China's stainless steel prices were flat over the past week amid thin trading ahead of the January 24-30 Lunar New Year holiday in the country. The largely rangebound nickel price on the London Metal Exchange also contributed to the stability of the stainless steel market, market participants told Fastmarkets. The three-month nickel contract on the exchange ended Wednesday's trading session at $13...Read More
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down at the close of morning trading on Thursday January 23, the final trading day before Lunar New Year holidays kick off in China.The broad weakness comes amid a pick-up in concerns about the economic impact of a disease outbreak in China as authorities step up their efforts to contain the virus.All public transport in and out of the C...Read More
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) is in the process of placing its Chambishi refinery in Zambia on care and maintenance, the company confirmed to Fastmarkets. "We have taken the difficult decision to suspend operations at Chambishi Metals due to the shortage of both copper and cobalt concentrate feedstock material. It was not possible to locate appropriate feedstock in Zambia. We are in the process o...Read More
Samancor Chrome plans to reduce annual chrome ore and ferro-chrome production by 29% and 20% respectively due to poor market conditions, it said on Thursday January 23. South Africa's largest ferro-chrome producer provided the update days after confirming proposals to restructure and retrench staff at its mining and smelting operations. It had also warned in December that production cuts were...Read More
Copper scrap buyers in the United States are concerned that an increase in US exports to China could pressure discounts in the second half of 2020, leading to a "relatively flat discount" throughout the year.China has renamed copper scrap with a content range of 94-99.9% and that meets certain impurity thresholds, to copper renewable materials.The classification change from the world's l...Read More
A study of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice in the mining sector that examined the top-50 listed mining companies by market capitalization and the world's 20 largest institutional investors says much more work needs to be done to put ESG front and centre in the industry."Despite the compelling business case for ESG, and its acceptance as a critical issue by essentially all minin...Read More
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) has received approvals and permits to restart open-pit mining at its Kumtor operation in the Kyrgyz Republic.The Kyrgyz state agency has approved Centerra's 2020 mine development plan, which includes a revised waste dumping plan and safety measures that involve waste placement in the Central Valley and Sarytor waste rock dumps.Open-pit mining is ramping up with full product...Read More
The latest exploration results from Teranga Gold's (TSX: TGZ) Golden Hill project located within the Hounde greenstone belt in Burkina Faso indicate a new discovery at the Ma Jonction prospect and have returned high-grade, near-surface gold intercepts.Drill highlights from Ma Jonction, located between the previously-defined Ma Main and Ma North zones, include 8 metres of 6.4 grams gold per tonne s...Read More
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