Investors 'flabbergasted' at $1.1b stake taken in Red Chris mine by Australia's NewcrestRead full newsRead More
Investors 'flabbergasted' at $1.1b stake taken in Red Chris mine by Australia's NewcrestRead full newsRead More
Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated5 Hours AgoReuters Umit Bektas | ReutersPalladium hit an all-time high on Wednesday on concerns over tight supplies of the autocatalyst metal, while gold reversed course to rise after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Spot palladium rose 0.6 percent to $1,605.51 per ounce, having earlier touched a record high of $1,608.Palladium is extensively us...Read More
Australian copper junior Aeris Resources (ASX: AIS) revealed on Wednesday that it had offered miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) $575 million for its CSA copper operation.Aeris said negotiations to buy the mine were at a late stage, adding that the offer consisted of $525 million in cash, $50 million in the company's shares and a royalty payable to Glencore.Aeris Resources' outsized...Read More
Australian copper junior Aeris Resources (ASX: AIS) revealed on Wednesday that it had offered miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) $575 million for its CSA copper operation.Aeris said negotiations to buy the mine were at a late stage, adding that the offer consisted of $525 million in cash, $50 million in the company's shares and a royalty payable to Glencore.Aeris Resources' outsized...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans"), is pleased to announce the Company is opening a permanent location in Tsawwassen Mills following the successful course of Peekaboo Beans' trial pop-up shops across the country. The store is now open in the updated location within the mall, which is conveniently located in the busy 'kid zone'. Th...Read More
Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down Tuesday on reports that China is pushing back during trade negotiations. Cannabis company Tilray (TLRY) beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates but shares turned lower, falling 3.4%. Discount shoe and accessories retailer DSW (DSW) reported a surprise fourth-quarter loss. Shares fell 12.9%....Read More
Aluminium premiums in Japan and South Korea were on an uptrend on Tuesday March 19, due to supply tightness throughout the East Asian region, while premiums elsewhere in the world were supported by a wide contango on the London Metal Exchange. Port congestion in Japan pushes premiums higher; premiums in South Korea shoot up due to lack of supply in LME warehouses LME spreads support Rotterdam alum...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 19.Please click...Read More
Aluminium's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange rose by more than 1% at the close of trading on Tuesday March 19, with a large rewarranting of just under 100,000 tonnes doing little to curb an upswing that saw the metal's price close at a three-month high of $1,946 per tonne.Total volumes traded in aluminium topped the complex, with more than 18,000 lots changing hands by the close, the...Read More
Here are three things stock investors should watch for when the Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate policy on Wednesday. Any deviance the Federal Reserve takes from its currently dovish path would pressure stocks. "Markets this year are anticipating a return to earnings growth, a Fed on hold and the resolution of the trade dispute with China, but if any of these things f...Read More
A cyber attack on Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro caused temporary halts on its rolling and extrusion operations, chief financial officer Eivind Kallevik said on Tuesday March 19.Output reductions, however, are minimal for now. The producer is working to comply with customers' orders during the day and deliveries have not yet been affected, he noted.Every unit was isolated from the company's...Read More
High-grade manganese ore producers returned to the market with higher offer prices in the week ended Friday March 15, while low grade prices held steady; In Europe, alloy prices rose on the news of load shedding in South Africa and the resultant pressure on production. 44% manganese ore price rose after producers raise offers.37% prices stable in balanced market.Indian silico-manganese prices ris...Read More
Major Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has switched to manual operations at some of its facilities due to a cyber attack, the company said on Tuesday March 19. "Hydro became victim of an extensive cyber attack in the early hours of Tuesday, impacting operations in several of the company's business areas," Hydro said. "IT systems in most business areas are impacted and Hydro is switching to manua...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to remain out of the deep-sea ferrous scrap markets while suppliers kept their offers firm, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 19.Market participants said that suppliers in the United States kept their offers at $330 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20), but the steel producers in Turkey were only willing to pay $315 per tonne for the same material."US supplie...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday March 19.The exceptions were lead and tin that were little changed, while the rest were up by an average of 0.5%. Copper prices were up by 0.4% at $6,462 per tonne, compared with $6,433 per tonne at Monday's close.Volume was average, with 6,236 lots traded on LME Select as at 6.51am...Read More
The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks were little-changed in overnight trading as investors kept risk appetite in check ahead of the start of this month's Fed meeting in Washington.CME Group futures contracts suggest no change in rates from the Fed this week, but price in a 30% chance of a rate cut by January 2019.Britain's Brexit saga took another twist yesterday after a ruling from the Parli...Read More
The price for flat steel products imported into the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia mostly increased over the past week due to increased production costs, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday March 19.End-user demand has been weak, so buyers were unwilling to place large-tonnage orders, sources told Fastmarkets. At the same time, production costs have been rising and placing upward pressure on the f...Read More
Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil (CRC) and hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) rose for the sixth consecutive week on Tuesday March 19. Mills increased their offers again on steady domestic demand in China amid the ongoing winter production cuts, and costlier hot-rolled coil feedstock also helped to push up the prices, sources said. Fastmarkets' daily fob China HRC Index stood at...Read More