Mr. Brian Deese, reigning National Economic Council Director: "Government must be a powerful force for good in the lives of Americans."Mr. Ron Reagan, 40th United States president: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help."Today we bolt the doors, plywood the windows… and scramble for the bunker… terrif...Read More

Ukraine's Ferrexpo produced 2.71 million tonnes of high-grade iron ore pellet in the first quarter of 2021, the company said this week.Of the total, 2.7 million tonnes were 65% Fe Ferrexpo Premium pellets and 35,000 tonnes 67% Fe Direct Reduction (DR) pellets.The January-March production figure was just 0.4% shy of 2020's first-quarter total of 2.73 million tonnes, but was down by 12% from the 3.0...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices fell on Thursday April 8 amid moderate trading activity, but exporters were able to secure orders at higher prices on restocking demand overseas.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,480-5,520 yuan ($838-844) per tonne, down 50-70 yuan per tonneA Shanghai-based trader said sellers in the spot market sold HRC at 5,480-5,500 yuan per tonne in the morning, but they were a...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices decreased further on Thursday April 8 amid an increase in output and weaker demand. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,000-5,040 yuan ($764-770) per tonne, down by 30 yuan per tonneA local industry information provider reported that rebar output in the week to Thursday was 3.57 million tonnes, up by 38,000 tonnes from the preceding week. An industry analyst said...Read More

Cobalt metal prices edged down on Thursday April 8, while profit taking, weak consumer demand and wait-and-see attitudes led to a weaker tone in the assessment of the daily benchmark.The downturn ended a period of flatness that saw the bottom end of the range holding at $22.50/lb since March 26 (although this included two public holidays in the UK on April 2 and April 5 when prices were rolled ove...Read More

Silicon consumers in the United States have resorted to buying non-standard sizes without the usual discount amid a shortage of spot silicon metal, sources told Fastmarkets this week.There have also been reports that even the usually unpopular size, "half by down," could not be found.Never mentioned in previous years, this smaller-size silicon is still standard in terms of purity (5-5-3 grade) and...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...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 announcement of a 1.529 billion yuan ($233.6 million) limited partnership agreement between major Chinese manganese miners and traders has left many in the market weighing up the significance of such a move.South Manganese Investment, formerly Citic Dameng Holdings, entered into a limited partnership agreement with 10 participants involved in manganese mining and trading, according to a notice...Read More

Michael Insulan has joined First Cobalt as vice president, commercial, tasked with advancing the company's offtake strategy and the marketing of its refinery's cobalt sulfate production to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and battery cell makers. Based in Europe, Insulan was most recently at a senior market analyst at cobalt producer Eurasian Resources Group. He has previously held roles at CRU...Read More

Los Cerros Limited (ASX: LCL) has announced results from an exploration program ongoing at its 100%-owned Quinchia gold project. The company has been drilling for gold in the hills of central western Colombia. The Quinchia project is located in the Mid-Cauca porphyry belt, 100km south of Medellin. The region is home to a number of multi-million ounce gold discoveries, and Los Cerros is aiming to i...Read More

Drilling at the Southwest zone, 2.5 km southwest of the main mineral corridor at Troilus Gold's (TSX: TLG) project in Quebec has stepped out the 2019 discovery by over 400 metres along strike and by up to 450 metres down-dip. An updated resource and pre-feasibility study for the project are expected in the second half of this year.The single-asset developer has released assay results for five dril...Read More

Tata Steel's recycling business in India is to offer domestically produced shredded material to the Indian market, adding to its existing offering, the company told Fastmarkets on Wednesday April 7.Yogesh Bedi, chief of Tata Steel Recycling Business, told Fastmarkets the company was in the final stages of commissioning a shredder, which would let the company offer domestically produced shredded sc...Read More

Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL; ASX: PLL), which in September signed a deal to supply Tesla with high-purity lithium, has boosted the resources at its flagship Piedmont Lithium project in the U.S. by 40%.The 100%-owned project is an integrated spodumene-to-lithium hydroxide project about 40 km west of Charlotte in North Carolina.Indicated resources measure 21.6 million tonnes grading 1.12% lithium...Read More

The latest drill results from Talisker Resources' (TSX: TSK) past-producing Bralorne gold project in south-central B.C. hit new mineralization below historic workings and southeast of prior intercepts. With a resource estimate expected in 2022, Talisker plans to incorporate these assays into its dataset and is completing a 50,000-metre drill program this year.Most recent drillhole assays are from...Read More

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With gold's reputation as a store of value and recent gold-focused merger and acquisition activity, there is renewed investor interest in companies active in this exploration.Read full newsRead More

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