Neo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedMaximus ready to resume search for more Wattle Dam richesSPONSOREDmaximus resourcesEnvironmental and social governance (ESG) is critical to the success of miningSPONSOREDonyen corporationThe $571.6 million debt package includes $520 million of senior secured debt with a 12-ye...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipNeo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedOverall, the company expanded the September 2020 measured and indicated resource 8% to 18.6 million tonnes grading 2.6% copper-equivalent, comprising the...Read More
Flat steel producers in Brazil have applied a new price rise to distributors of 15% on all grades of material, after earlier price increases in January, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday February 12.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, monthly, exw Brazil, reached 5,848-5,858 Reais ($1,087-1,088) per tonne on Friday, up by 15% from 5,080-5,100 Reais per tonne...Read More
Buyers of flat steel in Turkey held back from making purchases this week, largely because of uncertainty over the direction of prices caused by rising scrap values while China is away for its New Year holiday, sources told Fastmarkets.Demand was only moderate during the week because stock levels were high. they added."The steel sector is like a bus. The driver is China, and half of the passengers...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe moved up day on day on Friday February 12 due to good demand and long lead times, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?720.00 ($873.17) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?3 per tonne from ?,?717 per tonne on February 11.The index was also up by ?,?10 per tonne we...Read More
Indian secondary billet prices were supported higher in the week to Friday February 12 by increased demand and a resurgence in prices of finished products. The Indian secondary billet market had been slipping since the second week of January, before rising by around $15 per tonne in the latest assessment period. Fastmarkets' price of steel billet domestic, ex-works India was up by 1,100 rupee...Read More
With Greater China on holiday, base metals trading on the London Metal Exchange has been quiet this morning, Friday February 12, with prices little changed and trading volumes light - but so far prices are holding up in high ground.The outlook for metals demand is strong, but it could be derailed by the global semiconductor shortage.Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the LME were mixed t...Read More
American Express (AXP), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $129.54 extending an intermediate uptrend. Next Tech Talk reportNext report is scheduled for release on Tuesday February 16th. Monday is Presidents' Day in the U.S. and a partial holiday in Canada.Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 12thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were dow...Read More
Global prices on the key scrap markets have rebounded in the working week to Friday February 12 after Turkey returned to the market to book cargoes at higher prices.Turkey returns to market at higher pricesUS market ends two-week dry spellTaiwanese importers look for material on market reboundIndian prices boosted by Turkey's return to market.TurkeyTurkish mills did not return to the deep-sea mark...Read More
Brazil's pig iron export market softened during the week to Friday February 12 on lower bookings from the United States.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, was $470 per tonne on Friday, down by $10 per tonne from $480 per tonne a week before.A new sale was heard to the US...Read More
The cost of austenitic alloy steel scrap in Europe increased during the week to Friday February 12 because of higher nickel costs and an ongoing shortness of supply, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment of stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK was ?1,130-1,180 ($1,562-1,631) per tonne on Friday, an increase of ?30 per tonne week on week from...Read More
The price of shredded steel scrap imported into India and Pakistan moved up in the week to Friday February 12 with sentiment turning positive, sources have told Fastmarkets.IndiaFastmarkets calculated its steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $415.11 per tonne on Friday, up from $408.73 per tonne one week earlier.Several deals were heard for shredded material at the star...Read More
A summary of Swedish state-owned iron-ore producer LKAB's financial results for the fourth-quarter and the full year 2020. In brief Improved demand for both steel and for iron ore in the fourth quarter 2020 in the EU and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) had a positive effect on LKAB's deliveries to Europe.EU steelmakers have increased production and brought back idled capacity, although the ma...Read More
The price range for UK-origin light iron scrap fell for the fourth week in a row in the period to Friday February 12, with British scrap export prices having been persistently low in the past few weeks.But a market bottom may have been reached because European export prices to the key destination of Turkey recovered late in the week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday.The consistent fall in the UK...Read More
Zinc and lead prices continued on their upward trajectories on the morning of Friday February 12, which the nickel price fell by 1.3% on a day that is likely to see little trading due to the Chinese New Year. The three-month zinc price rose to $2,795 per tonne at 9am from Thursday's closing price of $2,789.50. It rose 2.4% on Thursday from the previous day, and its weekly gain is of around 6%. It...Read More
With Greater China on holiday, base metals trading on the London Metal Exchange has been quiet this morning, Friday February 12, with prices little changed and trading volumes light - but so far prices are holding up in high ground.The outlook for metals demand is strong, but could it be derailed by the global semiconductor shortage?Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the L...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Michael...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies....Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard...Read More