Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged down on Monday July 6, with no transactions heard and market sentiment turning negative. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $114.03 per tonne, down $0.57 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $125.42 per tonne, down $0.08 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $93.33 per tonne, up $0.50 per tonneHard...Read More

Prices for seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellets fell last week amid buyer resistance toward costly high-grade products.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao stood at $107.88 per tonne on Friday, down by $1.95 per tonne from $109.83 per tonne a week earlier.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao averaged $112.60 per tonne last week, do...Read More

The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 2% to breach nearby resistance levels during morning trading on Monday July 6, while a backwardation in LME copper's forward curve did little to stop its price incline amid fresh stock removals. Nickel's outright price on the LME was recently seen at $13,250 per tonne, a rise of 2.1% against a morning low of $12,985 per...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were stable on Monday July 6 amid active trading, while import activity was reported to be continuing albeit at a slower pace.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,740-3,760 yuan ($529-532) per tonne, unchangedA Shanghai-based trader said there was steady buying in the city amid stable futures, which bolstered sentiment.He said HRC inventory levels in eastern...Read More

Asian equities markets were stronger this morning, Monday July 6, and that has helped drive gains averaging 0.8% across the three-month bases metals prices on London Metal Exchange.But the strength in markets is happening despite many headwinds with the out-of-control spread of Covid-19 in the United States and other parts of South America and while US-China relations are deteriorating.Germany's I...Read More

The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt alloy...Read More

The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt standard grade, in-whs...Read More

Fastmarkets is proposing to increase the pricing frequency of its cobalt hydroxide index, 30% Co min, cif China to fortnightly from monthly at present. The cobalt hydroxide index 30% Co min, cif China is currently published on the last working day of each month. It was launched in February 2019, alongside Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, to provide trans...Read More

Key data from the Friday July 3 pricing session in Shanghai.Key drivers Export price stable with offers falling within the published range.Market participants received sporadic inquiries from overseas buyers and noticed big discrepancies between the prices they offered...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Driving more value from your capital projects post COVIDSPONSOREDproudfootIronRidge shows its mettleSPONSOREDironridge resources Low prices for potash, and most other fertilisers affected by sluggish demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, almos...Read More

The UG2 chrome ore, charge chrome and Chinese domestic spot ferro-chrome markets all drifted lower in the week to Friday July 3 on weakening sentiment after the main Chinese stainless steel mills lowered their tender prices for July.Following the recent drop in chrome ore prices, Tiayun Iron & Steel (Tisco), Tsingshan Group and Baosteel all lowered their high-carbon ferro-chrome tender prices for...Read More

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has restarted operations at its Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine in Ecuador and expects to resume concentrate shipments in the next few days.Operations at the site were suspended in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on a projected mill ramp-up to 3,500 tonnes per day over the next two months, FDN is expected to generate 150,000-170,000 oz. gold in the second half of t...Read More

Kincora Copper (TSXV: KCC) has reported assay results from the first drill hole at its Trundle copper-gold project in Australia.Drill hole TRDD001 intersected several intervals of gold and copper mineralization from skarn zones within the southern portion of the property, which is situated in the Macquarie Arc of the Lachlan Fold belt in central-west New South Wales. Highlights include 51 metre...Read More

Mining companies operating in Peru are being forced to keep operations suspended and halt new ones as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country jumped past 300,000 on Sunday, with several of the new infections happening in the copper sector.Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) said on July 3 that a total of 82 workers had tested positive for Covid-19 at its Santander mine, which would remain halted. The comp...Read More

KoBold Metals is investing in battery metal projects using big data and scientific computing with capital from billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.The privately held California-based company has also lured David Broughton, the world-renowned expert in sediment-hosted copper deposits, to lead its hydrothermal systems team."We have the overwhelming majority of his time," Josh Goldman, K...Read More

New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ) has kicked off commercial production at its zinc mine in Queensland, Australia, amid forecasts that see prices for the metal climbing in the coming months as restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic ease.The Melbourne-based zinc producer, which bought the mothballed Century mine in 2016, said operations had not been affected by the global pandemic. Instead, Ce...Read More

From its initial launch in the 1990s, HARD-LINE's TeleOp system has proven to help mines continuously modernize and streamline their processes. Building off a mine's existing operational structures, the TeleOp system allows an operator to remotely and simultaneously control multiple machines across multiple sites from an underground- or surface-based remote station.Backbone networks provide li...Read More

Executive Fireside ChatRandy Smallwood, President and CEO, Wheaton Precious Metals CorporationMODERATOR: Carl A. Williams, Senior Reporter, The Northern MinerRead More

Turkish domestic scrap prices have gone down slightly over the past week in line with the downturn in imported scrap values, sources said on Monday July 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey was 1,660-1,870 lira ($242-273) per tonne on Monday, narrowing downward from 1,655-1,885 lira per tonne a week earlier.The movement in the assess...Read More

Nokia Remarks - The 5G-ready Digital MineStephan Litjens, General Manager, Digital Automation, NokiaRead More