Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The global activity dispersion index averaged 53, up from the 50.3 recorded in October, however the volatility of regional activity was striking, Marex Spectron's global head of analytics Dr Guy Wolf said.Capacity utilisation rebounded in China, where the index rose from 42.2 in October to 48.6.Scoped for...Read More

Chilean copper producer Codelco renewed its labor agreement with the workers' unions representing employees at the Ventanas division located in the country's central Valpara?-so region, the state-owned miner said on Tuesday December 15.The new contracts will be effective for 36 months from February 1, 2021 for Union No.1 and from May 1 for the Turnados Union, Codelco said. Similar to the deal...Read More

Elysis has completed construction of its Qu?(C)bec, Canada research and development facility, taking the joint-venture between Alcoa and Rio Tinto one step closer to commercializing carbon-free aluminium. The technology, which was first developed at the Alcoa Technical Center near Pittsburgh in the United States, eliminates all direct greenhouse gases from the aluminium smelting process, instead p...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.The agency, using data provided by S&P Global, said some US$458 million was budgeted for exploration in 2020, with spend dominated by the search for copper.Read More

Global nickel premiums were largely unchanged in the week to Tuesday December 16, while in China, prices for nickel pig iron (NPI) and nickel sulfate responded positively to improved buying interest and strong nickel prices on the LME. European and US premiums both steady in thin marketChina's NPI and nickel sulfate prices up; plate premiums static LME price spike keeps European premiums firm desp...Read More

Wire rod prices in the United States have jumped higher in response to significant scrap price increases, with mills passing those costs along to consumers, as well as a falling dollar, which has pushed import prices even higher - making them less competitive against domestic supply, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel wire rod (low carbon) industrial quality, f...Read More

Galvalume prices in the United States have climbed to their highest in more than two years due to demand outstripping supply - a situation that likely will not be remedied in early 2021, market participants said."Not everyone who buys Galvalume can get what they need," a producer said. "I see Galvalume rising further."Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel coil Galvalume, fob mill US at $48 per...Read More

Domestic European prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil increased over the week to Wednesday December 16 due to low availability and an increase in feedstock costs, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe was ?,?730-750 ($887-911) per tonne on December 16, up by ?,?20-50 per tonne from ?,?680-730 per tonne a week earlier.The assess...Read More

Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were generally firmer this morning, Wednesday December 16, with prices holding up in high ground, backed by optimism that vaccines will lead to stronger recoveries next year, while the weaker dollar and concerns about inflation were also supportive.* Japan’s flash manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) c...Read More

Domestic cold-rolled coil prices in Europe jumped in the week to Wednesday December 16 due to a shortage of material and a rise in feedstock costs, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel CRC, domestic, exw Northern Europe was ?,?720-750 ($875-911) per tonne on December 16 compared with ?,?650-680 per tonne a week earlier.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment fo...Read More

Rising hollow section prices in Europe this week reflected the struggle mills are facing to source feedstock material amid an ongoing shortage, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday December 16. Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?740-750 ($899-911) per tonne on Wednesday, up from ?,?700-720 per tonne a week earlier. The availa...Read More

Soybean ETN (SOYB) moved above $18.09 extending an intermediate uptrend. NetApp (NTAP), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $63.20 extending an intermediate uptrend. Oracle (ORCL), an S&P 100 stock moved above $62.35 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.Synopsys (SNPS), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $246.69 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening Co...Read More

Brazilian pellet producer Samarco, a 50:50 joint venture between Vale and BHP, resumed some of its operations on Friday December 11 after being halted for more than five years due to a deadly tailings dam disaster.Samarco has started operations at one of its three iron ore concentrating plants and at its new waste processing facility, both at its Germano complex in Mariana city, in the country's s...Read More

International ferrous scrap sales to Turkey have hit $435 per tonne, but export deals from the United States' East Coast remain closely guarded secrets.The US export market is very opaque at the moment. One export source reported that sales were being conducted, but the destinations and prices were protected by confidentiality agreements to prevent export dock prices from overheating.The export so...Read More

The stainless steel scrap market in the United States has strengthened as the year-end approaches, with market participants noting that the stainless and ferrous scrap price jumps this month are very unusual for this time of year, when consuming mills usually reduce their inventories for year-end financials. "I am shocked with all the pricing. This has been one crazy year!" one large dealer said."...Read More

Renewed buying interest from consumers in South Korea and Taiwan has allowed another increase in Japanese export scrap prices over the past week, market participants told Fastmarkets on Wednesday December 16. Prices had already surged last week on the back of a leap in December's Kanto steel scrap auction and robust domestic buy prices, but greater demand from key Asian buyers allowed another...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices rose on Wednesday December 16 after the most-traded May iron ore futures contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) crossed the 1,000 yuan-mark ($153) to close the afternoon trading session, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $156.45 per tonne, up $1.38 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $156.71 per tonne, up...Read More

Premium hard coking coal cfr and fob prices diverged further on Wednesday December 16, with the latest transaction for premium low-volatility hard coking coal sealed at $101.50 per tonne fob Australia, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $101.46 per tonne, down $1.30 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $182.64 per tonne, up $0.17 per tonneHard coking co...Read More

- 177.5 meters (600 feet) of continuous gold, copper and silver mineralization with an average gold equivalent grade of 1.126 g/t- 2020 drill program was a combination of core and reverse circulation drilling- The twenty-nine hole drill program is designed to advance the CK Gold Project to the Pre-Feasibility Study level- Drill holes were for metallurgical, geotechnical, hydrological and resource...Read More

Global steel prices - which have been surging in recent weeks - will experience some correction in the first half of 2021, according to United Arab Emirates-based galvanized coil producer Al Ghurair Iron & Steel.The question is whether this correction will happen before or after the Chinese New Year, its chief executive officer, Abu Bucker Husain, said at Fastmarkets' Middle East Iron & Steel virt...Read More