A group of metals and mining companies including Glencore and Anglo American have joined forces with the World Economic Forum to explore the use of blockchain technology to accelerate responsible sourcing of raw materials. The Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative will explore the building of a blockchain platform to address transparency, the track and tracing of materials, the reporting of carb...Read More

A declining rebar market in China coupled with elevated prices for scrap have put a squeeze to the profit margins of electric-arc furnace operators in the country since September.Amid a pessimistic outlook for demand and prices, market participants are expecting these EAF operators - which account for close to a third of the supply of the long steel product in China - to cut their output soon.EAF...Read More

Vale saw its adjusted earnings grow by 6.4% year on year in the third quarter amid higher prices and lower expenses related to the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster early this year.The Brazilian miner's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) for the July-September period totaled $4.60 billion, which compares with $4.33 billion a year earlier.Vale's reported...Read More

Bearish macroeconomic signals and oversupply have put minor metals and ferro-alloys prices variously under pressure over 2019; the structure and terms of contracts agreed over the coming weeks will show how market participants are accounting for those signals ahead of 2020. A slowing global economy alongside uncertainty over the China-United States trade dispute and Brexit have slowed minor metals...Read More

Trade unions representing workers for Chile's state-run miner Codelco have called on their members to mobilize in support of protests against the government.Union No1 for Codelco's Chuquicamata has joined Sindicato No1 for BHP's Escondida in backing protestors, whose opposition to inequality in the country has escalated into alleged looting and arson, and to violent confrontations with the militar...Read More

Electric vehicles (EVs) are forecast to reach cost and functional parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. Theoretically, this should create the global tipping point for mass market EV adoption, along with the development of the associated charging infrastructure required to accompany the growth.In practice, it is not quite as straightforward.A recent report by investment res...Read More

Copper has attempted to rebound since early September following a marked sell-off in the summer months where macro and fundamental forces have been prevalent.On the macro front, copper has benefited from a slight easing in US-China trade tensions and more monetary policy easing across the globe - including China, where copper consumption is the most exposed - that has shored up investor sentiment....Read More

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"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing." We don't often disagree with Warren Buffet, but sector investing lets you gain exposure to all the important areas of the economy.Building a diversified portfolio is like building the perfect pizza pie. Too few or too many toppings may, indeed, spoil the pie.Many investors try to deal with the...Read More

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This approach mirrors what owners of comparable projects have done in the past. DHZ-014 Drill CoreGreat Bear Resources Ltd. (GBR:TSX.V; GTBDF:OTCQX) announced in a news release it plans to create and spin out to shareholders a 2% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on any potential future mineral production at its Dixie property in Ontario's Red Lake District.The company will first put the NSR royal...Read More

 RAPAPORT... US consumers are planning to spend 4% more this holidayseason, as shoppers between the ages of 18 and 34 expand their circle of giftrecipients, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). "Younger consumers are helping drive the spending increasethis year," Phil Rist, executive vice president of strategy at ProsperInsights, which ran a survey with the NRF, saidlast we...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa has unearthed a rough stone weighing 232.4 caratsat the Udachnaya pipe, its largest in more than three years. "Such large, gem-quality crystals are extremely rare,"Evgeny Agureev, deputy CEO of Alrosa, said last week. "Of course, they arepresent at Alrosa's deposits, but we have not seen them since 2016, when twodiamonds weighing over 200 carats were mined." The octahedron...Read More

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RAPAPORT... Kering, the owner of high-fashion houses Gucci and YvesSaint Laurent, reported robust sales in its jewelry and watch divisions in thethird quarter amid growth in China and the introduction of new collections. "Jewelry delivered solid growth, with a very good quarter atBoucheron and strong performances from Pomellato and DoDo, while Qeelin pursuedits successful expansion in mainlan...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Reports are rife that LVMH has approached Tiffany & Co about a possible takeover of the U.S. jeweler.According to Reuters, LVMH, which is the world's largest luxury group by sales, submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer to Tiffany earlier this month. Tiffany has reportedly not yet responded to the offer.The merger would give the French company a way to expand into the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sales of fine jewelry and fine watches increased by 2 percent in the U.S. market in August compared to the same month a year ago, as the graph below illustrates. This is the second successive month that sales have increased since the start of the year. While the increases are small, they are sure to come as something of a relief for retailers as they head into the holiday season.&n...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 50-carat diamond worth $1.84 was stolen from a display at the International Jewellery Tokyo AUTUMN on Thursday. According to reports, the diamond was last seen in a glass showcase at 5pm. An hour later, just after the show closed, the diamond had vanished and the case left unlocked. The stone was displayed by a company from Saitama, north of Tokyo, and was the only item...Read More