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Original post By Stuart Burns Another victim of China's coronavirus epidemic could well be the iron ore price. Iron ore had a stellar 2019, reaching a five-year high of $125 per ton in July on the back of Vale SA's (VALE) Brumadinho mining dam disaster and Cyclone Veronica, which...
Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX ) -4.3% pre-market as copper prices tumble to their weakest levels in nearly eight weeks on demand worries due to the spreading Chinese coronavirus. More news on: Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Alcoa Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, Commodities news, St...
Original Post By Stuart Burns We have covered the precious metals and palladium, in particular, a few times over recent months, not because we have suddenly become PGM investors (although looking at price performance, that would have been a fortunate move), but simply because they ar...
I was involved in the nickel business in the late 1980s when I was working for Philipp Brothers and stationed in the London office. The company was one of the world's leading physical commodities traders, sourcing raw materials from producers around the globe, and selling them to consumers. ...
Original Post By Sohrab Darabshaw For Indian steel producers, 2019 was an unremarkable year. Like some of the previous years, the steel sector slumped throughout the year, save for the last two months. Globally and domestically, the steel industry witnessed a steep price fall not...
Trading exchanges in the US and UK went from member-owned clubs where a "seat" or membership bestowed trading rights on the holder. The advent of electronic trading made it necessary for exchanges to make significant investments in technology. Before this century, there were many independent e...
Base metal prices fell by 23.43% in 2015, but in 2016 they appreciated by 26.77%. In 2017, the sector of nonferrous industrial metals was the best-performing commodities sector posting a 21.99% gain for the year. In 2018, the industrial commodities shed 15.78% of their value. The base metals...
Original post By Sohrab Darabshaw India may have become a net exporter of steel this year, but domestic demand may remain a problem area. The US-based Moody's Investors Service has said in a recent report, titled "Asia: Steel - 2020 outlook," that India's steel growth will slow dow...
Original Post By Stuart Burns Talk about an own goal. India, the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world, could become a net importer next year , Cogencis reported recently. In the April-September period this year, India imported 900,000 tons of iron ore and exported 17.18 m...
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation ( USAS ) is a company that explores for silver, lead, zinc, and copper. Gold is a small bonus for the company as it is present in the ores. The company has been around since 1998 and changed its name in 2019. USAS's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, Can...