RAPAPORT... De Beers' diamond-grading unit will launch two of itseducational courses in Chinese, aiming to tap the important and fast-growingmarket. The International Institute of Diamond Grading &Research (IIDGR) will offer its online Diamond Foundation Course - covering theentire pipeline - in Simplified Chinese from March 1. It will translate itsPolished Diamond Grading Course later this ye...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), part of De Beers Group, will launch two of its diamond education courses in Simplified Chinese, helping students in one of the largest and fastest growing markets for diamond jewelry to enhance their knowledge of the industry. The online Diamond Foundation Course, which was launched last year and is the i...Read More
RAPAPORT...Indian companies Dharmanandan Diamonds and Hari Krishna Exportshave adopted blockchain technology to improve traceability of stones throughthe supply chain.Dharmanandan, a Mumbai-based manufacturer, has partneredwith technology company Everledger to place its diamond-tracking data onto ablockchain platform. The collaboration marries two existing projects:Everledger's diamond blockchain,...Read More
Prices for domestic steel wire rod inched upward by ?,?5 per tonne in Southern Europe this week with mills well-booked and supply tight, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 28.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic mesh-quality wire rod in Southern Europe widened upward to ?,?535-560 ($658-688) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, compared with ?,?530-555 per tonne delive...Read More
Export prices for Southern Europe-origin rebar have held steady this week with prices remaining too high for customers in Algeria, market sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 28.Metal Bulletin's weekly export price assessment for Southern European rebar was ?,?480-490 ($590-602) per tonne fob main ports on Wednesday, unchanged week-on-week.Mills in Italy and Spain have seen their lead...Read More
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are mainly weaker this morning, Wednesday February 28, with prices off by an average of 0.4%. Lead prices lead the decline with a 1% drop, followed by copper prices (-0.6%) at $6,989 per tonne. Tin, zinc and nickel prices are off between 0.2% and 0.4%, while aluminium prices are little changed. This follows a day of general weakness on Tuesday that s...Read More
Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) in the EU have been largely unchanged over the past week, although import prices have inched upward, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 28."The market is more or less quiet, because buyers have booked their required volumes. Non-EU suppliers have increased their offers so imports are not having any negative effect on prices," a German trade...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in the EU have been largely stable over the past week, with buyers holding back from new deals after booking sufficient volumes earlier, sources have told Metal Bulletin."Second-quarter production coil is well sold, so buyers are in no hurry to make new deals until a new trend in the market becomes clear," a German trader said.In the meantime, prices are u...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 point in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the second estimate for real U.S. fourth quarter GDP growth. Consensus was a slip to 2.5% from the first estimate at 2.6%. Actual was growth at a 2.5% rate.The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged following release of the Federal...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More
After almost 2 years of poor earnings performance going into the 2016 elections, the S&P 500 Index earnings per share (EPS) has grown strongly in each of the last 5 reporting periods ending March 1st, 2018. The current reports indicate that nearly 75% of companies beat both earnings and sales estimates, the highest quarter of surprises since this metric was first tracked by FactSet in 2008. Th...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Wednesday February 28. Lead prices on the London Metal Exchange recorded the biggest drop during morning trading following a large stock delivery into LME warehouses. Some 12,375 tonnes were delivered into LME-listed warehouses in Antwerp - taking on-warrant stock levels to 20,250 tonnes. This is the largest lead infl...Read More
The Money Bubble is inflating at different speeds in different places. But apparently no culture is immune:Continue...Read More
Published on: Feb 28, 2018 | by Meagan EvansLithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) has advanced its acquisition of Brisbane battery cathode developer, the Very Small Particle Company Ltd (VSPC), with LIT and major VSPC shareholders executing a binding Share Sale and Purchase Agreement.Brisbane-based unlisted public company, VSPC, has researched and developed some of the world's most innovative and respect...Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's office in Singapore as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday February 28.Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board during Asian morning trading on Wednesday, with a firmer dollar and disappointing Chinese macro-economic data denting sentiment for the complex.Check Metal Bulletin's live futures report he...Read More