The closure of Thyssenkrupps's heavy plate unit is very likely considering the company has received zero interest during the bidding process for its sale, the company said on November 19. German industrial group Thyssenkrupp is going through a restructuring and in May this year, it said it was examining whether to sell or close its heavy steel plate production sites.In its annual report for the fi...Read More
Long-term ferro-vanadium contracts for 2021 are being signed at an average of 5-7% discounts while negotiations continue in November, market sources told Fastmarkets.Long-term contracts for ferro-vanadium in Europe are usually settled against Fastmarkets' European benchmark price assessment with the parties agreeing a discount to the published price to take prevailing market fundamentals into acco...Read More
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Buying and holding fundamentally strong stocks for long can generate a significant amount of wealth as equities outperform other asset classes over time. For instance, on average, Enbridge has generated an annual shareholder return (share price appreciation plus dividend payments) of 15.8% from 1995 to 2019, implying a $3,000 investment in Enbridge stock during that period would turn int...Read More
Should we think of big tech stocks as we've thought about "tech stocks" up until now? I'm not sure anymore. I don't think anyone else should be either.If you told me 10 years ago that Amazon would dominate retail, I'd wholeheartedly agree.If you told me that it'd dominate one of the fastest-growing segments of B2B revenue and profit - cloud storage and processing - I'd raise an eyebrow, but hear y...Read More
The three-month copper and lead London Metal Exchange prices ended the week on the rise, hitting June-2018 and January-2020 highs respectively at the 5pm close on Friday November 20, capitalizing on momentum-based trading which pushed the whole complex up. The three-month copper price closed at $7,277.50 per tonne on Friday, up by 2.6% from Thursday's closing price of $7.093 per tonne, surpassing...Read More
An overview of the new energy raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Susan Zou and Sally Zhang in Shanghai, Carrie Shi in Beijing, and...Read More
After much anticipation and debate, the International Energy Exchange's bonded copper futures contract launched on Thursday November 19 to some fanfare and respectable volume.A total of 8,344 lots traded on the INE's 'BC' contract on Thursday, following up with another 4,893 on Friday, the majority for delivery in March.National Chinese copper behemoths Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals were among the...Read More
An overview of the new energy raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Susan Zou and Sally Zhang in Shanghai, Carrie Shi in Beijing, and...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesNov 20, 2020 The mid-tier gold miners' stocks are in this sector's sweet spot for upside potential. After a spectacular run since March's stock panic, they have been correcting since early August. That is doing its necessary work of rebalancing sentiment, paving the way for the next bull upleg. Higher prevailing gold prices have proven a huge fundamental windfall for mid-tiers...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 20.China Continuing tight spot availability and higher raw material costs underpinned the domestic spot market, with prices narrowing upward, breaking nine weeks of stability. The most-traded January ferro-silicon contract price on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange closed at 5,890 yuan ($896...Read More
A plus-500m long sub-horizontal high grade shoot has emerged, offering low strip ratio potential. Infill hits reported today included 47m at 1.4% nickel from 66m, within which 13m graded 2.3% nickel.Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 20.AsiaSeaborne prices for high- and low-grade manganese ore fell following lower offers, amid high inventories and weakening sentiment.Falling portside ore prices put additional downward pressure on both grades of material.Portside manganese ore prices of both grades ticked down....Read More
After much anticipation and debate, the International Energy Exchange's bonded copper futures contract launched on Thursday November 19 to some fanfare and respectable volume.A total of 8,344 lots traded on the INE's 'BC' contract on Thursday, following up with another 4,893 on Friday, the majority for delivery in March.National Chinese copper behemoths Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals were among the...Read More
Soaring shipping costs have continued to push the manganese flake market up, with European prices jumping by more than 9% this past week to a nine-month high.Fastmarkets' assessment for manganese 99.7% electrolytic manganese flake, in-whs Rotterdam was at $1,800-1,850 per tonne on Friday November 20, up by 3% from the mid-week assessment of $1,750-1,795 per tonne and by 9.3% from $1,620-...Read More