RAPAPORT... Members of the US jewelry industry are happy overall with the level of racial justice and equality found across the trade, according to a diversity survey Jewelers of America (JA) and National Jeweler conducted.Nearly three-quarters of employers polled in the jewelry sector, and more than half of employees, reported their companies ranked very well when it came to these matters, JA sai...Read More
Treatment charges for spot market zinc concentrates were flat from one assessment to the next at low levels in the first half of January, with smelters and traders weighing seemingly limited short-term availability against expectations of a mined abundance later this year.Vedanta restarts mining at Gamsberg after fatal collapseTrevali to bring back Caribou after high price hedgesMiners offering bi...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Divorcee Christine Bonavita is giving away her wedding and engagement rings, with a combined value of over $3,500, to a deserving couple who faced adversities last year."I have seen such kindness out there in my darkest hour, so I know what it's like to struggle," she said.Christine, 39, from Norfolk, Virginia, USA, married in 2010, divorced a year ago, and is a marking the an...Read More
RAPAPORT... Diamond and jewelry companies have raised the stakes when it comes to using online platforms to engage with clients and consumers. But what does it mean to be digitally relevant in today's ever-changing e-commerce and social-media space?In the first episode of Rapaport's podcast series, "Technology and the Diamond Trade," sponsored by Sarine Technologies, Rapaport Senior Analyst A...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Mothae mine in Lesotho has been closed for a second time by coronavirus.The country is in a 14-day lockdown as it suffers an unprecedented spike in infections.The deposit, jointly operated by Australian miner Lucapa and the Lesotho government, closed last March, largely as a precaution.The pandemic had barely touched the tiny landlocked nation at the time, but earlier this mont...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Signet enjoyed a 61 per cent surge in e-commerce over the holiday season.Total sales for the nine-week period in 2020 were $1.8bn, the same as the previous year, according to its preliminary trading update.The emphasis is shifting from bricks and mortar, with the closure of 355 stores in lower-traffic shopping malls and the expansion of online channels as an alternative.Signet, the...Read More
Britannia Global Markets' application to become a category 2 broking member of the London Metal Exchange has been approved by the exchange, its parent company said on Monday January 18.The admission will take place in the first week of February, according to Britannia Financial Group, which has several investment and banking arms including Britannia Global Markets.Britannia Global Markets was prev...Read More
A delivery of over 100,000 tonnes of aluminium into warehouses across the London Metal Exchange network should be supportive of wider contangos and higher premiums, market participants told Fastmarkets.A total of 112,400 tonnes was delivered into LME warehouses across Asia on January 18. The biggest delivery was in Gwangyang, South Korea where 62,500 tonnes were delivered in. This is the first-tim...Read More
Holman Head retired from his role as president and chief operating officer of O'Neal Industries (ONI) at the end of September. He recalls the substantial growth of the business during his 40-year career with the company and discusses likely future trends with Fastmarkets' Bette Kovach.In reflecting on his 40-year career with ONI of Birmingham, Alabama, Head thought about all the changes that metal...Read More
LME base metals prices had a mixed start on the morning of January 18, despite positive economic data coming out of China, with copper and nickel rising but zinc falling, capped by a high US Dollar Index. Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was up by 0.5% to $7,990 per tonne on Monday at 9:30am, compared with Friday's 5pm closing price of $7,949 per tonne. Copper ...Read More
The base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Monday January 18, aided by some strong economic data in China, including gross domestic product (GDP) that showed growth of 6.5% year on year in the fourth quarter, which was stronger than the 6.2% expected and up from 4.9% in the third quarter. Metals prices firmer despite stronger US dollarBase metals Three-month ba...Read More
Steel tube and pipe producer Tenaris has signed a letter of intent to work with energy operator Edison and gas transmission network company Snam on trials of steelmaking with 'green' hydrogen at the Dalmine mill in Italy, the companies announced recently.The companies will collaborate to identify and implement the most suitable solutions for the production, distribution and use of green hydrogen a...Read More
European distributors of flat steel products have reported an 8.9% year-on-year rise in shipment volumes during November 2020, regional steel industry association Eurometal said on Monday January 18.Over the first 11 months of 2020, however, flat steel distributors' shipments dropped by 12.00% year-on-year.Eurometal did not disclose individual product volumes.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel...Read More
The domestic price for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe inched up day on day on Monday January 18 due to the reduced availability of material, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?721.25 ($870.86) per tonne on Monday January 18, up by ?,?5.25 per tonne day on day from ?,?716.00 per tonne on Friday.The index was...Read More
Neo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedMaximus ready to resume search for more Wattle Dam richesSPONSOREDmaximus resourcesDecade of performance: Pitram delivers diamond standard for Argyle diamond mineSPONSOREDmicromineThe study outlined a 17-year mine life to produce 1.1 billion pounds with peak production of 85M...Read More
Neo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedMaximus ready to resume search for more Wattle Dam richesSPONSOREDmaximus resourcesDecade of performance: Pitram delivers diamond standard for Argyle diamond mineSPONSOREDmicromineBraveheart closed the transaction with Cadillac Ventures on December 23, to acquire Thierry for...Read More
The European Commission has started an investigation review of existing anti-dumping measures for hot-rolled coil produced by Russian steelmaker Severstal. The investigation was opened after the European steel association lodged a request, according to a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Monday January 18. In October 2017, the EC imposed fixed charges in the ra...Read More
Apparent steel consumption in Brazil grew by 30.2% year on year in December and finished the year up by 1.2% overall, the country's steel association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday January 18.According to A??o Brasil data, December consumption totaled 2.03 million tonnes, up from 1.56 million tonnes a year before.Flat-rolled steel demand reached 1.23 million tonnes in December, up 31.5% fr...Read More
The base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Monday January 18, aided by some strong economic data in China, including gross domestic product (GDP) that showed growth of 6.5% year on year in the fourth quarter, which was stronger than the 6.2% expected and up from 4.9% in the third quarter. Metals prices firmer despite stronger US dollar.Base metalsThree-mon...Read More
Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP/UN), a TSX 60 stock moved above $68.38 extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening comments for Monday January 18thCanadian equity markets are mixed in quiet trade this morning in response to close of U.S. exchanges for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.The Shanghai Composite Index gained 29.85 to 3,596.22 after China announced higher than expected annualize...Read More