SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Most base metals futures gained on Wednesday April 11 except for SHFE tin. Nickel rose over 1%, while copper, aluminium, lead, and zinc inched up.Ferrous metals went down across the board as coke led the loss with a 2.5% drop. Coking coal dipped nearly 1.7%, hot-rolled coil slid over 1%, while iron ore and rebar were down almost 1%.Copper: Dragged by the underperform...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Most base metals futures gained on Wednesday April 11 except for SHFE tin. Nickel rose over 1%, while copper, aluminium, lead, and zinc inched up.Ferrous metals went down across the board as coke led the loss with a 2.5% drop. Coking coal dipped nearly 1.7%, hot-rolled coil slid over 1%, while iron ore and rebar were down almost 1%.Copper: Dragged by the underperform...Read More

It said in an update for the March quarter that its 84%-owned Bushveld Energy had completed the manufacturing of the direct current portion of the battery, with factory acceptance expected in April.Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Most base metals futures gained on Wednesday April 11 except for SHFE tin. Nickel rose over 1%, while copper, aluminium, lead, and zinc inched up.Ferrous metals went down across the board as coke led the loss with a 2.5% drop. Coking coal dipped nearly 1.7%, hot-rolled coil slid over 1%, while iron ore and rebar were down almost 1%.Copper: Dragged by the underperform...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 21 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the March Consumer Price report. Consensus was unchanged versus a gain of 0.2% in February. Actual was a drop of 0.1%. Excluding food and energy March Consumer Prices were expected to increase 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Spot copper in the Shanghai market traded at a discount of 30 yuan/mt to a premium of 40 yuan/mt on Wednesday April 11, SMM learned. This compared with a premium of 30-90 yuan/mt on the previous day.During the day, spot offers dipped in line with the SHFE 1806 contract which fell to 51,000 yuan/mt. While sellers were keen to destock, prices of higher-grade copper fel...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Norilsk nickel in the Shanghai market was offered at a premium of 400 yuan/mt against the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange 1805 contract on the morning of Wednesday April 11.Jinchuan nickel was offered at a premium of 900-1,000 yuan/mt and Jinchuan nickel plate was offered at 101,600 yuan/mt, SMM learned. Prices of nickel futures traded rangebound in the morni...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightDespite potential lower tariffs indicated by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US dollar edged down 0.23 to 89.6 overnight while the euro gained. Base metals rose across the board except for tin. LME aluminium climbed 3.7% to a record high in two months, driven by US s...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightDespite potential lower tariffs indicated by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US dollar edged down 0.23 to 89.6 overnight while the euro gained. Base metals rose across the board except for tin. LME aluminium climbed 3.7% to a record high in two months, driven by US s...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Nickel ore prices are likely to stay weak in the second quarter of this year due to rising supply from Indonesia and the Philippines.SMM expects Indonesian medium-grade nickel ore with 1.65% Ni to trade at $35-37/wmt cif in May. This compared with $43.5-44.5/wmt recorded the first week of April.Indonesia’s nickel ore exports have been on the rise since the coun...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) –Copper: As crude oil soared overnight, LME copper climbed above the 40- and 60-day moving averages as investors added their longs. It stood above the 60-day moving average at opening today and is likely to trade at $6,930-6,990/mt. The SHFE 1805 contract mostly traded between the 20- and 40-day moving averages with strong momentum overnight. We expect i...Read More

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SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Spot copper in the Shanghai market was offered between a discount of 10 yuan/mt and a premium of 40 yuan/mt on the morning of Wednesday April 11, SMM learned. This compared with premiums of 50-90 yuan/mt on the morning of April 10. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our rese...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightDespite potential lower tariffs indicated by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US dollar edged down 0.23 to 89.6 overnight while the euro gained. Base metals rose across the board except for tin. LME aluminium climbed 3.7% to a record high in two months, driven by US s...Read More

Palisade Research April 11, 2018 Category: Research While the North American market for EV stocks is now reaching saturation, Boreal Metals (CVE:BMX, FRA:03E) is across the Atlantic with all of Europe to itself.In our latest update, the company acquired the Modum Project in Norway, Europe's highest-grade past producing cobalt mine.This morning the company announced the acquisition of the Mj??vatt...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) –Copper: As crude oil soared overnight, LME copper climbed above the 40- and 60-day moving averages as investors added their longs. It stood above the 60-day moving average at opening today and is likely to trade at $6,930-6,990/mt. The SHFE 1805 contract mostly traded between the 20- and 40-day moving averages with strong momentum overnight. We expect i...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) –Copper: As crude oil soared overnight, LME copper climbed above the 40- and 60-day moving averages as investors added their longs. It stood above the 60-day moving average at opening today and is likely to trade at $6,930-6,990/mt. The SHFE 1805 contract mostly traded between the 20- and 40-day moving averages with strong momentum overnight. We expect i...Read More

The independent index, which covers 30 companies that produce 25% of all mined commodities globally, was launched by the Responsible Mining Foundation and aims to encourage continuous improvement in responsible mining an support leading practice and learning.Read More

European mills producing hollow sections are unhappy with current pricing and intend to issue higher offer prices over the next few weeks, market sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday April 11."The development of tube prices does not match that of flat steel," one Southern European producer said."None of the pipemakers are happy with the current situation. They're all confronted with higher coi...Read More

A new interdisciplinary professional degree program at Colorado School of Mines will provide engineers with the knowledge and skills needed to drive the next generation of technologies and products in the transformative and fast-growing field of advanced manufacturing. Beginning fall 2018, Mines will be among the first universities in the U.S. to offer graduate-level degrees in advanced manufactu...Read More