China launched a consultation paper on Friday August 9 to implement a stricter arsenic threshold on copper concentrates imports, a move that could lead to drastic changes in global trade flow of high-impurity concentrates and a further premium on treatment charges of clean concentrates. Under the proposed thresholds, the maximum content for imports would be 0.4% arsenic, 4.7% lead, 0.06% fluorine,...Read More

Fastmarkets MB has corrected its weekly price assessment for domestic hot-dipped galvanized steel in Eastern China, which was published incorrectly on Friday August 9 due to an input error.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China was originally published at 430-4,580 yuan per tonne. This has now been corrected to 4,530-4,580 yuan per...Read More

Domestic rebar prices in Poland have increased over the past week, supported by an anticipated increase in ferrous scrap costs and solid demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, was 2,150-2,170 zloty ($557-562) per tonne on August 9, compared with 2,100-2,120 zloty per tonne a week earlier.The...Read More

Turkish prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) and color-coated coil decreased over the week ended Friday August 9, with demand reported to be weak in both the local and export markets.Domestic Turkish coated coil producers began to offer discounts amid the slow market activity.Domestic pricesDemand in the country's local market was poor over the pricing week due to the summer holiday season...Read More

Turkish prices for hot-rolled coil and cold-rolled coil (HRC, CRC) decreased over the week ended Friday August 9 due to the regular summer slowdown and the Eid al-Adha religious holiday next week, sources told Fastmarkets.HRC exportsTurkey's export price for HRC decreased with lower offers, sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HRC, export, fob main port Turkey, was $490-495...Read More

Reduced volumes of Chinese-produced steel have been going into the country's export markets throughout 2019 so far. So why is it that steel product prices remain under pressure in other global markets?According to China's General Administration of Customs, in July 2019 the East Asian country exported 5.57 million tonnes of steel, including both semi-finished and finished material. This was down ye...Read More

Stuller Inc., the giant, Lafayette, Louisiana-headquartered merchandise and services supplier for jewelry professionals worldwide, announced it has appointed two new vice presidents. Brian Henderson joins Stuller as the new vice president of marketing and Alix Gonsoulin has been promoted to vice president of bridal, fine jewelry, and findings. Henderson, who relocated to Lafayette, has worked for...Read More

Shifting relationship dynamics, changing perceptions of femininity and the fast adoption of e-commerce channels are paving the way for increased diamond jewelry consumption in China, according to Mabel Wong McCormick, managing director of Diamond Producers Association (DPA) in China. "Expanded symbolism for diamond jewelry indicating a wider range of 'moments' in life will give rise to m...Read More

Content:   At Vicenzaoro September 2019, the topic of its "VISIO.NEXT" program will be "Spreading Sustainability." The program introduces show visitors to the topic and "culture of sustainability, communicating the importance and looking at the best and most effective practices for embarking on an entrepreneurial course heading in this direction." Among the topics covered will be the problem...Read More

  The 36th edition of India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) opened on Thursday, August 8th, albeit it only for those who had received an exclusive invitation for "Preview Day - By Invitation Only." On Friday August 9 the show floors were opened to all the registered participants. The IIJS will run until Monday August 12. The chief sponsor of the show, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promo...Read More

UK alloy steel scrap prices have increased over the past week due to rises in nickel costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9.The price of nickel, 3 months, London Metal Exchange Daily Official, was $15,675-15,680 per tonne on August 9, up from $14,520-14,525 per tonne on August 2.Following a...Read More

The export market for pig iron from Brazil was muted this week because suppliers were sold out for September, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for pig iron, export, fob Vitorio/Rio, Brazil, was $325 per tonne on Friday, unchanged week on week.Offers from mills were heard at $320-325 per tonne net to producer, or about $325-330 per tonne fob including...Read More

The inter-merchant spot market for UK light iron scrap was stable over the week to Friday August 9, extending the steady trend into a seventh week, with prices supported by major steel scrap shredders competing for business amid relatively tight availability, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' assessment of the price for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant,...Read More

Turkish steel mills's were scarcely active in the scrap market this week before next week's Eid al-Adha religious holiday, sources said on Friday August 9.There was only one deep-sea cargo traded this week, which was sold out of the United States on Wednesday at an average price of $294 per tonne cfr for 20,000 tonnes of shredded and 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10).Apart...Read More

The import markets for shredded and HMS-grade ferrous scrap imported into India have fallen to new annual lows this week because of poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, was $305.17 per tonne on August 9, down from $308.75 per tonne on August 2. The index was at a 2019 year-to-...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were broadly lower during morning trading on Friday August 9, with turnover predominantly low across the complex while continued buying momentum in lead this week tightened nearby spreads. Despite a 0.4% downturn this morning, the three-month nickel price held onto gains made earlier in the week, coming down from a 16-month high of $16,69...Read More

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly up during morning trading on Friday August 9 as the Chinese yuan stabilized, with nickel continuing to push higher amid bullish sentiment. "The markets have regained some semblance of composure after the People's Bank of China's countercyclical efforts temporarily tamed the yuan beast, but this probably won't stop traders from p...Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumThat was 13% up on the previous quarter and the highest level of concentrate for nearly four years.Rambler said year-to-date mill throughput of 211,090t at an average 1.36% copper and 0.59gpt gold had it on tracked for its guided 400,000-450,000t at 1.3-1.5% copper. SP Angel in London said average gold grades were below...Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumSavannah has outlined 1.7 million tonnes grading 2.2% copper in indicated and inferred resources, including a high-grade zone of about 500,000t at 4.5%, within tenements covering 1,004sq.km in the Semail Ophiolite belt, about 180km northwest of Muscat, the capital city of Oman, near the port of Sohar.Oman's Public A...Read More

Key data from the Friday August 9 pricing session in London:Key drivers Manganese flake down with lower offers accepted in Rotterdam; the loss in value of the yuan and macroeconomic uncertainty boosted China's exports at competitive prices, with some flake producers and traders in China rapidly offsetting their cargoes before material could lose value. Material for shipment has dropped sharply dow...Read More