(IDEX Online) - Platinum Guild International (PGI) will host an e-commerce platform to create a destination for consumers looking to buy platinum jewelry. "The intent of this platform is to give designers an opportunity to share their platinum pieces directly with consumers, whom we know are interested in purchasing online," said Jenny Luker, PGI-USA's president. "By creating a dest...Read More

Production at Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds' Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho, has resumed, after the company successfully installed rented diesel generators to power the mine's processing plant.The diamond miner last month reported that the mine was struggling amid insufficient power supply from the Lesotho grid, as a result of a two-month maintenance shutdown of the Lesotho Highlands Water Pro...Read More

Participants in the seaborne coking coal market are maintaining a bearish outlook amid quiet trading, with many divided on the price gap between premium low-vol and mid-vol cargoes.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.16 per tonne, up by $1.78 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $146.36 per tonne, up by $1.28 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $123.21 per tonn...Read More

Turkish steel mills returned to the deep-sea markets on Monday November 4, booking several cargoes from different origins and pushing prices up further, sources told Fastmarkets.The three newly booked cargoes end a week-long quiet period since the previous booking, all with a very similar composition and pricing. Two of the cargoes were of US origin. The first, booked by a steel mill in...Read More

Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have increased again over the past week, in line with rises in imported scrap values, sources said on Monday November 4.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was TRY1,400-1,555 ($243-269) per tonne on Monday, narrowing upward from TRY1,385-1,555 per tonne last week.Four steel mills have raised...Read More

Polymetal building with good momentumSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalDrilling in Q3 revealed two mineral finds: a gold-copper occurrence comprising three targets, known as Avshancli, and a gold-hosting quartz vein named Gilar.Read More

Poster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsThe company is aiming to start copper production this quarter at its Gunnison in-situ recovery project in Arizona, which is permitted to produce 125 million pounds annually of copper cathode.Read More

Prices for mid-grade seaborne iron ore slid below $85 per tonne cfr China on Monday November 4, the first time since August 30.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $83.27 per tonne, down $2.29 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $83.09 per tonne, down $2.29 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $82.71 per tonne, down $2.23 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-pre...Read More

Seaborne iron ore concentrate of some origins continued to trade at premiums compared with discounts for other cargoes last week, while the pellet market stayed tepid. Concentrates Fastmarkets' weekly index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao was at $96.09 per tonne on Friday November 1, up by $1.07 from a week earlier. The daily Fastmarkets index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fi...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices picked up some strength on Monday November 4 on robust trading activity after a stagnant week, though exporters appeared more willing to make concessions amid a pessimistic outlook for demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,510-3,520 yuan ($499-500) per tonne, narrowing upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,510 yuan per tonne, up 10 yua...Read More

Trading activity in China's domestic rebar market picked up on Monday November 4 amid flat prices ahead of the China International Import Expo in Shanghai from Tuesday until Sunday.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,670-3,700 yuan ($521-526) per tonne, unchanged Northern China (Beijing): 3,620-3,650 yuan per tonne, unchanged Rebar futures were trading above last Friday's settlement price of 3,364 yuan pe...Read More

With the exception of those for aluminium and zinc, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down during the morning trading session on Monday November 4.The lackluster performance comes despite positive developments in United States-China trade negotiations regarding the signing of a "Phase One" deal as well as better-than-expected data that boosted wider risk sentiment heading in...Read More

Aurubis, Europe's largest copper producer, sees the domestic copper cathode market balanced, while the company's multi-metal strategy will see it better adjust to the region's changing trade landscape, chairman of the executive board Roland Harings told Fastmarkets in an interview during LME Week. The German-based producer has had a tempestuous year of change, with a leadership restructuring in Ju...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 20 points in pre-opening trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open above its previous all-time high at 27,369.68.Bausch Health added $0.78 to $26.70 U.S. after reporting higher than consensus third quarter earnings.McDonalds dropped $3.83 to $190.11 after the company fired its Chief Executive Officer....Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday November 1. China Key drivers  The price of antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China was unchanged for the second consecutive week due to sparse trading activity.  Many domestic antimony suppliers held offer prices firm despite thin buying interest, citing the limited availability of ore, while a few were...Read More

South African manganese miner Tshipi recorded a 28% year-on-year drop in net profit in the six months to August 31 due to lower manganese ore prices, owner Jupiter Mines announced on Thursday October 31.Tshipi's net profit for the period - its financial first half of 2020 - was 1.51 billion rand ($101 million), down from 2.09 billion rand in its financial first half of 2019. The miner achieve...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week ended Friday November 1.ChinaKey drivers The Chinese silicon 5-5-3 export price continued its upward momentum for the second consecutive week against a backdrop of tight supply for the dry season from November to May when refiners in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces halt production due to a lack of cheap hydroelectric power. Domestic Ch...Read More

IronRidge derisks through diverse discoveries SPONSOREDironridge resources Nordic Mining prepares for lift-offSPONSOREDnordic miningAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftPolymetal building with good momentumSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalBHP, Rio Tinto and the mineral sands miner, Iluka, have all made significant "discoveries" by taking a closer l...Read More

The U.S. District Court for Arizona has turned down Hudbay Minerals' (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) request that it reconsider its ruling in July that prevents the company from developing its Rosemont copper mine in the state.In October, U.S. District Court Judge James Soto said there was no reason to reconsider the earlier court ruling that challenged and overturned the U.S. Forest Services' approval of t...Read More

Last month, Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL) released the results of a prefeasibility study on its 75%- owned Cauchari project in northern Argentina's Jujuy province.The prefeasibility outlined an operation producing an estimated 25,000 tonnes per year of battery-grade lithium carbonate over a 30-year mine life.Pre-production capital is estimated at US$446 million, including a 20% contingency. Stea...Read More