Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) in the EU have been largely unchanged over the past week, although import prices have inched upward, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 28."The market is more or less quiet, because buyers have booked their required volumes. Non-EU suppliers have increased their offers so imports are not having any negative effect on prices," a German trade...Read More

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* CAPEX in Q4 '17 was good, +4.3% y/y, excluding software +3.1% q/q.* Data good but may represent near-term peak, data into '18 on weak side.* Growth and CAPEX likely to fall back, stronger JPY to weigh.* Separately, Q4 recurring profits +0.9% y/y on sales of +5.9% y/y.* Profits and sales may have peaked in Q4 for now as well.* Japan Inc is sitting on massive cash however, still skimping on wages....Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in the EU have been largely stable over the past week, with buyers holding back from new deals after booking sufficient volumes earlier, sources have told Metal Bulletin."Second-quarter production coil is well sold, so buyers are in no hurry to make new deals until a new trend in the market becomes clear," a German trader said.In the meantime, prices are u...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures saw mixed trading on Wednesday February 28 with SHFE lead leading the loss with a 1.5% drop. SHFE copper was down by 1.4%, zinc slid over 1%, while nickel edged down. Aluminium and tin inched up.In the ferrous market, rebar and hot-rolled coil were up slightly while coking coal was down over 1%. Coke and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 point in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the second estimate for real U.S. fourth quarter GDP growth. Consensus was a slip to 2.5% from the first estimate at 2.6%. Actual was growth at a 2.5% rate.The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged following release of the Federal...Read More

(Kitco News) - In its continued attempted to promote innovation in the mining Sector, Goldcorp is giving four companies the opportunity to present their ideas to #disruptmining and win $1 million in potential investment capital.Luis Canepari, vice-president of technology at Goldcorp (NYSE: GG, TSX: G,) said the company went through hundreds of submissions to find the best of the best in innovation...Read More

SYDNEY, March 1 (Reuters) - Private new capital expenditurein Australia in the December quarter, released by the AustralianBureau of Statistics on Thursday. Actual new capital expenditure:(in A$ bln, chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted)ASSET Q4 Building structures 16.186 Equipment, plant, machinery 13.386 Total 29.572 Latest estimates for business investment spending in currentprices:2017/1...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More

After almost 2 years of poor earnings performance going into the 2016 elections, the S&P 500 Index earnings per share (EPS) has grown strongly in each of the last 5 reporting periods ending March 1st, 2018. The current reports indicate that nearly 75% of companies beat both earnings and sales estimates, the highest quarter of surprises since this metric was first tracked by FactSet in 2008. Th...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday March 1.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange fell across the board at the close on Wednesday February 28, with the complex under pressure from the resurgent dollar, which hit its highest level since January 19. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how LME prices looked at Wednesday's close:Metal Bulletin has lea...Read More

Please ignore the alert on China's official manufacturing PMIpublished at 0015 GMT on Thursday. The PMI was released onWednesday and was covered in this report . Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor t...Read More

SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (SMM) -Copper: A stronger US dollar drove LME copper lower towards the 60-day moving average, but prices are likely to rise in the medium term as downstream consumption recovers and Chinese scrap imports decline. We see LME copper to trade at $7,000-7,070/mt and the SHFE 1804 contract at 52,500-53,100 yuan/mt today. Spot discounts are seen getting smaller as sellers held up.A...Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Wednesday February 28. Lead prices on the London Metal Exchange recorded the biggest drop during morning trading following a large stock delivery into LME warehouses. Some 12,375 tonnes were delivered into LME-listed warehouses in Antwerp - taking on-warrant stock levels to 20,250 tonnes. This is the largest lead infl...Read More

The Money Bubble is inflating at different speeds in different places. But apparently no culture is immune:Continue...Read More

Published on: Feb 28, 2018 | by Meagan EvansLithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) has advanced its acquisition of Brisbane battery cathode developer, the Very Small Particle Company Ltd (VSPC), with LIT and major VSPC shareholders executing a binding Share Sale and Purchase Agreement.Brisbane-based unlisted public company, VSPC, has researched and developed some of the world's most innovative and respect...Read More

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