Half-year exports to October were up more than 700 per cent to $832m said the Surat Hira Bourse (SHB), the city's only customs clearance centre for diamond, jewelry, gold and other precious cargo.By comparison total export for the financial year 2019-20 were $190m.Mum...Read More

CIS steel billet producers have continued to offer material to foreign customers at rather high prices, with support from the global uptrend in the long steel markets, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday November 3.In any case, the producers were in no hurry to sell-out volumes scheduled for shipment in January.For their part, customers in the majority of export destinations considered the current offers...Read More