TORONTO - Iamgold Corp. says it has shut down operations at its Westwood underground gold mine in southern Quebec following aRead full newsRead More
Regardless of who wins the U.S. election this week, the gold market is set to benefit, particularly gold miners, James Rasteh from Coast Capital said.Read full newsRead More
Regardless of who wins the U.S. election this week, the gold market is set to benefit, particularly gold miners, James Rasteh from Coast Capital said.Read full newsRead More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday November 3. Please click...Read More
The London Metal Exchange base metals complex closed up by 1.2% from the previous day's kerb on Tuesday November 3, buoyed by bullish expectations arising from the same day's United States presidential election.Conversely, the US dollar index was trading down by 0.64% around 93.40 during the afternoon session, in anticipation of the poll result, providing a significant tailwind for LME three-month...Read More
Chilean copper production was 0.8% lower year on year in September due to lower output from Escondida, the country's copper commission, Cochilco, said on Tuesday November 3. Mined copper content output totaled 479,900 tonnes in September, against 483,800 tonnes a year before, according to Cochilco's data. The country produced 4.26 million tonnes of copper in the January-September period, slightly...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Nov 3, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Short-term is on SELL signal. Short-term signals can last for days and weeks and are more suitable for traders. COT data is supportive for overall higher gold prices.COT data is supportive for overall higher silver prices.Our ratio is...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions on Tuesday November 3 in China, Europe and the United States.China The UG2 chrome ore market continued to rally, backed by increased liquidity, with some consumers seeking to acquire material before South Africa's proposed chrome export tax is imposed. Other market participants preferred to sit out of the market until further information about the propos...Read More
Chilean copper production was 0.8% lower year on year in September due to lower output from Escondida, the country's copper commission, Cochilco, said on Tuesday November 3. Mined copper content output totaled 479,900 tonnes in September, against 483,800 tonnes a year before, according to Cochilco's data. The country produced 4.26 million tonnes of copper in the January-September period, slightly...Read More
Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco increased its production in the third quarter of 2020 despite setbacks due to temporary closures of some of its operations, reduced costs and higher earnings during that period, the company said on Friday October 30.Codelco produced 447,000 tonnes of copper in the quarter, including a minority share in some units, up by 1.6% from 440,000 tonnes in the thir...Read More
Prices continued to increase for some grades in Mexico's main steel scrap markets, amid strong domestic demand and expectations of higher prices for imported material.A few companies were heard to be increasing prices in both the Monterrey and Baj?-o regions, while the majority did not announce any price changes. But some scrap buyers were trying to secure batches and negotiating volumes at prices...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to stay away from the deep-sea scrap market amid growing uncertainty over the potential impact of the presidential election in the United States, sources said on Tuesday November 3.Mills in Turkey have been silent in the deep-sea scrap markets since the middle of last week after booking number of cargoes. Most market participants were waiting to see what impact the pr...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has approved the resignation of French bank Soci?(C)t?(C) G?(C)n?(C)rale from its Category II and LMEprecious membership structure, outlining in a note to members on Tuesday November 3 that the entity will no longer trade as a general clearing member of LMEClear with immediate effect. Soci?(C)t?(C) G?(C)n?(C)rale, also known as SocGen, began a refinement of its commodity...Read More
Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Tuesday November 3, after markets were encouraged by generally robust manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) data that came out on Monday. Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, the markets expects the liquidity pumps to remain switched on......which is suppor...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have moved up on Tuesday November 3, supported by long lead times for delivery of the material, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?505.96 ($588.80) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?0.96 per tonne from ?,?505.00 per tonne.The index was up by ?,?7....Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices continued to increase on Tuesday November 3, which forced buyers in Vietnam to accept higher levels than the week prior, sources said.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,980-3,990 yuan ($594-596) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneSellers in eastern China raised their offers amid futures gains in the morning session before futures prices fell in the afternoon, yet offers...Read More
Domestic rebar prices in the United Arab Emirates continued to fall this week, while imported rebar prices were stable, sources said on Tuesday November 3.Domestic rebarThe country's steel producers were offering rebar at 1,936 dirhams ($527) per tonne ex-works for orders to be produced in November, stable since September 15.But deal prices were at around 1,790-1,800 dirhams per tonne ex-works, wi...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices lost upward momentum on Tuesday November 3 on a weaker futures market and amid rising concerns over mills profiting from high rebar output.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,810-3,840 yuan ($569-574) per tonne, unchanged Some buyers cut procurement rates on seeing the weaker futures market, but while trading activity dropped off slightly, most end...Read More
Indian steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) announced its highest-ever quarterly sales, steel production and earnings in the second quarter of its 2020/2021 financial year, over July-September 2020.In brief The company's steel exports fell by 17.8% quarter on quarter to 740,000 tonnes in the company's second quarter, amid stronger ferrous demand from India's domestic market.Exports constituted 3...Read More
Prices continued to increase for some grades in Mexico's main steel scrap markets, amid strong domestic demand and expectations of higher prices for imported material.A few companies were heard to be increasing prices in both the Monterrey and Baj?-o regions, while the majority did not announce any price changes. But some scrap buyers were trying to secure batches and negotiating volumes at prices...Read More