LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s financial watchdog faced sharp criticism on Wednesday from former small business owners who say they have been mistreated by big banks.Responding to questions from the influential Treasury Committee, the ex-business owners said the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was ill-suited to handle serious complaints against the lenders it regulates.The questioning center...Read More

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The state-owned La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) is pushing to dissolve Katanga's 75%-owned DRC operating subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), for failing to address its previously disclosed capital shortfall.Read More

Today Aluminium Intraday – Aluminum Sell call 815 given at price 161 Achieved 2nd Target 159.60. Made 159.45 low. Total profit of 1.4 x 2 lot = 2.8 PointsTIPS ID 815 : Aluminium Calls - Aluminium SELL at CMP 161 For Target 160.20 - 159.60 With SL Above 162. Trade 2 lotsAFTER POST CONTENT Read More

The European Commission (EC) has started an expiry review into anti-dumping duties on threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, made of malleable cast iron, originating in China and Thailand, the EC said on Wednesday May 8.The review was initiated after four EU producers - Berg Montana Fittings, Georg Fischer Fittings, Odlewnia Z?(C)liwa and Livarna Titan - lodged a request to the EC on February 13 thi...Read More

Protonic ceramic fuel cells could one day be used to power off-the-grid cabins in remote locations, backup generators during natural disasters and more. In the first long-term study of its kind, researchers from Colorado School of Mines have shown that the relatively new class of fuel cells exhibit both the long-term durability and fuel flexibility needed to become a viable commercial alternati...Read More

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LONDON/ZURICH/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nestle’s (NESN.S) $7 billion licensing deal for Starbucks’ (SBUX.O) retail business gives it a much-needed boost in its battle against JAB, the privately owned investment firm stirring up the coffee industry with a string of deals. JAB, the family office of Europe’s billionaire Reimann clan, has built up the world’s second-largest coffe...Read More

Aluminium Tips Online – Aluminium Sell call 815 given at price 161 Achieved 1st Target 160.20 (Made Exact low 160.20) Total profit of 0.8 x 2 lot = 1.6 PointsTIPS ID 815 : Aluminium Calls - Aluminium SELL at CMP 161 For Target 160.20 - 159.60 With SL Above 162. Trade 2 lotsAFTER POST CONTENT Read More

The Swedish-headquartered company says its policy outlines principles by which its machine control and information systems can communicate within an ecosystem. They cover data accessibility, fleet data compatibility, data rights and control and data privacy.SMRT president, rock drills and technologies, Patrick Murphy said mining customers were looking to digital technologies to help optimise proce...Read More

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Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Wednesday May 9, with all the metals, except tin (+0.2%) and lead (+0.3%), down by an average of 0.3%. Copper prices were off 0.4% at $6,785 per tonne. Volume on the LME has been below average, with 5,734 lots traded as at 07.37 am London time. This follows on from what turned out to be a generally negative day on Tuesday...Read More

Nickel Calls – SELL Mcx Nickel if price around 938 – 939 (CMP 936) for Target 931 – 924 with SL Above price 947.80. Enter at Specified LimitAFTER POST CONTENT Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's watchdog is probing whether private banking information linked to a consulting company run by President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen was leaked, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesman to the department's inspector general.The investigation comes a day after an attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels detailed various...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) have gone unchanged in Northern Europe this week, but they have fallen in the South of the region, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday May 9.Demand for the material in Southern Europe has been slow, with buyers remaining in "wait-and-see" mode because they have sufficient stocks, according to market participants. As a result, domestic price...Read More

Copper Tips – BUY Copper at CMP 457.30 Add more if price 455.1 with SL 454 for Target 460 – 461.50AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s most populous province looks set to elect as premier in June a plain-spoken Progressive Conservative often compared to U.S. President Donald Trump, setting the stage for a fight on many fronts with Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Doug Ford, the bombastic brother of Toronto’s late, crack-smoking mayor, Rob Ford, enjoyed a strong lead in opinion polls ah...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange kept firm at the close of trading on Wednesday May 9, with copper's 1% climb leading a positive afternoon surge across the complex. The three-month copper prices traded as low as $6,766 per tonne today, finding support throughout the afternoon and climbing back over the $6,800 per tonne support level at the close. The red metal dropped marginally aft...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue working with its allies to ensure Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump withdrew from an international nuclear deal with Tehran.“We will continue to work alongside our allies and partners to ensure that Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon, and w...Read More