Barrick Gold Corp could have nine of the world's top gold mines in a relati...Read full newsRead More
IstockphotoSold sign on a suburban home The numbers: U.S. pending home sales edged up 0.5% to a reading of 104.6 in September from 104.1 in August, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The consensus forecast among economists surveyed by Econoday was for no change. What happened: NAR's index, which tracks real estate contract signings, snapped a four-month losing streak. But it wa...Read More
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Bloomberg News/LandovA 'For Sale' sign stands outside a newer home in Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg News Rates for home loans ticked up, and may be starting to take a toll on buyer demand, according to data out this week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.86% in the Oct. 25 week, up one basis point, mortgage finance provider...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Friday but came off sharp lows from earlier in the session. The S&P 500 was declining, with the index headed for its seventh loss in eight days. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 7.8% after a light revenue outlook and slower international growth from the online retailing giant.Alpha...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Friday October 26, with a continued downtrend in the three-month nickel price coming amid better-than-expected third-quarter GDP figures from the US.Reaching an intraday low of $11,810 per tonne on Friday afternoon, the three-month nickel price was trading at a 10-month low amid mounting pressure from a strong US...Read More
Brazilian copper producer Paranapanema normalized its production and sales volumes during the third quarter after a scheduled maintenance brought volumes down in the April-June period, the company's earnings report shows.Paranapanema produced 82,000 tonnes in total during July-September, up by 2.5% from 80,000 tonnes a year before. This volume was composed of 43,400 tonnes of cathodes, a 1.81% fal...Read More
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Key data for the pricing session in the week ending Friday October 26.China The domestic ferro-chrome spot market was stable from the past week but few deals were done. UG2 prices were stable, while the imported charge chrome index eased slightly. Chinese stainless steel mills lowered their tender prices for November delivery...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesOct 26, 2018 Gold and its miners' stocks have proven rare bastions of strength during recent weeks' market carnage. They are powering considerably higher while nearly everything else burns. The markets' major sentiment shift is accelerating a young gold upleg, which ought to grow much larger as speculators and investors continue returning. Their collective gold positioning rem...Read More
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State-owned Finnish company, Terrafame, will boost investment in developing a battery chemical plant in Sotkamo, Finland, amid a record-high quarter for zinc and nickel production output, the mining company said in a release this week.The investment, said to be worth ?,?240 million ($273 million), has received principle funding of ?,?100 million from parent company Finnish Minerals Group, with add...Read More
The Friday Market Minute Global stocks extend declines, setting up Wall Street for another rough ride, after disappointing third quarter earnings from Amazon and Alphabet after the close of trading Thursday.Amazon forecasts the weakest revenue growth in two years, while Alphabet's ad revenue slows, taking the shine off two key FAANG stocks amid a solid earnings seasons characterized by weaker-th...Read More
A summary of Glencore's third-quarter production results for the three months ended September 30 (own-sourced output volume, year-on-year change):Copper - 366,900 tonnes, + 21% Increase reflects the restart/ramp-up of Katanga operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Katango restarted in December 2017. Own-source copper metal from Katanga increased by 10% quarter on quarter to 39,300 tonnes...Read More
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An overview of the minor metals markets in the week ending Friday October 26, and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Ferrous scrap prices moved in differing directions in the various global markets over the week from Monday October 22 to Friday October 26, depending on their market fundamentals.Import prices in the key Turkish market were on a slight upward trend due to consistent demand, while prices in Asia dipped because there was sufficient supply and weak demand.Export prices on the West Coast of the United...Read More
Prices of several alloy scrap grades eased this week, albeit only marginally - a reflection of continued poor demand and a fall in nickel prices.Fastmarkets MB assessed UK domestic 18/8 scrap solids at ?840-880 ($1,080-1,132) per tonne delivered on Friday October 26, down by ?10-20 from the previous assessment.European import prices for 18/8 scrap solid also slipped, dipping by ?,?10 per tonne a...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India edged up this week ahead of an expected a slowdown for the religious festival of Diwali, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 26.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India inched up to $355.67 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on October 26, from $354.42 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on October 19.Deals this we...Read More