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
Export deal prices for steel slab from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) went up during the week to Tuesday December 29 on a strong hot-rolled coil (HRC) market, sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS at $675-680 per tonne on December 29, up from $620-625 per tonne a week before. Sales of Ukraine-origin steel slab were...Read More
Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia were stable over the past week because of the Christmas and New Year holidays in most of the world, while buyers were confused about the direction of prices after sharp decreases in China, sources said on December 29.China's hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices continued to fall over the week to December 29 because of low trading,...Read More
Steel rebar and billet prices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) remained stable over this assessment week after producers closed their order books a week ago and intend to announce new prices next week or later, sources said on Tuesday December 29.Domestic rebarThe country's steel producers sold rebar at 2,259-2,295.5 dirhams ($615-625) per tonne ex-works for orders to be produced in January last...Read More
Hot-rolled coil (HRC) exported from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) went up during the week to Tuesday December 29 on new sales, sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS was $725-755 per tonne on Tuesday, up from $710-720 per tonne a week earlier.Early in the week, sales of Russia-origin HRC were heard...Read More
The price of steel billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) exported via the Black Sea jumped on a deal heard to the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) while some producers withdrew from the market due to the holiday period and on expectations prices would move even higher in January, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday December 29.The booking for Ukraine-origin billet was heard to Qatar at...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices declined again on Tuesday December 29 due to the cold wave in China suppressing operations at ports and leading to weakened steel demand, sources said. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $163.02 per tonne,down $0.83 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $163.50 per tonne,down $1 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $152.15 p...Read More
The premium hard coking coal fob price edged up further on Tuesday December 29 after transactions concluded at higher prices late on Monday while in the cfr market, the hard coking coal price rose by $1 per tonne following the recent increase in the premium hard coking coal cfr price, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.88 per tonne, up $0.80 per tonnePremium h...Read More
Apple (AAPL), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $137.74 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Canadian Pacific (CP), a TSX 60 stock moved above $444.49 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.Franco-Nevada (FNV), a TSX 60 stock moved below $162.21 extending an intermediate downtrend. Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 29thU.S. equity index...Read More
The CME Group's cash-settled cobalt futures contract, which is tied to Fastmarkets' daily benchmark price assessment for the metal, was traded for the first time on Monday December 28. One lot was traded for each month of the first quarter of 2021 at $15.60 per lb. These are the first three lots to be traded since the contract's launch on December 14.The contract, traded under the Bloomberg ticker...Read More
- Earlier test hole CK20-04cA, which was lost at 29.6m (97 ft) and averages 29.2 meters of 5.075 g/t AuEq, shows similar grades and mineralization thicknesses as CK20-04cB.- 04cB also includes an interval of 104 meters (342 ft) of 1.41 g/t AuEq below the higher-grade intercept.- Drill hole location was to obtain metallurgical sample for process optimization from the center of the deposit as outli...Read More
A whitepaper published by the Chinese government on December 21 entitled "Energy in China's New Era" underlines Beijing's determination for the development of a green, low-carbon and sustainable energy sector."Building a clean and diversified energy supply system" is listed as one of the five action points that China needs to work on to develop its energy sector. The other four points center on en...Read More
This week's episode features Haywood Securities vice president and director David Elliott, who discusses junior mining, ESG, jurisdiction and M&A with Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Global Mining Symposium. David also explains how the lack of exploration in the last few years has led to a dearth of good new opportunities in the junior mining space.All this and more with host...Read More
A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States have designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon and therefore doesn't rely on platinum to spur the necessary chemical reaction.In a paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis, the scientists explain that their invention is four times more durable than s...Read More
A group of anti-mining activists attacked a worker that leads community relations for Curimining, the Ecuadorian company in charge of developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL).The worker was attacked as he was entering the Las Naves Municipal Council, where he was to present documentation related to Curimining's activities...Read More
In a recent industry report, Fitch Solutions forecast nickel mine production will grow by 8.3% year-on-year in 2021, above the average growth of 5.9% year-on-year over 2010-2019, but not fully replacing the 23.3% expected contraction in 2020's nickel output.Growth in the near term will be driven by a recovery in output in the Philippines and Indonesia, Fitch forecast. In the Philippines, lockdowns...Read More
Canada rejected Shandong Gold Mining's bid for indebted TMAC Resources, the companies said, amid concerns about a Chinese state-owned entity operating in the country's sensitive Arctic region.Read full newsRead More
Canada's government has blocked a Chinese company from acquiring a Toronto-based firm that runs a gold mine in the Arctic due to national security reasons, the company said Tuesday.Read full newsRead More
TMAC Resources Inc. says that the Government of Canada has rejected a proposal for it to sell its Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut to Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a Chinese company.Read full newsRead More
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