The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Thursday November 7, breaching the $6,000 per tonne resistance level just after the 5pm close for the first time since July, while the zinc futures price climbed by over 1%. Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $5,975 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, spiking soon after the close to reach an intr...Read More

Nickel supply prompted the most heated discussions among market participants at the annual Antaike International Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Yichang on November 5-6, especially those involved in the electric vehicle (EV) battery raw materials supply chain, because of volatilities in the past two months. Meanwhile, the looming closure of Glencore's Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democrati...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday November 7 that are worth another look.Latin America's crude steel output fell 16% year on year in September to 4.69 million tonnes on high costs of iron ore and low global prices for finished products, according to regional steel association Alacero.The global nickel supply deficit is set to narrow to 20,000 tonnes of nickel u...Read More

As part of a wide-sweeping management change, the company also appointed Linda Chang as CFO, Purni Parikh as SVP corporate affairs and corporate secretary and James Steels to its board.Solaris intends to undertake a non-brokered private placement financing to raise up to C$5.5 million at C40c a share plus a three-year half warrant to advance permitting, exploration and drilling on its properties.S...Read More

Frank Feng has left his position as head of copper trading at Cliveden's Shanghai office and has been replaced by Sun Bing, Fastmarkets understands.Feng was head of copper trading at Cliveden's Shanghai office for almost three years. He had previously worked with...Read More

Galena Mining is looking to bring 90,000 tonnes of new lead production from its Abra mine in Australia to the market in 2022 and a continuation of current price levels for the metal would suit it 'just fine', its chief executive officer Alex Moleneux said."When we look at our outlook for the lead price we feel like where it is now is pretty reasonable over the long term horizon," Moleneux told Fas...Read More

The resolution, put forward by a group of shareholders led by the Australasian Center for Corporate Responsibility, regarded "lobbying inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement".Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") has announced the completion of functional integration to 175 major retail destinations, growing revenue-generating integrations by 16% in under 30 days.With the addition of these new content distribution channels, the Company is on track to achieve its goal of connecting to the 250 largest retailers around the...Read More

Nickel supply prompted the most heated discussions among market participants at the annual Antaike International Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Yichang on November 5-6, especially those involved in the electric vehicle (EV) battery raw materials supply chain, because of volatilities in the past two months. Meanwhile, the looming closure of Glencore's Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democrati...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday November 6 pricing session in London. Key drivers  The price for manganese flake in Europe edged down this week with several buyers able to book material in Rotterdam at cheaper levels close to $1,650 per tonne. Offers at $1,700 per tonne were turned down.  The price has been under pressure on...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold support just below, swinglines bearish:Read More

It often seem as though trade-deal news drives the markets, but how could this be so when we all know that China will never, ever change its crooked ways? Not that it matters. If Trump hadn't started a tariff war, it would have made little difference in the way a bull market now in its eleventh year behaves; stocks would still be trading about where they are. The only difference is that the con-...Read More

Postponement of US-China trade deal to December should be bullish for gold and silver. I will prefer a buy on dips strategy as long as gold trades over $1475 for intraday. Use sharp dips to invest in silver for month end with a stop loss below $1660. Copper and crude oil should fall on speculation of trade talk. U.S. lawmakers seek to ban federal pension fund from investing in China: This is the...Read More

Deep-sea scrap prices pushed up on Thursday, November 7, after a Turkish steel mill bought a cargo of HMS 1&2 (80:20) and shredded scrap from the United States, continuing the trend for US material set earlier in the week, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region bought the cargo, comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $260 per tonne and 12,000 tonnes of shr...Read More

Ontario's government is pursuing burden reduction measures for industrial electricity ratepayers to help businesses compete, and stimulate growth and investment.Over the next year, Ontario will help industrial electricity ratepayers focus on their businesses instead of their electricity management practices by establishing an energy concierge service to provide businesses with better customer serv...Read More

Reports from the United States that the signing of a partial trade deal with China may be delayed until December has deflated recent enthusiasm; a trade deal, or even a partial trade deal, is still illusive - this has been going on for 16 months now.News of the delay seems to have put the brakes on across markets with the base metals trading either side of unchanged with no major moves, while equi...Read More

Last weekend, my cousin's daughter got married.It was a destination wedding that took me from upstate New York to Ocean City, Maryland. A long haul, to be sure, but I wouldn't have missed it.The wedding was lovely, and it was great to reconnect with family I haven't seen in years. That being said, I'm not big on weddings in general. Maybe I'm just an early-stage curmudgeon, but I've never really b...Read More

Nickel supply prompted the most heated discussions among market participants at the annual Antaike International Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Yichang on November 5-6, especially those involved in the electric vehicle (EV) battery raw materials supply chain, because of volatilities in the past two months. Meanwhile, the looming closure of Glencore's Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democrati...Read More

Lomiko Metals Inc. (TSX-V: LMR, LMRMF, FSE: DH8B) is a Canadian-based, exploration-stage company, that discovered high-grade graphite at its La Loutre Property in Quebec and is working toward a Pre-Economic Assessment (PEA) that will increase its current indicated resource of 4.1 Mt of 6.5% Cg to over 10 Mt of 10%+ Cg. We learned from Paul Gill, CEO of Lomiko Metals, that the exploration has been...Read More

Key data from Wednesday November 7 pricing session in Shanghai and London. Key drivers  Cobalt hydroxide payables dropped at the start of November after suppliers cut their offer prices to encourage spot buying; spot trade has been slow since China's Golden Week holidays in early October.  Chinese consumers have either stood on the sidelines or made aggressive bids (based on refinery net...Read More