Glencore will not rush to bring its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) back into production ahead of an increase in demand from the electric vehicle sector, and while cobalt prices are low, chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg said during an investor call earlier today. Mutanda was put on care and maintenance for at least two years at the end of November 2019 f...Read More
The Turkish steel mills have continued their deep-sea scrap purchases for September shipments at escalating prices, sources said on Thursday August 6.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $283 per tonne, shredded at $288 per tonne and bonus at $293 per tonne cfr. The cargo breakdown was not clear, but the normal cargo size from this supplier...Read More
Activity in the bulk import market for steel scrap sold to Bangladesh has increased over the past week, with fresh buying interest in Japan- and US-origin material, market sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday August 6.Market chatter on Thursday centered on fresh bids for Japan-origin scrap in bulk and renewed activity in the deep-sea import market for US West Coast scrap, at higher prices than the...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Heavy rains in China, which can negatively affect iron ore supplies and pig iron production, and bolster demand for scrap, continued in July 2020. Although this was more an upside risk to our bearish base case one month ago, Chinese scrap prices remained strong. The firm prices gained support from the rains and from a more g...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Thursday August 6, but the complex was up by an average of 0.4%.Pre-market major western equity index futures and equities in Asian-Pacific markets were also mixed.Western markets waiting for news on a stimulus package announcement by the United States this week, as well as Friday US employment report... ...either...Read More
SUDBURY - The Ontario government is providing more than $1 million to help two companies in Sudbury develop new treatments, devices and technologies to support the health sciences sector. The funding will be delivered through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) and create eight new jobs."Supporting the health sciences sector across Northern Ontario is an important part of our go...Read More
We learned from Dr. Ruben Padilla, President and CEO of Sable Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SAE), that Sable is a well-funded junior grassroots explorer, focused on the discovery of new precious metal projects, through systematic exploration in endowed terranes, located in favorable, established mining jurisdictions. Sable's main focus is developing its large portfolio of new greenfields projects, located...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 grade, in-whs...Read More
Kane Tanaka is 117 years old.She's believed to be the oldest-known living person in the world.But it's only a matter of time before 117 is no longer considered old - but middle aged.At least that's what MIT-trained scientist David Sinclair believes.Known as one of the leading experts in the field of aging, Sinclair is the guy who discovered the survival-circuit theory. And he says that getting col...Read More
When I started to see Murray Sinclair loading up on Dundee Corporation (DC.A) in May, it helped firm up my conviction that the junior mining rally was going to have some legs. I had not seen him do much in terms of filings over the past few years, but why Dundee now? The penny started to drop over the weekend and today we wrote about our take on how Dundee could provide an on- ramp for institutio...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 Rotterdam at $14.60-15.05 per lb on Thursday August 6. Sale at $14.6...Read More
Glencore will not rush to bring its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) back into production ahead of an increase in demand from the electric vehicle sector, and while cobalt prices are low, chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg said during an investor call earlier today. Mutanda was put on care and maintenance for at least two years at the end of November 2019 f...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Thursday August 6, despite the seasonal market slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?415.00 ($491.66) per tonne on Thursday, up by ?,?0.83 per tonne day on day from ?,?414.17 per tonne on Wednesday.Thursday's index was...Read More
Turkey exported 616,565 tonnes of flat steel products in June 2020 up by 73.31% year on year from 355,753 tonnes in June 2019, according to the latest report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).The country exported 2,694,952 tonnes of flat steel in January-June 2020, down by 11.29% from the 3,037,796 tonnes exported in the first six months of 2019.Additionally, Turkey's flat steel export...Read More
Crude steel, finished steel and hot metal output of the China Iron & Steel Association's (Cisa) member mills rose to record highs in late July, but steelmakers' finished steel inventories dropped sharply, according to data released late on Wednesday August 5.July 21-31 outputCrude steel: 2.39 million tonnes per day, up by 1.59%Finished steel: 2.40 million tpd, up by 6.89%Hot metal: 2.12 million tp...Read More
Turkish domestic rebar prices have increased sharply over the past week in response to rising scrap costs and a weakening lira, sources said on Thursday August 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, exw Turkey was 3,670-3,770 lira ($523-537) per tonne on Thursday, up from 3,550-3,600 lira per tonne last week, including 18% VAT.The mills in the Istanbul,...Read More
Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices have increased over the past week amid rising imported scrap costs, but demand was still poor, sources said on Thursday August 6.Turkish steel mills raised their offers for rebar exports to $435-440 per tonne fob on actual weight basis, around $5 per tonne higher than last week, however, customers were only bidding at $420-425 per tonne for the material, Fa...Read More
The prices for steel billet imports and domestically produced steel rebar were stable in Egypt in the week to Thursday August 6, because of the Eid al-Adha religious holiday that ended on August 3 and the resulting reduced demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Most market participants were still on holiday on Thursday and, with rebar consumption already subdued, there was hardly any buying activit...Read More
Gold and silver are rocketing upwards. Will there be a pullback? Where will the prices go? Join Mike Maloney and Mr Jeff Clark as they discuss all the recent market action, and the fact that right now....all bets are off.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of th...Read More
In this episode, I have the honor and privilege of interviewing G. Edward Griffin. Mr. G is the author of the book, "The Creature From Jekyll Island," faculty member at Red Pill University, & President of Reality Zone. We go beyond the book and talk about where the Federal Reserve is now, what has become of the creature, and the possible end of the Fed. We also discuss Donald Trump, Q Anon, Nesara...Read More