The company has completed the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) registration, a three-pronged process that took place over the past two months.Nevsun said Tuesday the SAFE registration was the last Chinese regulatory condition which, together with Investment Canada Act approval received last month, rendered both regulatory conditions met.According to Nevsun, which operates th...Read More

Copper prices will recover if the trade war between the United States and China does not escalate at next week's G20 summit, the head of China commodities strategy from Citi Group said during a panel discussion at Asia Copper Week on November 14. The impact of the US-China trade war has been priced into current copper prices, according to Citi Group's Tracy Liao who also took a cautiously optimist...Read More

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Vedanta unit Sterlite Copper intends to ship a portion of its copper concentrate inventories accrued before it declared force majeure in April, sources with knowledge of the situation told Fastmarkets. Sterlite has offered 15,000 tonnes of Cerro Verde copper concentrates for November or December shipment, several sources privy to the dealings said. The company's Tuticorin smelter was shut dow...Read More

Spot copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) dropped in mid-November, with traders starting to purchase units for the first quarter of 2019 at lower numbers. Fastmarkets' copper concentrate index dropped by $0.60 per tonne / 0.6 cents per lb to $86.80 / 8.68 cents on Thursday November 15. Spot market trade was limited ahead of and during Asia Copper Week in Shanghai where b...Read More

Robert Morris, Vale's sales and marketing director for the base metals business, is retiring from the company at the end of 2018, according to an internal note from the miner to its managers. Brent Rochon, who is vice president for marketing and sales of copper and intermediates, and nickel for Europe and Americas regions, will take on Morris' duties in the interim. Morris has worked for Vale sinc...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. Latest transactions: HRC, CRC, HDGHot-rolled coilChina, export, hot-rolled coil, offered at $540-550 per tonne cfr, to Saudi Arabia.Ukraine, export, hot-rolled coil, traded at $520-530 per...Read More

Flat steel import prices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have tumbled over the past seven days by $20-55 per tonne due to weak demand and lower offer and deal prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 20.UAEAbout 5,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coil (HRC) from Ukraine was booked at $520-530 per tonne cfr.Chinese material, meanwhile, was on offer to the UAE at $510-520 per...Read More

Domestic rebar producers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced new prices for December production, although imported rebar prices remained stable over the past week.Steel billet prices, meanwhile, were unchanged because the rebar producers in the UAE have enough stock to last for more than one month, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 20.Domestic rebarThe country's biggest pro...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transactions: rebarRebarUAE, domestic (Emirates Steel), rebar, offered at 2,016 dirhams ($549) per tonne ex-works, December...Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday November 20.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly lower during morning trading, with most metals trading in narrow ranges while global trade tensions and depleting LME stocks deter investors. Here is how the LME base metals complex looked at 11.45am London time:For a snapshot of exchange...Read More

Steel traders in Asia have been feverishly short-selling their cargoes in recent weeks due to the bearish sentiment in the Asian market, with back-to-back offers for steel products often accompanied by short-selling offers at a wide discount to mill cargoes.These discounts can reach up to $15 per tonne, which indicate the additional price falls that traders expect when short-selling cargoes. Buyer...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices fell on Tuesday November 20 amid tumbles across financial markets.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,790-3,820 yuan ($546-550) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,770-3,780 yuan per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneHRC prices nationwide fell, though the decreases were relatively smaller in comparison with other steel products such as rebar, a tr...Read More

China's rebar prices tumbled further on Tuesday November 20 amid persistently weak demand. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,150-4,180 yuan ($598-602) per tonne, down 100-120 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,930-3,980 yuan per tonne, down 100 yuan per tonneThe weakness in the Chinese stock market spread over to the ferrous futures market, weighing on the rebar contract, sources said.Mo...Read More

The initial public offering (IPO) of shares in the newly created Livent Lithium will help the fledgling company to face the challenges of meeting global demand for lithium and to solidify its position as a major supplier to the fast-growing battery industry, according to chief executive officer Paul Graves.The acquisition by Livent's parent company, FMC, of chemicals giant DuPont set the course fo...Read More

Tungsten miner W Resources has begun the early start-up of tungsten and tin concentrate production at its La Parilla mine in Spain as part of a planned staged build-up to full mine production in the first half of 2019, it said on Tuesday November 20. "Tungsten and tin prices are robust and our staged production expansion will allow W to build-up production capacity ahead of full plant completion,"...Read More

Representatives from Chinese manganese alloy smelters will meet this week to discuss silico-manganese tender prices, market sources told Fastmarkets.The meeting is understood to be aimed at keeping the manganese market stable, market sources added. "We want to keep our prices stable so that the market is sustainable for everyone," a silico-manganese producer told Fastmarkets.Others noted that sili...Read More

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday November 20.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly little changed to weaker during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with the complex stymied by renewed concerns surrounding the United States-China trade spat.Check Fastmarket MB's live futures report here. Man...Read More

High-grade iron ore producer Carpentaria Resources sees a strong need for a high-grade iron ore derivative product, and expects such a financial tool to bring efficiencies in pricing to the high-grade sector."In our view, there is a strong need for the high-grade iron ore derivative and, with the 65% Fe iron ore index increasing in relevance, anything that increases its liquidity and reduces volat...Read More

Australia's Roy Hill is looking to increase its iron ore capacity by another 5 million tonnes per year, which would allow it to produce the steelmaking raw material at a rate of 60 million tpy.This ramp-up is set to commence by the end of 2019, its market technical manager for China, Wang Yongming, told delegates at an industry conference in Xiamen, Fujian province last Friday November 16.A source...Read More