Base Metal Stock Articles

HOTTER ON METALS: The discretionary destruction of liquidity

June 01, 2021 / Staff reporter

Proposed changes to the London Metal Exchange's market structure may actually have the opposite effect to its desired intention: destroying liquidity, not increasing it.Attention has been focused on the proposed permanent closure of the LME ring, the incentivization of electronic trade and changes to margin methodology, which were central issues in the exchange's recently closed discussion paper.B...Read More

COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne cfr prices surge on Monday with new deal heard

June 01, 2021 / Staff reporter

The seaborne premium hard coking coal price in the cfr market jumped on Monday May 31, with a deal heard done at $275 per tonne cfr China, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $153.89 per tonne, up $1.09 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $284.64 per tonne, up $21.19 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $129.95 per tonne, unchangedHard coki...Read More

COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne cfr prices surge on Monday with new deal heard

June 01, 2021 / Staff reporter

The seaborne premium hard coking coal price in the cfr market jumped on Monday May 31, with a deal heard done at $275 per tonne cfr China, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $153.89 per tonne, up $1.09 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $284.64 per tonne, up $21.19 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $129.95 per tonne, unchangedHard coki...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday May 31st 2021

31/05/2021 / Staff reporter

The TSX Composite Index is expected to open slightly higher in quiet trading this morning.The Index is expected to respond to closed equity markets in the U.S. and U.K where annual holidays are celebrated. The TSX Composite Index at 19,852.18 at the close on Friday is expected to test the 20,000 level in early trade.Canadian energy equities are expected to open higher thanks to higher energy price...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from May 28

May 31, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 28 that are worth another look....Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 28/05: European lithium prices continue to improve

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

GLOBAL MANGANESE SNAPSHOT: Indian silico-manganese prices reach seven-year high

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in Europe, India, the United States and China on Friday May 28.China The markets for seaborne low- and high-grade manganese ore were quiet oer the week to Friday while buyers awaited a new round of offers from miners in the coming week. Portside low- and high-grade manganese ore prices were little changed, with buyers showing increased appetite for high-...Read More

GLOBAL FERRO-SILICON SNAPSHOT: US market continues to rise on supply shortages

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in Europe, the United States and China on Friday May 28.China The China ferro-silicon price narrowed downward slightly following a correction of the previous price rally, but the general sentiment remained positive amid Ningxia's production cuts related to the dual control of energy consumption, with suppliers' offers broadly holding firm. The China ferr...Read More

COBALT SNAPSHOT: Market split as inquiries increase; cheap offers remain

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

Key data from the pricing session in London on Friday May 28.Key drivers:Some market participants reported that last week's price rise was fueling a larger number of inquiries this week. Others contend that cobalt remains available below the range, causing...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 28/05: European lithium prices continue to improve

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 28/05: LME metals end week on strong footing; tin at $30,400

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

Nickel's price was up by more than 5% on the London Metal Exchange and tin's was up by 4.3% since the start of the week, with bullish momentum returning to the base-metals complex on Friday May 28 and all metal prices finishing higher than at the start of the week.Prices bounced back following a period of weakness and correction seen at the beginning of the week, after the Chinese government calle...Read More

Ivanhoe in talks with DRC gov for copper concs export permit

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

Ivanhoe Mines - the developer of the Kamoa Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - is in talks with that country's government about securing a permit to export concentrate, it said.The talks between Canada-listed Ivanhoe Mines and Kinshasa follow news - broken by Fastmarkets this week - of the DRC introducing a ban on the export of copper...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 28/05: European lithium prices continue to improve

May 29, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

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