BlueRock Diamonds (LON:BRD) said Tuesday it had recovered an "exceptional" 8.97-carat stone at its Kareevlei mine, in the Kimberley region of South Africa.It is the second largest stone mined from Kareevlei and the third valued at more than $50,000. The other two were a 7.76 carat stone sold for $10,070 per carat in 2017 and a 10.58 carat diamond sold for $7,047/carat in 2018.The 8.97 carat stone...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Following five years of talks and intensive work by the Korea Diamond Exchange (KDE), the South Korean government in December abolished a 26% Individual Consumption Tax on imported polished diamonds that dates back to 1976, said bourse Chairman Nam Chang-Soo. "Now, South Korean diamond importers will have a simplified tax regime: a 5% import tax and 10% Value Added Tax, sai...Read More
RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, February 5, 2019, Las Vegas ... Polished-diamond prices softened in January as US restocking proved slower than expected after the holiday season, and as Far East buyers took vacation ahead of the Chinese New Year. Dealers were cautious due to weak demand, tight profitability and a significant reduction in bank credit.The RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI?,,?) for 1-carat dia...Read More
RAPAPORT... A New York district court has granted jewelerDavid Yurman protection against websites selling counterfeitmerchandise under its brand. Judge Paul Oetken issued a permanent injunction against 31unnamed websites, preventing them from distributing, advertising or selling anyfake David Yurman products, the jeweler said last week. He also awarded thejeweler nearly $1.6 million in statut...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Boaz Moldawsky, who has served as the Acting Chairman of the Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) for the past year, has been elected by IDI's Board of Directors as its Chairman for a three-year term. Moldawsky is a second-generation diamantaire whose family were among the founders of the Israeli diamond industry. He has been active in public service in the industry for many years...Read More
Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds on Monday reported that it had treated 1.9-million tonnes of ore in the six months to December 31, in line with the company’s full-year guidance of between 3.6-million tonnes and 3.9-million tonnes treated.In a quarterly operations update for its Liqhobong diamond mine, in Lesotho, Firestone noted that 884 252 t of ore were treated in the quarter, lower tha...Read More
The European bismuth price continued its uptrend in the latest pricing session, boosted by shipment delays that are affecting the delivery of material from China's Hunan Jinwang Bismuth, one of the biggest suppliers in the world. Fastmarkets assessed the European bismuth price at $3.70-4.20 per lb on Friday February 1, slightly higher than in the midweek assessment when the metal stood a...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 5 that are worth another look.Honda Motor Co Ltd aims to electrify around two-thirds of the vehicles it produces by 2030, Honda managing officer Noriya Kaihara said at the 25th Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa.Japan's Panasonic is considering investing in the upstream part of the battery raw materials indus...Read More
Honda Motor Co Ltd aims to electrify around two-thirds of the vehicles it produces by 2030, an executive at the Japanese automaker said.The goal is part of the company's electrification strategy, with around half of production to be comprised of hybrid electric vehicles (EVs), Honda managing officer Noriya Kaihara said.Zero-emissions vehicles, either through battery electric vehicles or fuel...Read More
Japan's Panasonic is considering investing in the upstream part of the battery raw materials industry in order to have better oversight of quality, pricing and supply chain responsibility, a company executive said.The move has been led by the company's growing consumption of raw materials for batteries due to rapid growth in demand for electric vehicles (EVs), Kazunori Tanaka, general manager of t...Read More
Downstream producer Novelis said in its fiscal-year 2019 third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday February 5 that strong demand for aluminium products helped boost sales.Novelis reported sales of $3 billion in the third quarter, up 3% year on year from $2.9 billion. Shipments of flat-rolled products increased 1% to 800,000 tonnes.The automotive and beverage packaging industries helped drive the in...Read More
The continuing financial and operational issues at South African power utility Eskom pose the single biggest risk to the country's economy, according to the chief operating officer of mining company South32.Eskom, which supplies South Africa's mining sector with electricity that is largely generated by burning coal, needs a business model which will retain key industrial customers that are already...Read More
Fastmarkets has corrected its nickel sulfate min 21%, max: 22.5%; cobalt 10ppm max, China ex-works, yuan/tonne price, which was published incorrectly on February 1.The Fastmarkets MB nickel sulfate min 21%, max: 22.5%; cobalt 10ppm max, China ex-works, yuan/tonne price was published on February 1 instead of its scheduled publication date on February 5. This has now been corrected and the price has...Read More
Base metals trading fund Commodities World Capital has brought in Kevin Connors as its new chief executive officer, it said on Tuesday February 5. He will take on the role to allow founder and co-chief...Read More
European long steel buyers are facing higher offers from suppliers which hope that prices will increase in the coming weeks, now that the European Commission (EC) has launched its new steel import quotas.The EC imposed import quotas last year as part of its provisional measures in a trade safeguard case involving steel product imports. That regime was launched in July 2018, but it has now been rep...Read More
Machine Learning drives exciting new feature for PitramSPONSOREDmicromineGolden Mile positioned for successSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCardinal advances at pace in Ghana SPONSOREDcardinal resourcesRevised Leonora PFS is next for KinSPONSOREDkin miningThe global move away from carbon-based energy generation to renewable energy generation via wind turbines, solar and even wave energy, together wit...Read More
Machine Learning drives exciting new feature for PitramSPONSOREDmicromineGolden Mile positioned for successSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCardinal advances at pace in Ghana SPONSOREDcardinal resourcesRevised Leonora PFS is next for KinSPONSOREDkin miningPalladium could do even better, potentially enjoying a 20% increase on its already inflated price with US$1,600 per ounce Citi's latest forecast fo...Read More
CIS export wire rod and rebar prices increased in the week ended Monday January 4, following the uptrend in the billet segment and after customers in some destinations began accepting higher prices, which rendered additional support to CIS suppliers.In particular, Belarus-origin wire rod offers - with load readiness in April - were heard at $465-470 per tonne fob Black Sea at the end of last week,...Read More
The import prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates increased this week on higher offers, but domestic prices were unchanged week on week, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 5.Domestic rebarLocal rebar producers in the UAE announced reduced their prices on January 21 for material to be shipped in February.The country's largest producer, Emirates Steel, was offering r...Read More
Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesThe Morococha Antigua residents won a victory last week in Junin's Superior Court that accepted their petition for preventative measures to impede the dismantling and destruction of some 34 hectares of urban area where the Toromocho openpit is due to expand.Chinalco began the US$1.4 billion Toromocho expansion in 2018. Pit expansion work...Read More