Devisen: Eurokurs gibt etwas nach
FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – Der Kurs des Euro ist am Montag leicht gesunken. Am Morgen wurde die Gemeinschaftswährung bei 1,1443 US-Dollar gehandelt und damit etwas tiefer als am Freitagabend. Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hatte den Referenzkurs zuletzt am Freitagnachmittag auf 1,1471 Dollar festgesetzt. Zum Wochenauftakt zeigte sich eine breit angelegte Dollar-Stärke, die den Euro im Gegenzug […]
METALS MORNING VIEW 04/02: Metals well placed to extend higher
(MB) Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Monday February 4, with copper down by 0.4% at $6,116 per tonne and zinc leading on the upside with a 0.6% gain. Aluminium, nickel and lead were all up by 0.2% and tin was little changed. With the Lunar New Year […]
ThyssenKrupp: Überraschung auf der HV
Nach einem Krisenjahr beim Industriekonzern ThyssenKrupp haten am Freitag die Aktionäre das Wort. Am Freitag kamen sie in Bochum zur Hauptversammlung (HV) zusammen. Seit ihrem Treffen vor einem Jahr ist ThyssenKrupp in heftige Turbulenzen geraten. Vorstandschef Heinrich Hiesinger räumte seinen Posten und auch der langjährige Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats, Ulrich Lehner, ging nach Streitigkeiten im Kontrollgremium […]
Glencore cobalt production up 54% in 2018 on Katanga restart
Glencore’s cobalt production increased by 54% to 42,200 tonnes in 2018, up from 27,400 tonnes in 2017, the Switzerland-based trader-producer announced on Friday February 1. The increase was mainly due to the restart of production at Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Production from Glencore’s African copper assets was up 61% year on […]
Gold slips on firm dollar, robust U.S. jobs data
Feb 4 (Reuters) – Gold prices dipped slightly on Monday as the dollar held steady on upbeat U.S. jobs and factory data that prompted markets to reduce bets on a rate cut later this year. FUNDAMENTALS: * Spot gold was down 0.3 percent to $1,314.47 per ounce as of 0123 GMT. Prices rose as high […]
Copper eases for 2nd session on China growth concerns
SINGAPORE, Feb 4 (Reuters) – London copper prices ticked lower on Monday, easing for a second session with the market under pressure from concerns over slowing factory activity in China – the world’s top industrial metals consumer. Trading was dampened by the week-long Lunar New Year holiday which has closed markets in China. Asia stocks […]
Gold: Goldman rechnet mit Anstieg auf Sechsjahreshoch
New York (GodmodeTrader.de) – Gold gibt zum Wochenschluss leicht bis bislang 1.316,71 US-Dollar je Feinunze nach, nachdem das Edelmetall am Donnerstag bei 1.326,29 US-Dollar pro Unze ein Neunmonatshoch erreicht hatte. Mit den erneuten Gewinnen im Januar hat sich die Gewinnstrecke bei Gold nun auf vier Monate ausgedehnt und markiert damit die längste monatliche Anstiegsserie seit […]
Aluminium drops on Hongqiao restarts; weak Chinese data weighs
LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Aluminium dropped on Friday on worries about excess supply after the top producer said it would resume some output, while other base metals were weighed down by weak Chinese factory data. China Hongqiao Group, the world’s top aluminium smelter, said it would gradually restart production after the expiration of some […]
Nornickel to boost nickel and palladium output in 2019
Reuters reported that Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest palladium producer, said that its output of palladium and nickel from Russian raw material would increase in 2019. Nornickel, part-owned by Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin and aluminium giant Rusal, said that it would ramp up output by 2025 to tap an expected boom in demand from […]
SMS commissions Cold Rolling Mill at Zhejiang Huayuan Copper
On December 29, 2018, the new cold rolling mill for copper strip supplied by SMS group has successfully started operation at the Chinese producer Zhejiang Huayuan Copper Co Ltd. The realization of the mill, beginning with order intake and finishing with commissioning, was performed in record speed. For Zhejiang Huayuan Copper Co Ltd, SMS realized […]
