(IDEX Online) - The price index for all sizes and intensities of fancy color diamonds rose slightly, by 0.3 per cent, in Q1 of this year, after two quarters of decline. Blues were up 0.5 per cent across the board, and pinks rose 0.4 per cent, according to the New York-based Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF). Yellows fell 0.2 per cent. No figures were produced for for Q1 and Q2 of 20...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A former Israeli army officer has been arrested on suspicion of stealing diamonds worth more than $600,000 from a trader.He and three fellow gang members allegedly snatched the man's bag near his home in Kiryat Ata, outside Haifa, in the north of the country.They are said to have attacked him from behind and threatened him with a gun or a knife.Police believe they'd been...Read More
RAPAPORT... Rough-diamond demand was robust at this week's De Beers sight despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in India, customers reported. Manufacturers snapped up the limited supply in anticipation of rough shortages, sources told Rapaport News. Sales will still be 10% to 25% lower than the previous cycle in March because of reduced availability, they estimated. That translates to...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Just three countries - Russia, Australia and the Democratic Republic of Congo - jointly produced almost 80 per cent of the world's diamonds last year.Russia was the single biggest diamond producer. It mined 19m carats - just over 35 per cent - according to new data analyzed by the finance website Finbold.Australia and Congo tied for second place, both producing a little over 2...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sales of jewelry soared in Hong Kong during March compared with the same month last year, when China's special administrative region was in the depths of the Covid crisis. Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and other valuable gifts increased by 81 per cent year-on-year, the best performance in any retail sector, according to provisional figures released by the governme...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An Australian start-up aims to fill an industry gap by providing a secondary market for super-rare pink diamonds.Prices are soaring, says Tim Goodman, CEO of yourdiamonds.com, yet private owners encounter problems selling pre-owned pinks.He aims to sell a maximum of 30 stones at his first sale, and to then hold six-monthly tenders. Goodman, a former executive chairman of...Read More
Pig iron export prices from Brazil increased further on new sales in the week to Friday May 7, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, was $575-590 per tonne on Friday, up from $545-560 per tonne the previous week.Two 30,000-35,000 tonnes cargoes of pig iron, with phosphorous content 0.15%, were sold from southern Brazil for...Read More
Premiums for aluminium billet set or remained at all-time highs across the globe on Friday May 7, with tight supply and strong demand persisting.United StatesFastmarkets assessed the aluminium 6063 extrusion billet premium, delivered Midwest US at 20-22 cents per lb on Friday, steady since it rose to a fresh all-time high on April 23.Strong demand across extrusion end-use sectors and tight supply...Read More
RAPAPORT... Bonhams will offer a Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring at its New York sale this month, expecting it to fetch up to $480,000.The ring, from the late 19th century, contains a cushion-shaped, 5.22-carat unheated sapphire set within a diamond frame. The piece will lead the May 19 auction, Bonhams said last week."Kashmir sapphires are among the most highly prized gems in the world due to t...Read More
Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationThe bill to establish royalty and taxation based on sales revenue - rather than profits - passed Chile's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday.Read More
Cesco, the Chilean Center for Copper and Mining Studies, is calling for a technical and political committee to be formed in order to discuss the recent law proposal to increase mining royalties in the country.An optimal balance between state interests and return on private investments must be reached to develop Chile's mining industry further, Cesco said in a statement on Friday May 7. It added th...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsJadar is anticipated to be a multi-decade underground mine that would be one of the largest greenfield...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe AGM was the first held in Perth since the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves a year ago.Read More
Metal merchants for years ploughed credit into Liberty Commodities, the trading unit of GFG Alliance, even while banks quietly shunned the company.In separate instances related to nickel and copper deals dating to 2016, blue-chip banks including ICBC Standard Bank, Sberbank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) have abruptly halted financing of commodity trades made by Liberty after finding irr...Read More
Copper's futures price set a new all-time high in afternoon trading on the London Metal Exchange on Friday May 7, with the bullishness also extending to zinc, which rose above $3,000 per tonne for the first time since June 2018, and aluminium.Three-month copper reached a record high price of $10,435 per tonne on Friday, with volumes traded at over 22,300 lots by 5pm - the most since mid-April.The...Read More
Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationCopper production from the Gibraltar mine in British Columbia in Q1 amounted to 22.2 million pounds, down 31% year-on-year, as head grades fell to 0.Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More
Spot trading of copper concentrate slowed in the week ending Friday May 7 with Chinese and Japanese market participants away for holidays. Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index rebounded, with deals to smelters reported at low-to-mid $30s. Spot buying interest was not particularly high because several major Chinese smelters are carrying out maintenance in May...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsTotal portfolio contributions amounted to £6.8 million, with a 10.5% drop in income from the Kes...Read More
Brazilian slab export prices rose during the week ended Friday May 7 as sellers seized the opportunity to raise prices given low supply and strong demand.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil was $900-940 per tonne on Friday, up by $20 per tonne on the high end from $900-920 per tonne the previous week. Early in the week, offers were reported between the...Read More