Export slab prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region continued climbing in the week to Monday May 17, supported by favorable conditions in the finished flat steel market both domestically and abroad.Hot-rolled sheet offers in Russia's domestic market reached 104,000 roubles ($1,404) per tonne cpt, including VAT, in the week to Monday, up from 99,000-104,000 roubles a week ea...Read More

Turkish steel mills made no deep-sea scrap bookings on Monday May 17, the first working day of the week after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, market participants told Fastmarkets.The post-Ramadan religious holiday began on the afternoon of May 12.The country was also under full lockdown between April 29 and May 16 amid a third wave of Covid-19 cases."People are returning from the holiday and lockdown per...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 19 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the May Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 24.00 from 26.30 in April. Actual was a slip to 24.3AT&T gained $1.34 to $33.60 and Discovery advanced $60.4 to $41.69 following confirmation...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices increased further in the past week due to rising imported scrap values, market participants said on Monday May 17.Following the most recent deep-sea scrap transactions, prices for the material have already exceeded $500 per tonne cfr, sources said.Late on Wednesday May 12, a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic sea cargo comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices jumped on Monday May 17 due to increased liquidity in the market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $217.77 per tonne, up $8.98 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $220.80 per tonne, up $9.61 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $186.65 per tonne, up $7.36 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices maintained their upward trend in the cfr market amid low supply and necessary procurement activities, while the fob market was largely stable because most market participants had adopted a wait-and-see attitude on Monday May 17, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $120.84 per tonne, down $0.39 per tonnePremium hard coking coal...Read More

Prices for seaborne iron ore pellets and concentrate rose again in the week to Friday May 14 despite volatility in the futures market.Fastmarkets iron ore indicesIron ore pellet premium over 65% Fe fines, cfr China: $61.50 per tonne, unchanged 65% Fe blast furnace pellet, cfr Qingdao: $314.50 per tonne, up $30.38 per tonne66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao: $254.43 per tonne, up $27.06 per tonneKey d...Read More

The latest analysis from recent activity on the CME Group's cobalt metal futures contract, cash-settled against Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt, standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam.Key tradesMay 7, 2021, 180 tonnes (15 tonnes each month for January to December 2022, all at $20.70 per lb)May 6, 2021, 60 tonnes (5 tonnes each month for January to December 2022, all at $20.60 per lb)April 30, 2...Read More

Prices of base metals on the London Metal Exchange were up during morning trading on Monday May 17, with lead gaining the most in percentage terms, after a week which saw all prices reach new highs, before ending lower on Friday.Three-month lead was trading at $2,179.50 per tonne at 9am on Monday, up 1.1% from Friday's closing price of $2,155 per tonne. The contract ended last week 2.6% lower on F...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices fell further on Monday May 17 amid thin trading resulting from concerns over how a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping across the world would affect the manufacturing sector.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 6,000-6,050 yuan ($932-940) per tonne, down 160-400 yuan per tonneSeveral countries, including India, Japan and Brazil, have reported sharp increases in t...Read More

Healthy demand from the consumer electronics sector and shipping delays kept the tantalum concentrate price at its highest level on Fastmarkets records on Friday May 14. Fastmarkets assessed the price of tantalite, basis 25% min Ta2O5, cif China at $75-78 per lb on Friday, level week on week at its highest since Fastmarkets started assessments in May 2020 - when it stood at $65-66 per lb. The...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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs...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 standard grade,...Read More

GEM chairman Kaihua Xu has worked on building a path for recycling in China since the mid-1990s - he recalls the key steps and discusses the growth and outlook for one of China's leading recycling businesses.Founded in December 2001, GEM Co., Ltd has become one of the leading battery recyclers and battery materials producers in China. The company contributes to 10% of recycling of electronics wast...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in China on Friday May 14.Key drivers Sentiment in Chinese silicon market turns bullish amid rising prices for upstream raw materials and downstream ADC 12 aluminium...Read More

Prices for imported rebar in Singapore surged during the week to Monday May 17 due to bullish sentiment caused by the soaring prices in China, market sources said.Offers increased to $800 per tonne cfr Singapore on a theoretical weight basis for back-to-back cargoes from Turkey, and $790 per tonne cfr Singapore for position cargoes from India, notably from a major blast furnace-based Indian steel...Read More

Soaring prices this month for copper and iron ore are leading some people to think that we are on the verge of a new supercycle. But as our new reporter Henry Lazenby reports in this week's issue of the newspaper, conversations with analysts suggest we aren't there yet and prices are likely to taper."We expect the impact of recovery optimism on metals prices to wane into 2022, as economies normali...Read More

In recent years, the Canadian federal government's changes to environmental assessment legislation have impacted mineral exploration investment in Canada "pretty significantly," Osisko Development Corp. (TSXV: ODV) CEO and co-founder Sean Roosen tells The Northern Miner.The new federal Impact Assessment Act came into force in August 2019 and has helped push the development timelines of projects ou...Read More

Rio Tinto Canada is investing $25.6 million for an 8% stake in Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN), which is advancing its copper-gold Casino project in the Yukon.The funds will be put towards economic studies and permitting."We've always said advancing this project with a big copper or gold company made sense and now we've got that with Rio Tinto," Paul West-Sells, Western Copper and...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.14% to finish the week at 34,382.13 and the S&P 500 fell 1.39% to 4,173.85. Spot gold increased by US$13.20 per oz., or 0.72%, to US$1,843.90 per ounce. Nexa Resources rose US68 ? to US$11.05 per share. The company, which is one of the five largest zinc mining companies in the world and part of Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim S.A., announced that it...Read More