While the facility remains subject to both final documentation and conditions precedent prior to drawdown, it includes a formal approval of export credit support from the Export Credit InsuranceRead More

GroundProbe, bought by Orica in 2017 for A$205 million, says the operational Santiago centre was already remotely monitoring many tailings dams, a major hydro-electric dam and "even a landslide on a national highway in Colombia" for 30 customers, GroundProbe chief operating officer, David Noon said."We've witnessed a boom in Brazil for continuous, real-time monitoring of tailings dams, with a huge...Read More

The company said last week it deeply regretted to report "that an incident involving local police and unauthorised artisanal miners within the Rosebel concession has resulted in the death of an unauthorised miner".It said its emergency response team was activated, appropriate authorities had been notified and an investigation into the incident had begun."To ensure the security of our workforce, we...Read More

Clive MaundThe charts we will look at in this update suggest that this is a perfect shorting setup that you see "once in a blue moon". On the 3-year chart for the S&P500 index we can see that it has essentially been trending higher all year, but has now arrived at an important double target - at the upper boundary of its giant broadening pattern, which may also be called a bullhorn or megaphone...Read More

By Avi GilburtThe Fed gave us exactly what the market expected in a .25% rate cut, and even gave us a "gift" with the early cessation of Quantitative Tightening. Normally, most would view this as a bullish catalyst. However, with market sentiment topping out in a bullish extreme, market participants interpreted the Fed action as bearish (despite its positive substance), and the market sold o...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday August 2.ChinaKey drivers The Chinese silicon export market continued to remain stable week on week for the third consecutive week. The supply tightness and a sign of increased demand in the domestic market, amid resumed buying activity for August delivery from the secondary aluminum sector, have encouraged exporters t...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended August 2. ChinaKey drivers The price of antimony MMTA standard-grade II, ddp China, remained flat week on week due to sparse trading activity. Domestic antimony suppliers remained resolute in holding their offer prices firm, citing limited ore material at hand.Some domestic antimony consumers chose to sit on the sidelines aft...Read More

Turkish steel producers have not made any deep-sea bookings at the start of this week because of soft demand for finished long steel, sources said on Monday August 5.After the mills booked several deep-sea cargoes in the week ending July 26, they have backed out of the market."The mills in Turkey want to sell some [rebar] before resuming their...Read More

Domestic scrap prices in the Turkish market fell slightly over the past week due to weak demand for finished steel, sources said on Monday August 5.Several steel mills in the Izmir region reduced their buy prices for auto bundle scrap by around 20-55 Turkish lira ($4-10) per tonne over the past week.Long steel mill...Read More

Aluminium alloys from China will be subject to at least 20% in tariffs by September while for hundreds of steel products it will be at least 35% if the latest round of tariffs threatened against China take effect, sources indicated to Fastmarkets.That is because the new tariffs US President Donald Trump signaled against China will be on top of the Section 232 tariffs under an earlier act that cove...Read More

The continued automation of society through the future deployment of AI and advanced robotics will deeply impact your future.But the narrative that your job will be replaced by a robot - or you won't be able to find a job in the future because of automation - is so over-exaggerated that it's mostly false.The Robots Are Coming! The Robots Are Coming!Fears of a large-scale robo-replacement have beco...Read More

Sentiment in financial markets continues to weaken following last week's collapse of US-China trade talks and US president Donald Trump's latest threat of tariffs on Chinese goods.Equities in Asia tumbled this morning, Monday August 5, and the yuan has dropped below seven to the dollar - the first time since 2008. Weakness in Asian currencies suggests wide-scale market unease. Gold price reaches a...Read More

The downward trend in the benchmark cobalt price slowed in July, with some suppliers less eager to compete for sales while spot activity is slow, speculative buying spurs the domestic Chinese metal price and optimism filters through to the cobalt sulfate market.Price move Traders in the international market continued to focus on back-to-back business rather than restock in any meaningful way in Ju...Read More

The Monday Market Minute Global stocks tumble to fresh multi-month lows as China hits back at U.S. Tariff moves with a weaker yuan and suspends agricultural purchases.PBOC allows the yuan to fall below the 7 mark against the dollar for the first time since May 2008, risking the ire of President Donald Trump as tensions between the world's two biggest economies escalate.Asia shares fall the most...Read More

Spot prices for cobalt metal moved up for the first time since late April on Friday August 2 after recent price declines prompted consumer and trader buying against a backdrop of stronger prices in China. Fastmarkets' benchmark standard-grade cobalt price, in whs Rotterdam rose 1.4% to $12.20-13 per lb on August 2. Prices had moved to $12.10-12.75 per lb on July 31, widening out from $12.30-12.65...Read More

Trade log for cobalt sulfate in China including transactions, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% basis, China ex-works, yuan/tonne Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for the cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% basis China ex-works, adjustment...Read More

Demand for flat steel in Turkey was only moderate in July because of the seasonal summer slowdown, market participants told Fastmarkets.And local producers have now filled their order books until late September, they said on Friday August 2.Turkish steel prices increased on May 17 after a US import duty applied at a rate of 50%, introduced in August 2018, was cut back to the previous level of 25%....Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices fell further on Monday August 5 on weak demand caused by pessimism sparked by the country's trade tensions with the United States.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,720-3,730 yuan ($536-537) per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,750 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneDespite mills keeping their official ex-works prices steady, thin trading...Read More

Uncertainties surrounding the trade war between China and the United States sapped trading activity in both the futures and physical markets for Chinese rebar on Monday August 5, resulting in prices falling further.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,770-3,800 yuan ($546-551) per tonne, down 50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,730-3,760 yuan per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneSeveral analy...Read More

Clive MaundThe charts we will look at in this update suggest that this is a perfect shorting setup that you see "once in a blue moon". On the 3-year chart for the S&P500 index we can see that it has essentially been trending higher all year, but has now arrived at an important double target - at the upper boundary of its giant broadening pattern, which may also be called a bullhorn or megaphone...Read More