(IDEX Online) - Stargems, a DMCC-registered international diamond company, sold just under $50 million worth of goods at its recent tender at the Dubai Diamond Exchange. The sale was one of the largest rough diamond tenders held in the UAE.The goods on offer included over 500,000 carats from the SACIM mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A total of 577,000 carats of rough were viewe...Read More

The World Diamond Council (WDC) says governments have failed to reach consensus on a strengthened scope for the Kimberley Process (KP) during this year’s KP plenary meeting, which was held in India earlier this week.The meeting was expected to discuss the end of the KP’s three-year reform and review cycle, including the future of the much-anticipated reform agenda.AdvertisementThe KP i...Read More

Turkish steel producers made no deep-sea scrap purchases on the first working day of the week, but are still expected to buy more cargoes for December delivery, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday November 25.Mills booked four deep-sea cargoes last week at steady prices. The latest bookings were from the Baltic Sea region and sold at $260 per tonne and $261 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20)."I thin...Read More

Scrap prices in the Turkish domestic market remained stable over the past week, in line with steady imported scrap values, sources said on Monday November 25.Steel producers in the country kept their buying prices unchanged for both domestic auto bundle scrap and ship scrap over the past seven days.One scrapyard in Izmir, Kili??lar Hurda, changed its buy price...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices rose further on Monday November 25, with the 62% Fe index getting back above $90 per tonne cfr for the first time in over a month.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.92 per tonne, up $2.84 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.95 per tonne, up $2.84 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.31 per tonne, up $2.84...Read More

Galena provides a leading lightSPONSOREDgalena miningBHP will acquire 77 million shares at 22.15p a share, a 13% premium to the Friday closing price of 19.58p. Shares in SolGold opened strongly today, up more than 13% at 22.2pThe investment takes BHP's holding in SolGold to 282.7 million shares, and it will obtain 19.25 million options exercisable at 37p for five years as part of the investment.Ga...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices were steady on Monday November 25, as participants stayed on the sidelines to gauge direction following last week's increase.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.66 per tonne, down $0.10 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $145.39 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $120.70 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Ji...Read More

Seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet prices rose last week amid a general rebound in the market. ConcentrateFastmarkets' weekly index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao rose by $6.58 per tonne to $100.55 per tonne last Friday November 22. The daily Fastmarkets index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao averaged $98.30 per tonne last week, up $4.80 per tonne from an av...Read More

Another wave of optimism regarding United States-China trade talks has boosted broader markets and weakened havens, but the base metals have not taken much notice yet. Asian equities are stronger led by a 1.3% rise in the Hang Seng.Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Monday November 25. Nickel was the main mover with a 0.7% fall to $...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news on U.S./China trade negotiations confirming that China plans to increase penalties on Chinese companies that steel intellectual property.TDAmeritrade has agreed to its purchase by Schwab in an all-stock deal valued at $26 billion. Each TDAmeritrade will swa...Read More

After a month-long consultation period, Fastmarkets MB has discontinued its fortnightly publication of the mercury 99.99%, in-whs global locations, $/flask assessment.Global mercury trade has reduced since the 2017 Minamata Convention on mercury - a legally binding international agreement aimed at tackling mercury pollution - came into force. The Convention has reached more than 100 party ratifica...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday November 22.ChinaKey driversThe price of antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China, dipped for the third consecutive week on November 20 after some suppliers continuous cut their offer prices to attract sales in an attempt to generate cash before the year-end.Trading activity remained limited, with the market in a stalem...Read More

Scottsdale, Arizona November 25, 2019Editor's note: We hate to bear poor tidings this Saturday, but tax season is just around the corner. How can you reduce your tax bite? Today, "Rich Dad" Robert Kiyosaki shows you two strategies. Hint: the rich use them to take advantage of the tax code.Dear Reader,In the big picture of personal finance, there are four financial forces that cause most people to...Read More

Today we confront a rather distressing possibility - that this world may be in far better condition than we have previously supposed.Details, grim details, to follow.But we begin with a diagnosis:The stock market is evidently down with a spell of altitude sickness...The air at 28,000 proved too thin for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.The index has retreated to the 27,800 elevation. There it pres...Read More

The European ferro-silicon spot price jumped by more than 7% in the past week, breaking a three-week run of stability on increased trading activity. Ferro-silicon lumpy basis 75% Si (scale pro rata), delivered Europe rose to ?,?950-1,000 ($1,047-1,102) per tonne on Friday November 22, compared with ?,?900-920 per tonne the week before. Most buying interest was reported on an inter-merchant ba...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold's (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) proposed $4.9 billion all-share acquisition of Detour Gold (TSX: DGC) and its open-pit mine in northeastern Ontario will add 15.4 million oz. gold, or eight years, to Kirkland Lake's mineral reserve base and lift the company's annual gold production to 1.5 million ounces.Kirkland Lake Gold's Macassa mine in northern Ontario and Fosterville mine in Australia...Read More

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the two largest shareholders in the Ecuador-focused junior exploration company. Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) owns 14.8%.BHP is acquiring 77 million shares at 22.15 pence per share - a 13% premium to SolGold's closing share price on Nov. 22.Under the deal, BHP...Read More

An overview of the latest news from active diamond explorers, developers and miners in Canada, and Canadian-listed companies working abroad.Adia ResourcesThis spring, Adia Resources completed an initial diamond drilling program and ground gravity survey at its Lynx project near Oxford House, Man. While the company had planned to drill eight holes totalling 3,000 metres, a late start and mechanical...Read More

The Guigues kimberlite pipe in northern Quebec, 10 km from Notre- Dame-du-Nord, was discovered by De Beers in 1983. But despite its long history, it has never seen modern microdiamond testing.Tres-Or Resources (TSXV: TRS) is hoping to change that this year with a five-hole drill program. The junior, which acquired the pipe in 2003, says advances in knowledge about diamond indicator mineral chemist...Read More

US takes long-term position on mineral supplySPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMacarthur's high-grade iron project set to rollSPONSOREDArtemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesDark Horse could be 2020 bolterSPONSOREDdark horse resourcesFor most people in Dalio's line of business, gold is either too exotic, too unpredictable, or simply too primitive to be given a prominent pla...Read More