Dealers preparing for Las Vegas shows hoping steadyUS retail market will stimulate diamond trading. Rising expectations forGemGen??ve fair amid positive luxury demand. Good opportunities for high-endbuyers after 3 to 5 ct. prices dropped significantly (3 ct. RAPI -6.1% sinceJan. 1). Rough trading cautious with high auction prices and tightmanufacturing profits. Sightholders anticipate stable price...Read More
Sentiment weak due to reduced bank credit and fewerorders than usual. Market dynamic driven by supply rather than demand. Manufacturersreducing capacity. Steady interest in 0.70 to 1.50 ct., G-J, SIs. Stable gold jewelrymarket for May 7 Akshaya Tritiya festival. RoundRead More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based jeweler Chow Tai Fook has launched abusiness hub in Boston that will supply products and services to US retailers. Chow Tai Fook North America (CTFNA) will operate as awholesaler, offering customized diamond and jewelry collections, the companysaid Wednesday. It will also house Chow Tai Fook's existing jewelry brands,Hearts on Fire and M?(C)moire. Caryl Capeci, presiden...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa has sold a number of its non-diamond-relatedbusinesses in an effort to consolidate operations and focus on its diamondassets, it said Tuesday. During the first quarter, the Russia-based miner disposed of21 assets, including subsidiary equity stakes and real estate totaling RUB 1.24billion ($19 million). The most significant of those was JSC Golubaya Volna health resort,whic...Read More
RAPAPORT... The movie What Women Want was on to something when itcame out nearly 20 years ago. In it, a hotshot playboy and advertisingexecutive wakes up from an accident with the ability to read women's minds. Atfirst, he sees this as a curse, but his female psychiatrist convinces him thathis gift could help his career: "If men are from Mars and women are from Venus,and you can speak Venusian, th...Read More
White Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpWill Indonesia abandon its plan to ban bauxite exports?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe Mongolian parliamentary working group had last month reportedly recommended on...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpWill Indonesia abandon its plan to ban bauxite exports?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftResults included 37.6m grading 2.03% copper, 0.19g/t gold, 9.88g/t silver, 0.36% zinc, and 0.01% cobalt...Read More
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Price revisits January 2017 low The...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as so...Read More
Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price closed on...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus downlo...Read More
Tight supply, but disappointing demand Although...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest...Read More
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Top-ranked price forecaster in Q1... Fastmarkets was the...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download t...Read More
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With US-China trade talks appearing to have soured, it is somewhat surprising that the metals markets are not weaker. But, confirmation that Chinese vice premier Liu He’s trip to Washington on Thursday May 9 is to go ahead, suggests there may still be a chance of a trade deal and that seems to be encouraging some dip-buying in the metals.Base metals Three-month base metals prices on the Londo...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 16 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded partially to another 1.12% drop by the Shanghai Composite Index to 2,893.76 McKesson added $1.57 to $127.25 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter earnings. Wendy's added $0.28 to $18.75 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter sal...Read More
One of the downsides to saving large sums of cash is it starts to burn a hole in your pocket. When I was a kid, my grandparents would occasionally give me a $10 bill after I'd go visit for a week. I had zero tolerance for saving back then, so I would spend it on candy and comic books almost immediately. Since then, I've built up a pretty good tolerance against spending cash. I've seen too many fin...Read More