Angola Diamond Sales Increase 11.7% in Q3(IDEX Online) - Angolan diamond sales increased 11.7 percent in the third quarter of 2019. Revenues reached $294.85 million compared to 2018, an increase of $30.7 million, reported Macauhub. Sodiam, the Angolan national diamond trading company, said the country sold 2.94 million carats of diamonds during the quarter, an increase of 46 percent or 7...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Rapaport Diamond Podcast interviewed Stephen Lussier, De Beers' vice president, consumer and brands, after the company published its annual Diamond Insight Report.Lussier outlines the key takeaways from the report, titled Diamonds and Love in the Modern World, stressing how the industry can capitalize on the trends in modern relationships. While the bridal segment has struggled to...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Prices of fancy color diamonds remained stable in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) published by the Fancy Color Research Foundation. The prices of pinks remained stable this quarter. The slight decrease of 0.1 percent overall was due to a 3-percent decrease in the 5 carat fancy pink category. However, all fancy vivid pinks rose by 0....Read More

(IDEX Online) - The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has produced a coral report ahead of its annual congress in Bahrain this month. This is the ninth in a series of special publications prepared for the congress. The report was prepared by the Coral Commission, which is headed by Vincenzo Liverino.It covers environmental issues, in particular the efforts by the industry to address the impact...Read More

Brazilian apparent steel consumption is set to grow by 6-8% in 2020 if current gross domestic product (GDP) estimates are met, Gerdau's chief executive officer Gustavo Werneck said on Thursday November 7.The long-steel sector could rise faster because construction, its largest consumer, was hit harder during the country's recent economic crisis and has not yet started a significant recovery, the C...Read More

RAPAPORT... Mountain Province saw a net loss in the third quarter,hampered by bad weather and the negative impact of currency fluctuation. The company reported a loss of CAD 25.8 million ($19.6million) from its Gahcho Ku?(C) mine in Canada for the three months endingSeptember 30, compared with a profit of $17.5 million ($13.3 million) theprevious year, as the Canadian currency weakened agains...Read More

The price for steel rebar in Egypt decreased in the week ended Thursday November 7 even as imports costs for steel billet rose, sources told Fastmarkets.Egyptian rebar producers were offering rebar at E ?9,600-9,900 ($592-610) per tonne ex-works including 14% VAT, down from last week's E ?10,400-10,900 per tonne ex-works including VAT. Sales were made at E ?9,500-9,800 per tonne ex-works including...Read More

RAPAPORT... Gem Diamonds has reduced its sales guidance for the year, asa problem with its high-value satellite pipe has forced it to mine from thelower-value portion of its Let??eng mine in Lesotho. The miner now expects to sell between 111,000 and 113,000carats compared to the 115,000 to 119,000 it had previously stated in March.Although it will increase the amount of ore treated, and has n...Read More

Trading activity in China's hot-rolled coil market thinned on Thursday November 7 while prices stayed flat, with sentiment dampened by rising output.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,540-3,550 yuan ($505-507) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,540 yuan per tonne, unchangedA trader in Shanghai said buying slowed during the day despite steady prices, with rising output resulting in s...Read More

RAPAPORT... Revenue from Angola's national diamond-trading company,Sodiam, rose 12% year on year in the third quarter amid an increase in theaverage price. Prices of Angola's diamonds have continued to increase sincethe implementation of the country's new, more competitive diamond-tradingpolicy last year, the government noted. The program allows miners to offer 60%of their production to clien...Read More

HARARE – Zimbabwean mining firms want to retain all of their export earnings in foreign currencies, saying they are disadvantaged by having a proportion paid to them in Zimbabwe dollars.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is pinning its hopes on the mining sector, which generates Zimbabwe's biggest export earnings, to drive the recovery of an economy grappling with power cuts a...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, plate, sheet and other flat steel products. Latest transaction: hot-rolled coilHot-rolled coilEast China, domestic, commercial-grade...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices edged up further on Thursday November 7 on declining inventory levels, though the futures market registered a drop on a pessimistic outlook.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,730-3,760 yuan ($532-536) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,650-3,670 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonnesRebar inventory levels in the spot markets of major Chinese cities wer...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for steel billet, slab and bloom. Latest transaction: billetBillet Read More

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s beleaguered State power utility and regulatory uncertainty are the biggest risks for investors wanting to put their money in the country, according to Anglo American.The challenges presented by Eskom Holdings “probably represents our single most-important risk we deal with,” Anglo CEO Mark Cutifani told delegates at an investment conference in...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, beams and other long steel products. Latest transaction: rebarRebar East China, domestic,...Read More

Poster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsAs 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 warran...Read More

Polymetal building with good momentumSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalAt Cangrejos, the indicated mineral resource is now 469 million tonnes grading 0.59 grams per tonne gold and 0.12% copper and the inferred resource is 255Mt grading 0.43g/t gold and 0.08% copper.Read More

Nordic Mining prepares for lift-offSPONSOREDnordic miningIronRidge derisks through diverse discoveries SPONSOREDironridge resources Polymetal building with good momentumSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftThe resolution, put forward by a group of shareholders led by the Australasian Center for Corporate Responsibil...Read More

Physical iron ore prices weakened further on Thursday November 7 amid losses in derivatives markets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $83.17 per tonne, down $0.30 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $83.20 per tonne, down $0.09 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $82.05 per tonne, down $0.81 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-premium, cfr Qi...Read More