Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Seaborne prices of both low- and high-grade manganese ore in China continued to find support from persistent strength in the portside ore and alloy markets in the latest pricing period ended Tuesday December 29, despite the absence of some participants due to the Christmas holidays. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin rose 18 cents (4.6%) week on week to $4.12 per dry metric tonne...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended December 29, 2020.Read More
Recently,British Petroleum (BP) went public in declaring that “peak oil demand” wasreached in 2019. According to the oil major’s 2020 outlook, global oil demandwill not regain levels reached last year, and that demand could soon fallrapidly, due to stronger climate action by countries, by at least 10% over thenext 10 years, and up to 50% by 2040. Demandfor the fossil fuel has dou...Read More
Peter Krauth provides the investment case for silver.In many ways, most of us can't wait to put 2020 behind us and call it last year.We've experienced a once-a-century global pandemic, infecting almost 80 million people. Lockdowns caused businesses to shutter and soaring unemployment, with massive economic consequences.If you dig a little deeper, other costs include soaring debts and deficits worl...Read More
Steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States climbed on Wednesday December 30 to a more than eight-year high as the market continued to accept the latest round of price increases, according to market participants. Fastmarkets assessed steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US at $37 per hundredweight ($740 short ton) on December 30, up 4.2% from $35.50 per cwt the week before and its highest...Read More
Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday December 30.In late December bankruptcy trustee Mateusz Bienioszek signed a lease agreement for Huta Czestochowa with Corween Investments, several sources familiar with the matter told Fastmarkets "I ca...Read More
Closures at Hyundai Steel's electric arc furnaces (EAFs) in Incheon have reduced supply and raised prices for steel beams in South Korea, a company spokesman told Fastmarkets.Hyundai closed two EAFs at its Incheon works in mid-October due to a $100-million upgrade of its steel beam rolling process, the spokesman said on Tuesday December 29.Following the update, South Korea's second largest steelma...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday December 30 that are worth another look.Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on December 30.Shipments of...Read More
Steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States climbed on Wednesday December 30 to a more than eight-year high as the market continued to accept the latest round of price increases, according to market participants. Fastmarkets assessed steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US at $37 per hundredweight ($740 short ton) on December 30, up 4.2% from $35.50 per cwt the week before and its highest...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday December 30.Please click...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market remained quiet due to the year-end holiday period, sources said on Wednesday December 30.The most recent transactions were heard on December 24, when a steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo containing 30,000 tonnes of shredded scrap at $480 per tonne cfr, and another steel mill in the Iskenderun...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday December 30 that are worth another look.Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on December 30.Shipments of...Read More
Get ready to enjoy higher silver prices that are likely here to stay!by Stewart Thomson of Graceland UpdatesDec 29, 2020 1. Gold is the ultimate asset and investors who took my $1778 buy recommendation are looking good.2. The big question now is: Will the traditional Chinese New Year rally occur, or will there be a test of the recent lows?3. Please click here now. Double-cli...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were little changed at the close on Wednesday December 30 amid low volumes and quiet market conditions.The LME three-month aluminium price rebounded slightly but remained marginally below the $2,000-per-tonne support level. It edged up by $8.50 to $1,999.50 per tonne, with just 6,697 lots of aluminium trading by 5pm London time, compared to over 20,0...Read More
Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in the fob and cfr markets diverged slightly on Wednesday December 30 while market participants were in wait-and-see mode as the New Year approaches.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.39 per tonne, down $0.49 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $200.06 per tonne, up $0.26 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $90.05 per...Read More
Base metal futures made minimal trade on Wednesday December 30 morning, with market participants expecting the market to remain sluggish until after China's New Year holidays in February, Fastmarkets heard.In news, Chile - the world's top copper miner - is set to reach its peak total copper production in 2028 at 7.35 million tonnes, a 26.9% increase from 5.79 million tonnes in 2019,...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa's Hong Kong operation has become a member of the Shanghai Diamond Exchange (SDE) in an effort to increase opportunities for direct rough and polished trading in mainland China.The move will also strengthen ties between Alrosa and the SDE, the miner said Wednesday."In 2020, demand for diamond jewelry in China increased," Alrosa deputy CEO Evgeny Agureev noted. "Covid-19-related t...Read More
RAPAPORT... Members of Mumbai's Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) have voted in favor of allowing lab-grown trading on the premises of the exchange.The change will go into effect once the BDB has created guidelines for the sector, India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said in a statement Tuesday. Companies will be permitted to trade in lab-grown diamonds only after they have...Read More
RAPAPORT... Amid a challenging year for the industry, diamonds proved the coronavirus pandemic couldn't dampen their appeal. Several stones made headlines, set records, exceeded expectations, or simply showed their sellers the money. Most of all, they caught our attention in 2020.Bringing in the big bucks1.Bundle of bluesIn November, Petra Diamonds sold a set of five blue, type IIb, gem-quality di...Read More
RAPAPORT... A few hot topics usually dominate our annual list of the most-read items on Diamonds.net. Synthetics, grading and crime tend to be among them.This year, however, one theme - the coronavirus - stood out, responsible for the vast majority of the top 10. These stories ranged from the closure of trading halls to De Beers' and Alrosa's pricing strategies during the pandemic.Here are th...Read More