Mining operations have been suspended at the Tshipi Borwa Manganese Mine on the orders of South Africa's Department for Mineral Resources (DMR), the mine's owner has announced."Jupiter has been informed that the South African Department of Mineral Resources has served a Section 54 notice on the Tshipi Borwa Manganese Mine. It cites breaches relating mainly to recent pit wall failure and to drillin...Read More
RAPAPORT... The US saw an increase in polished-diamondimports in the first half of 2018, reflecting robust consumer demand and ahigher average price. Inbound shipments rose 5% by value in the first sixmonths, and jumped 8% in the second quarter. April to June is a busy period forthe US polished trade due to the JCK Las Vegas show. June itself was slightlyslower than a year ago, with imports down 1...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has hired former Nike executive Geena Tok asmanaging director for its China business, replacing Anthony Asinas, who willbecome managing director for Hong Kong and Macau, the jeweler said Sunday. Tok (pictured), who was managing director and chief merchant at NikeChina for 17 years, will oversee Pandora's 200 stores throughout the country. Pandora has had a challenging time in...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai said visitors to the second edition of the Bharat Diamond Week at the bourse, to take place from October 8-10, will benefit from competitive pre-Diwali prices. The BDB is expanding the scale of the polished diamond fair following the success of the first edition held from April 23-25 (see picture above) where in excess of 1,000 visi...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Namakwa Diamonds has announced the discovery and upcoming sale of its latest exceptional find, a 29.59ct fancy pink diamond, named 'The Rose of KAO'. The stone was found on June 12 at Namakwa Diamond's flagship KAO mine in Lesotho. It will be shown and tendered in Antwerp with Bonas-Couzyn NV during KAO's fourth sale of the year KAO-1804 during September/October. ...Read More
Iron ore prices softened on Monday August 27, with Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina debuting at $71.15 per tonne cfr China....Read More
Comex copper prices began the week on a positive note, supported by a weaker dollar and improved fundamental backdrop....Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday August 27.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave a mixed performance during Asian morning trading on Monday, with copper, zinc and tin moving up while the others were little changed to weaker.Continued weakness in the dollar provided broad-based support to the SHFE bas...Read More
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave a mixed performance during Asian morning trading on Monday August 27, with copper, zinc and tin moving up while the others were little changed to weaker. Continued weakness in the dollar provided broad-based support to the SHFE base metals, while copper prices were further buoyed by an improved fundamental backdrop.The most-traded October co...Read More
Turkey produced 22.2 million tonnes of crude steel in January-July 2018, a 2.77% increase over 21.6 million tonnes produced in the corresponding period in 2017, according to the Turkish Steel Producers Association (T???oeD)....Read More
North China's hot-rolled coil prices fell amid futures market losses on Monday August 27 though those in the country's eastern region bucked the trend amid expectations of demand becoming more robust in the months to come....Read More
Import prices for rebar in Singapore held steady over the past week amid limited negotiations in the spot market....Read More
Re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil from Turkey failed to have much of an effect on the Vietnamese import market over the past week....Read More
China's domestic rebar prices fell on Monday August 27 amid weakness in the futures market and soft demand....Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. ...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade.Tesla dropped $8.25 to $314.50 after Elon Musk decided to not to take the company private.Mexico iShares (EWW $51.19) are expected to open higher in anticipation of a bi-lateral agreement with the U.S. that could be reached today as part of NAFTA negotiations.Pfizer (PFE$42.40) is expecte...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials. ...Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market quietened down on Monday August 27 after several cargoes were traded last week at prices that did not depict a clear trend. ...Read More
Various restrictions on the production of pellets in China have continued to fuel prices for this iron ore product while weighing on demand for concentrate....Read More
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESAugust 27, 2018, Calgary, AB - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed the first tranche of the previously announce brokered private placement (the "Offering") (see press release on July 3, 201...Read More