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EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 27/02: Stronger dollar pressures SHFE copper prices; producer offers Q2 MJP aluminium at $133/t; blanket US 232 trade actions would be 'catastrophic'

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's office in Singapore as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday February 27.Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange retreated during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with a strong performance by the dollar overnight leaving investors cautious and on the lookout for further direction. Check Metal Bulletin's live futures report here.LME s...Read More

Lead: Comfortable staying bullish

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Lead prices being held back,...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as i...Read More

Gold Factual Sophistry – Here We Go Again

February 27, 2018 / www.armstrongeconomics.com

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; The goldbugs are saying that China, Russia, India are “rogue” rising economic powers that are rogue nations. They cite David Stockman who preaches the U.S. economy is in deep trouble thanks to its “massive indebtedness” and they seem to ignore what you have pointed out that the USA is in the best shape. They also cite that there is a “mass...Read More

Nickel: Deeper deficits

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Déjà vu as Chinese NPI production surprised...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the...Read More

Tin: Price dips are buying opportunities

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Undermined by a firmer dollar Alongside...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue a...Read More

Zinc: Bulls still in charge, Q1 forecast raised

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Zinc prices are holding up well,...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Equities still favoured over Industrial commodities

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

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Demand Indicators: February 27 2018

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

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Landis interviewed by CBS4 Denver about Girls & Science event

February 27, 2018 / www.minesnewsroom.com

Amy Landis, presidential faculty fellow for access, attainment and diversity and professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was recently featured in a segment on CBS4 Denver previewing the fourth annual Girls & Science event March 3 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.Colorado School of Mines is a sponsor of the event, which invites girls (and boys)...Read More

Metals prices firmer but appear in no hurry to break higher for now

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board by an average of 0.4% this morning, Tuesday February 27.Aluminium prices lead the way with a gain of 0.7%, while the rest are up between 0.1% for zinc and 0.4% for tin, with copper prices up by 0.3% at $7,136 per tonne. Volume has been average with 6,677 lots traded as of 07.12 am London time. This follows a day of general str...Read More

Two Mines students published in statewide poetry anthology

February 27, 2018 / www.minesnewsroom.com

Two Colorado School of Mines undergraduate students can add a new line to their resumes: Poet published in a statewide anthology. Olivia Cordova, a senior in electrical engineering, and Coleman Hoyt, a senior in computer science, were among the 80 up-and-coming Colorado poets chosen for "Colorado's Best Emerging Poets," an anthology published in January by Z Publishing. Both Cordova and Hoyt wer...Read More

Historic smelter payable structures affect bull cases for lead, zinc

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Historic payment structures are enabling zinc smelters to raise primary output even as market-related terms such as metal premiums and concentrate treatment charges remain low; but the opposite is true for lead. Zinc smelters which process concentrates into refined metal only have to pay for 85% of the zinc metal contained in concentrate they purchase, but generally utilize 97% or more. Lead smelt...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 27/02: LME copper price dips 1.2%; ali prices remain firm

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Tuesday February 27, with the dollar index surging to its highest since the start of the month. The three-month copper price closed 1.2% lower and only just held above $7,000 per tonne. Copper's healthy contango and a lack of market tightness are putting pressure on prices. "We think that copper prices are vulnerable...Read More

IRON ORE PRICES: Benchmark index stays above $79 per tonne cfr China

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Iron ore prices softened slightly but stayed above $79 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday February 27 after a jump a day earlier. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $79.15 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $0.21 per tonne Month-to-date average: $77.29 per tonne Metal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $61.87 per tonne cfr...Read More

Seaborne coking coal market awaits return of Chinese buying activity for direction

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Seaborne coking coal prices remain firm, with market participants expecting the resurgence of Chinese demand to set direction in the coming weeks. Premium category cargoes were heard offered at around $235 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday February 27, with offers on second-tier materials at around $200 per tonne cfr China. Bids on fob Australia premium hard coking coal moved up to $230 per tonne on...Read More

Do quota restrictions mean supply restrictions?How can the President support local producers and consumers through 232?

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

In the assumption that one of the three recommendations by the DOC (Dept. of Commerce) is adopted and unlike section 201 made permanent, US producer prices (FOB Midwest mill) are unlikely to fall in the short term but the degree of gains could be quite different.In this article we examine "option 3" - a quota regime, which restricts foreign steel to 63% of the 2017 total. In this scenario the pric...Read More

GULF FLAT STEEL IMPORTS: Prices dip despite strong UAE demand

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Some flat steel import offer prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia decreased this week despite the strong demand in the UAE, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday February 27.UAEHot-rolled coil was being offered to the UAE at $620-630 per tonne cfr from China and $650-660 per tonne cfr from India.Buyers were bidding $630 per tonne cfr for India-origin HRC.Ukraine offered the product...Read More

Kintavar Drills 206.3 Meters of Copper Mineralization (0.18% Cu & 1.65 g/t Ag) With Two Main Zones of 21.9m of 0.52% Cu & 5.62 g/t Ag and 16.5m of 0.50% Cu & 4.30 g/t Ag

February 27, 2018 / feedproxy.google.com

TSX VENTURE: KTRwww.kintavar.com Mr. Kiril Mugerman reports:DDH MS-17-08: 206.3m grading 0.18% Cu and 1.65 g/t Ag including 21.9m of 0.52% Cu and 16.5m of 0.50% CuIn total, 4 out of 12 drill holes intersected over 100m of copper mineralizationMineralization starts from surface and remains open to the East, West and at depthMaximum thickness of the mineralized strata affected by folding is yet to b...Read More

Fiore Gold Ltd. Reports First Results of the Resource and Reserve Expansion Drilling Program at Its Pan Mine in Nevada, Including 79.2 metres of 0.55 g/t Gold

February 27, 2018 / feedproxy.google.com

TSX VENTURE: Fwww.fioregold.com Mr. Tim Warman reports:Vancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) - FIORE GOLD LTD. (TSXV: F) (OTCQB: FIOGF) ("Fiore" or the "Company") is pleased to provide results from the first six holes of its 2018 drill program at its Pan Mine in Nevada, part of a longer-term program aimed at expanding the resource and reserve base at Pan. The current program consists of approximat...Read More

GULF STEEL BILLET, REBAR: Rebar prices unchanged, billet import prices up on strong demand

February 27, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com

Local and imported rebar prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia remained unchanged this week although the price of billet imports into the UAE increased, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday February 27.Demand for locally produced rebar in the UAE was still strong.Domestic rebarThe major rebar producers in the UAE rolled over their prices for March and April production last week.The...Read More

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