Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 12 that are worth another look.Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country's coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on March 12.Ball Corporation is to acquire Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagen...Read More
The benchmark alumina price remained above $300 per tonne on Thursday March 12 but liquidity on a fob Australia basis remained low. Fastmarkets calculated the daily alumina index, fob Australia at $303.17 per tonne on Thursday, little changed from $304.63 per tonne the previous day. The index has been above $300 per tonne since February 27. Key drivers: Liquidity remains low but partici...Read More
Aurubis' copper refining facility in Belgium has to operate at 50% of its full capacity due to an earlier incident, diverting intermediate-product copper anodes to the spot market, Fastmarkets has learned.Last November, a transport crane collapsed in the electrolysis section of Aurubis' copper tankhouse in Olen, Belgium, which transforms anodes into cathodes of 99.995% copper content. The Ole...Read More
Noranda Income Fund (NIF) is assessing whether capital investments at its facilities could help improve its production capacity and profitability in light of a decline in the quality of global zinc concentrates.NIF, which owns the Canadian Electrolytic Zinc (CEZ) facility in the province of Quebec, said the decline in concentrates quality has been in terms of the zinc grade and the level of impuri...Read More
It said underwriters led by National Bank Financial, Eight Capital Corp and Scotia Capital had agreed to buy C$75 million (US$54.4 million) worth of shares priced at $8.Read More
Amplats declared force majeure on Friday after an explosion at the plant on February 10, and the threat of another explosion at its replacement.Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 12 that are worth another look.Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country's coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on March 12.Ball Corporation is to acquire Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagen...Read More
State copper company Codelco produced 118,600t in the month, 6.8% less than in the same period of 2019 and 36.8% lower than in December 2019 as output at its north division centred around Chuquicamata and El Teniente fell significantly.Production at the BHP-controlled Escondida increased 9.9% compared with a year ago to 100,900t, but fell 4.5% from December. The Anglo American-controlled Collahuas...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold 18 week moving average near $1,542, trying to hold the lows here but now need to see what the market does..Read More
Dave KranzlerMake no mistake, the financial system is collapsing under one giant margin call being issued to banks and hedge funds. How big? No one knows. The Fed obviously was preparing for something when it commenced its money printing in September. But it had no idea of the scale of the underlying systemic problems. Coronavirus is not the cause of what's unfolding in the markets - it mere...Read More
Today, after another devastating day in the markets we are going to stand back and take a "big picture" view of what is going on.This is not some ordinary run-of-the mill bearmarket that is starting here - it is the beginning of a devastating collapse that is necessary to clear the system of all the accumulated dross that has built over many years. A "reset" is an apt word to describe it.The rot...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold breaking below the 18-DMA with support coming in below at..Read More
A substantial increase to air-freight costs from China into Europe and the US is weighing on negotiations for indium, germanium and gallium, which are usually shipped as air freight on commercial aircrafts, sources said."Since the coronavirus outbreak started, the cost of shipping by air has almost doubled for all air shipments," a Chinese germanium producer said.Air freight rates generally range...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone down in the latest deal for a Baltic Sea cargo, with steel producers still trying to cover their urgent needs with short-sea deals instead, sources said on Thursday March 12.A steel mill in the country was heard booking a Baltic Sea cargo from Poland at the beginning of the week at $273-273.50 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20). The cargo breakdown was...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) closed down by 5.9% on Wednesday, and in the pre-market this morning, Thursday March 12, the DJIA futures are down by around 4.4% - such is the continued fear in the market. Base metals on the London Metal Exchange and on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board by an average of 1% and 1.7% respectively, as of 7:50am London time. A...Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is doubling down on its greenhouse gas emissions targets, announcing it will aim to reduce carbon intensity in its operations by 33 per cent over the next 10 years.The Vancouver-based mining firm says the goal is in addition to its commitment made in early February to be carbon neutral across all its operations and activities by 2050.The news c...Read More
Today is Thursday, March 12, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,580.10. It's down -3.56% from yesterday and up...Read More
The United Kingdom government revealed plans to invest over ?1 billion ($1.3 billion) on green transport, including ?500 million for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure over the next five years, in its 2020 budget announcement on Wednesday March 11.During the budget presentation, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak committed to make it cheaper to buy low emission vehicles and cutting taxes on cl...Read More
Today is Thursday, March 12, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC), Black Stone Minerals LP (NYSE: BSM), and Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO).NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC)NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC) is a $204.21 million company today with a one-year return of -19.14%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, its ente...Read More
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