Uncertainties surround the timing and location of the US and China signing a long-awaited "phase one" trade deal this year."Sentiment has cooled in global markets, but it undoubtedly remains positive," IG market analyst Kyle Rodda said this morning.He said the ASX was "something of a laggard" relative to global stock markets and 6,770-6,775 was the technical line-in-the-sand to watch, with a break...Read More

First Quantum has agreed to supply South Korean copper smelter LS Nikko with copper concentrates from its Cobre Panama project over a period of 15 years, sources with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed with Fastmarkets. The Canadian miner will ship 122,000 tonnes per year of copper concentrates from Cobre Panama to Korea under an offtake contract decided two years ago that was finally signed...Read More

CEO: "Dr. Shane Beattie is a Leader in Lithium-Ion Battery Development"Appointment Follows Testing of Graphite One Material by Major U.S. Multinational EV ManufacturerVancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announced today the appointment of Dr. Shane D. Beattie as its Chief Technology Officer ("CTO") effective immediately. Dr. Beatt...Read More

Keras' manganese project at Nayega in the west African country will start out shipping ore to smelter end users, but the company intends to produce manganese sulphate for the fertiliser and batteryRead More

Chinese refined copper demand will not grow next year, according to the industry's most prominent statistical body. Refined copper demand will remain flat at the 2019 level of 12.09 million tonnes, the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC) forecast on Monday November 4. China is the world's largest user of copper, consuming 50% of global output, and any slowdown in demand for the...Read More

Maptek has more than 320 employees and generates more than A$100 million a year of sales. The 40-year-old business has enjoyed strong growth in the past three years on the back of its broad global customer base, and sales and support network, and new product releases.Peter Johnson told Mining Journal earlier this year: "Overall it's a very exciting time to be working in this space. We enjoy very p...Read More

The ASX-listed company (ORI) saw revenue growth across all its regions and divisions in the 12 months to the end of September this year, compared with the previous year. "Volumes are growing and our market-leading technology solutions are gaining traction with customers. Our growth drivers are starting to deliver," managing director Alberto Calderon said.Orica said it "anticipates higher earnings...Read More

Chinese buyers' appetite for imported cobalt metal is likely to shrink in the near future because domestic supply is increasing and there is little room for demand to increase, market participants told Fastmarkets. Cobalt production in China is estimated to reach 9,300 tonnes in 2019, up 17% from last year, Zhanrong Kong, senior analyst from Antaike told delegates at Antaike's International Nickel...Read More

Despite a recent slowdown in the development of nickel-rich lithium ion batteries for use in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, certain types of these batteries will continue to penetrate the market due to so called "driving range anxiety", according to the chairman of Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co.Addressing delegates at the China International Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Yichang, centr...Read More

Dave KranzlerThe major stock indices - the Dow, SPX and Nasdaq - have wafted up to all-time highs on a cloud of Central Bank printed money. Interestingly, most of the stocks in all three indices are below to well below their all-time highs. Breadth of the move is shockingly thin. Very few stocks are responsible for pushing the indices higher. The Dow's move last Friday, for instance, was...Read More

Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. Gold continues to consolidate with sideways price action after reaching the $1500-$1550 resistance zone.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Investor patience is required when the price arrives at a major support or resistance zone like $1500-$1550.3. The good news is that for the current gold market reaction,...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold in somewhat of the sideways pattern, but the swingline has turned down now -- does the market have legs to it to the downside?Read More

A Turkish steel mill purchased a cargo of ferrous scrap material from the United States at broadly stable prices on Wednesday November 6, following the trend seen in several other cargoes purchased earlier this week, sources have told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region purchased a US-origin cargo comprising 22,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) at $262 per tonne and 9,000 tonnes of shred...Read More

China has approved a sixth copper scrap import quota to allow an additional 11,110 tonnes of copper scrap into the country by the end of this year, the environmental ministry said on Tuesday November 5.The latest quota, 81% lower than the previous quota covering 57,365 tonnes announced on October 18, brings the total volume of copper scrap imports allowed into China in the second half of 2019 to 5...Read More

Broader markets were little changed this morning, Wednesday November 6, while participants await further news on the likelihood of a "phase one" trade deal between the United States and China. For now it seems as though the market has priced in as much as it wants to, given how trade rhetoric can flip-flop so easily.Asian equities were mixed, suggesting some consolidation has started to set in.Chi...Read More

Chinese buyers' appetite for imported cobalt metal is likely to shrink in the near future because domestic supply is increasing and there is little room for demand to increase, market participants told Fastmarkets. Cobalt production in China is estimated to reach 9,300 tonnes in 2019, up 17% from last year, Zhanrong Kong, senior analyst from Antaike told delegates at Antaike's International Nickel...Read More

Despite a recent slowdown in the development of nickel-rich lithium ion batteries for use in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, certain types of these batteries will continue to penetrate the market due to so called "driving range anxiety", according to the chairman of Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co.Addressing delegates at the China International Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Yichang, centr...Read More

It happens every year without fail.That moment when you wake up shivering one morning and it hits you that summer is gone and the cool days of autumn are quickly turning bitter cold.You get up, and for the first time in a long while, you click the switch on your thermostat and put the heat on.Most people trudge back under the covers without much thought.Yet for some reason, the first time I click...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in Europe have been stable over the past week, but offer prices for material were expected to move upward, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HRC, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was unchanged over the week at ?,?415-425 ($461-472) per tonne on November 6.The corresponding assessment for steel HRC...Read More

Indian steel manufacturers expect the Indian government to trim its support for their exports following an adverse ruling by the World Trade Organization in a subsidy dispute brought by the United States."The [Indian] Ministry of Industry & Commerce was already looking at revamping trade and tax policies, which includes scrapping certain export incentive schemes that have now been termed as s...Read More