On September 14th, drones targeted Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil refinery and Khurais oil field. The strikes reportedly knocked out more than half of Saudi Arabia's total output. That amounts to a whopping 6-7% of the global daily oil supply. Not surprisingly, before the dust had settled, the press sounded an alarm and spread fear. Then, President Trump jumped in, claiming the attack “won't affe...Read More
A lack of trading activity in most sales outlets coupled with the ongoing decline in the import scrap segment sent global billet prices down in the week ended Friday September 27.Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia remained the most active billet import market last week, with buyers continuing to book cargoes while demand from other parts of the world was soft.Several cargoes of Russian billet shipped to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 27 that are worth another look.The Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate market temporarily halted its downtrend on Thursday September 26 in the run-up to the National Day holiday (October 1-7), while the lithium hydroxide price in China held week on week on limited transactions in the spot market.China'...Read More
An earlier version of this story misspelled the first name of the chief analyst at ActivTrades. This has been corrected. AFP/Getty Images Gold futures settled higher on Thursday, a day after a surge by the U.S. dollar prompted the precious metal to suffer its worst daily decline in nearly three weeks. Gold moved higher "due to tepid, dovish GDP data" covering the second quarter, with the market an...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 27 that are worth another look.The Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate market temporarily halted its downtrend on Thursday September 26 in the run-up to the National Day holiday (October 1-7), while the lithium hydroxide price in China held week on week on limited transactions in the spot market.China'...Read More
(IDEX Online) - AIM-listed mining company BlueRock Diamonds plc recovered a 20.72-carat gem quality stone from the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa. This is the second stone recovered from the mine over 20 carats. The previous stone weighed in at 24.98 carats and sold for $190,000. "I am highly encouraged by the recovery of yet another significant stone whic...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Dutch bank ABM Amro has said it is subject to an investigation by the country's public prosecutor relating to requirements under the Act on the prevention of money laundering and financing terrorism. The bank said in a short statement that it would cooperate fully with the investigation, news of which sent its shares plummeting 12 percent, reported the Financial Times.The...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Blockchain startup Everledger has closed a $20 million funding round led by Chinese Internet-based service provider Tencent Holdings Ltd. Everledger provides blockchain services to a range of sectors including the diamond industry. Everledger's diamond clients include Brilliant Earth, Rare Carat, Chow Tai Fook and GIA, Hari Krishna Exports and the Singapore Diamond Invest...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A Swiss-based laser-cutting company has developed an automated cutting and shaping system for round diamonds it says substantially decreases the production pipeline by combining several processes into one machine.Synova, which is partly owned by De Beers, says the DaVinci system also reduces polishing processes to a final finishing step. "Several cost, skill and labor-intensive ste...Read More
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