* Hawkish Fed hits rand * Stocks end week lower, Tongaat dives(Updates levels and quotes)JOHANNESBURG, Nov 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand weakenedon Friday in line with emerging market currencies as indicationsthe United States central bank would stay on a policy tighteningpath drained the demand for risk that followed U.S. electionresults.Stocks fell largely due to subdued risk demand globally...Read More

Gold eroded key trendline support in Asia as Fed maintained hawkish guidance Prices fell to $1,219 - the lowest level since Nov. 1. The safe-haven metal is struggling to find takers despite risk aversion in the markets. Gold's price hit an 8-day low of $1,219 in Asia as the Fed reiterated its tightening stance.  The yellow metal eroded trendline rising from the Oct. 9 low and Oct. 31 lo...Read More

By Renita D. YoungNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Weaker gold prices boostedinvestment demand during the third quarter, but gains werecapped by a sell-off in gold-backed exchange-traded funds(ETFs), the GFMS metals consultancy at Refinitiv said on Friday.The price of gold dropped nearly 5 percent in the thirdquarter as investors continued to favor the U.S. dollar andriskier assets during a global trad...Read More

Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated5 Hours AgoReuters Gold fell to its lowest in a month on Friday as the U.S. dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its monetary tightening stance, seen as a negative for non-yielding bullion.The Fed held interest rates steady on Thursday but is widely expected to raise interest rates in December - which would be its fourth hike this year - as it point...Read More

* Gold Fields Q3 production falls * Cuts South Deep production guidance * Shares fall more than 5 percent(Adds CEO comment, shares, analyst quote)By Tanisha HeibergJOHANNESBURG, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Shares in Gold Fields fell on Friday after the company reported a 3 percentdrop in third-quarter production, dragged down by a decline inoutput from its last South African asset, South Deep.The mine has f...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher Thursday after the Fed kept interest rates unchanged but left open the likelyhood of a December rate hike. Square Inc. (SQ)  fell 10% after the payments company issued a fourth-quarter earnings forecast below analysts' expectations.Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)  sank 8.5% after the...Read More

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher at the close of trading on Thursday November 8, with both zinc and lead futures pushing higher on low LME inventories, while nickel failed to follow the uptrend.Climbing 3.9% over the afternoon, the three-month lead price reached an intraday high of $2,008.50 per tonne, which is 5% higher than its weekly low of $1,905 per tonne on Novembe...Read More

Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery will continue to run at 50% capacity following a federal court ruling, Fastmarkets understands. The federal court has decided to uphold the decision, previously made by the Para state court, to halt operations of the refinery's DRS2 bauxite residue disposal for environmental reasons. Alunorte has been running at 50% capacity since March following the original deci...Read More

The London Metal Exchange's total average daily volumes (ADV) rose by 15% year on year in October, with aluminium and aluminium alloy sales growing by 40% and 89% respectively. In September, total ADV declined by 3.4% annually. Aluminium ADV showed 40.6% growth with 264,293 lots traded and net stocks reaching 59,525 tonnes. The three-month aluminium price on the LME peaked at $2,267 per tonne on O...Read More

The European molybdenum markets have dropped this week amid quiet business while dealers prepared for more active trading at the Fastmarkets MB ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, sources said.Fastmarkets MB assessed the price of European drummed molybdic oxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $11.80-12.00 per lb on Wednesday November 7, down from $12.00-12.15 per lb on Friday las...Read More

Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery will continue to run at 50% capacity following a federal court ruling, Fastmarkets understands. The federal court has decided to uphold the decision, previously made by the Para state court, to halt operations of the refinery's DRS2 bauxite residue disposal for environmental reasons. Alunorte has been running at 50% capacity since March following the original deci...Read More

Cobalt demand from the consumer electronics industry will continue to grow, with no shift away from lithium-cobalt-oxide (LCO) batteries on the cards, according to battery manufacturer ATL's procurement director, Xu Shihui. "The price of cobalt has been fluctuating and there have been questions about whether cobalt can be substituted by nickel, but for consumer electronics the direction is LCO bat...Read More

First Cobalt Corp has started testing cobalt hydroxide material as feedstock for its refinery in Ontario, Canada, with the goal of producing cobalt sulfate or metallic cobalt products for sale into the North American market. The company has retained inspection and certification firm SGS Canada to test the suitability of different cobalt feed material using the refinery's current flowsheet and is a...Read More

The European molybdenum markets have dropped this week amid quiet business while dealers prepared for more active trading at the Fastmarkets MB ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, sources said.Fastmarkets MB assessed the price of European drummed molybdic oxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $11.80-12.00 per lb on Wednesday November 7, down from $12.00-12.15 per lb on Friday las...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap for December deliveries with slightly lower prices on Thursday November 8.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 33,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $338 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $343 per tonne and 2,000 tonnes of bonus at $348 per tonne cfr, late on November 7.On Thursday, another...Read More

Comex copper prices fell to a one-week low on Thursday morning in the US amid a stronger dollar and a lack of fresh catalysts.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange declined 2.75 cents to $2.7270 per lb. Earlier in intraday trading, the contract touched a low of $2.7030 per lb, the weakest...Read More

Cobalt demand from the consumer electronics industry will continue to grow, with no shift away from lithium-cobalt-oxide (LCO) batteries on the cards, according to battery manufacturer ATL's procurement director, Xu Shihui. "The price of cobalt has been fluctuating and there have been questions about whether cobalt can be substituted by nickel, but for consumer electronics the direction is LCO bat...Read More

First Cobalt Corp has started testing cobalt hydroxide material as feedstock for its refinery in Ontario, Canada, with the goal of producing cobalt sulfate or metallic cobalt products for sale into the North American market. The company has retained inspection and certification firm SGS Canada to test the suitability of different cobalt feed material using the refinery's current flowsheet and is a...Read More

Chinese nickel demand from stainless steel and battery materials producers will continue to rise in near future, although extensive investments in nickel projects will cap higher nickel prices, Fastmarkets learned from Antaike's Nickel & Cobalt Conference in Xiamen on November 6-8. Much of the apparent Chinese demand for nickel over the next couple of years will come from the country's s...Read More

China's finished steel exports were up by more than 10% year on year in October, but fell when compared with September's volumes, according to preliminary Chinese customs data published on Thursday November 8.The country exported 5.5 million tonnes of finished steel in last month, up 10.4% from the 4.98 million tonnes shipped out in October 2017, according to the customs data. October shipmen...Read More