Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are mixed this morning, Tuesday March 6, with lead, zinc and tin prices down by an average of 0.5%, while copper, aluminium and nickel prices are up by an average of 0.3%.Volume has been average with 7,431 lots traded as of 07.16am London time. Precious metals prices are little changed to slightly firmer with the complex up by an average of 0.1%, wit...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has extended existing anti-dumping duties of 48.3-71.9% into seamless, stainless steel tube & pipe originating from China for another five years, it said on Tuesday March 6.The duties were confirmed at 71.9% for Changshu Walsin Specialty Steel, at 48.3% for Shanghai Jinchang Stainless Steel Tube Manufacturing and at 48.6% for Wenzhou Jiangnan Steel Pipe Manufacturing.T...Read More
Due to an administrative error, the stainless index was published on Tuesday March 6 2018, one day later than scheduled.Metal Bulletin's weekly raw materials index for Europe-origin grade-304 stainless steel should have been published as $1,531.44 per tonne on Monday March 5, but an administrative error delayed the publication until Tuesday March 6.Throughout Monday March 5, the index therefo...Read More
Limited offers and bullish sentiment resulted in import prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia rising further over the past week and those for slab in the wider region including East Asia to narrow upward.BilletMetal Bulletin's assessment of import prices for billet in Southeast Asia was $560-575 per tonne cfr for the week ended Monday March 5, up $20 per tonne from a week earlier.Numerous deal...Read More
(Kitco News) - After four years of belt-tightening, the mining sector opened up its purse string, allocating more funding for exploration programs, which gold companies leading the way, according to a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence.The report released Monday, during the 2018 2018 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, showed that Global spending on ex...Read More
(Kitco News) - Advances in mineral exploration appear to be moving at a breakneck pace and mining industry leaders think 3D drilling and mapping technology has the potential to disrupt the mining sector.Acoustic Zoom, with its innovative ultra-high-frequency 3D drill hole seismic imaging technology, impressed a panel of judges at Goldcorp’s #Disruptmining event during the 2018 Prospectors &a...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
(Kitco News) - The mining and commodity sector is seeing investor sentiment pick up, but the focus is more on growing momentum in base metals with little interest in precious metals, according to the latest comments during the 2018 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention.While presentations were standing room only during presentations on commodities like zinc, copper a...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
INTL FCStone looks for a stronger U.S. dollar and higher bond yields to weigh on gold during March. Barring a trade war, analysts doubt traders will want to establish bearish positions in the greenback ahead of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting around the middle of the month. Further, U.S. bond yields remain high, while other central banks appear reluctant to tighten monetary policy, INTL FC...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.Equiti...Read More
Prices in the global steel billet market continued climbing in the week ended Friday March 2 as market factors supported the upward trend.One of the major factors was the surge in domestic billet prices in China after the week-long lunar new year holiday.Steady growth in import scrap prices in Turkey was another supportive factor for the global billet market.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northe...Read More
Prices in the global steel billet market continued climbing in the week ended Friday March 2 as market factors supported the upward trend.One of the major factors was the surge in domestic billet prices in China after the week-long lunar new year holiday.Steady growth in import scrap prices in Turkey was another supportive factor for the global billet market.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northe...Read More
Lead and zinc prices on the London Metal Exchange both closed lower on Monday March 5, reflecting recent stock increases. Zinc hit a two-month low of $3,273.50 per tonne today after a massive 78,950-tonne delivery into LME-listed warehouses in New Orleans. The metal was still $59 per tonne lower at $3,296 at the 5pm London close.The metal's cash/three-month spread briefly swung back into contango...Read More
The largest zinc delivery in nearly five years has swung zinc's London Metal Exchange cash/three-month spread into contango for the first time in 2018. Some 78,950 tonnes were delivered into LME-approved warehouses in New Orleans on Monday March 5 - the largest inflow since July 2013, increasing on-warrant stock levels by 94%. And it is not just the LME which has seen stocks rising; Shanghai Futur...Read More
Hydro chief financial officer Eivind Kallevik has been appointed interim head of bauxite and alumina amid the company's disrupted operations and a force majeure at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Par??, Brazil. Kallevik held the position as head of finance for bauxite and alumina in Brazil for two years before becoming CFO in 2013. He also led the bauxite and alumina division for an interim perio...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market dropped on Friday March 2, with one major tender signaling a slower return in demand from Chinese consumers after the recent national week-long holiday. Chinese steel tenders signal shift in demand Other consumer markets also dropped European market moves sideways, eyes March business US steady on reduced imports Chinese domestic ferro-silicon pr...Read More
Low-grade manganese ore prices sailed through the $8 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) mark on Friday March 2 in China after producers ratcheted up their offers and on continued demand. Low-grade ore prices exceed $8 per dmtu in ChinaHigh-grade ore market lags in thin tradingSmelter backlash fails to slow rallyAlloy prices hold in most regionsUS ferro-manganese prices edge higher Low-grade mangane...Read More
Hydro chief financial officer Eivind Kallevik has been appointed interim head of bauxite and alumina amid the company's disrupted operations and a force majeure at its Alunorte alumina refinery in Par??, Brazil. Kallevik held the position as head of finance for bauxite and alumina in Brazil for two years before becoming CFO in 2013. He also led the bauxite and alumina division for an interim perio...Read More
Low-grade manganese ore prices sailed through the $8 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) mark on Friday March 2 in China after producers ratcheted up their offers and on continued demand. Low-grade ore prices exceed $8 per dmtu in ChinaHigh-grade ore market lags in thin tradingSmelter backlash fails to slow rallyAlloy prices hold in most regionsUS ferro-manganese prices edge higher Low-grade mangane...Read More