The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.There has been an increasing bullishness in Chinese steel market sentiment recently, with rising post-Covid-19 optimism about the country's economy for the second half of 2020, especially after the government announced an infrastructure spending boost. Although we believe that high prices are justified, they remain far from...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices were largely stable on Thursday August 20 in a much calmer market than the previous three days of trading, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $129.32 per tonne, up $0.23 per tonne 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $128.59 per tonne, up $0.20 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $114.95 per tonne, up $0.4...Read More

Aben Resources states it will initially focus on testing a new target area with high-grade surface samples from outcrop. Aben Resources Ltd. (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) kicked off drilling at its Forrest Kerr gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, it announced in a news release. The purpose, the company noted, is to test a new area, from which surface samples taken from outcrop returned...Read More

Troilus Gold Corp. reported it has been granted environmental regulatory approval to commence dewatering of Z87 and J4 Pits at its property located within the Frot?t-Evans Greenstone Belt. In a news release,Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) announced that it has received a "Certificate of Authorization from the Minist?re de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques...Read More

Revival Gold is working to deliver a project preliminary economic assessment by year-end. Revival Gold Inc. (RVG:TSX.V; RVLGF:OTCQB) expanded this year's drill and geophysics programs at its Beartrack-Arnett gold project in Idaho, it announced in a >news release. "Revival Gold has ramped up to complete the biggest exploration program to be undertaken at Beartrack-Arnett since the 1990s," Presiden...Read More

Money manager Adrian Day provides updates on four companies in his portfolio, with several buys, and includes gold recommendations for new investors to buy. Ares Capital Corp. (ARCC:NASDAQ, 14.57), the largest Business Development Company ($6.2 billion market cap) had a good quarter, although lending activity (and associated fees) was muted, something the company expects to continue. In the event...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold profiles a company with some prominent backers that began trading just in the last 10 days. We are in the correction that a few people accurately predicted. My gut tells me it will go into September but since the DSI predicted the top, I think the DSI will call the bottom. We have not had an all time high in either gold or silver but we did have something investors can tra...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 20 that are worth another look.The domestic hot-rolled coil price in Northern Europe moved up on August 20, following producers' bullish pricing policy, sources told Fastmarkets.China's domestic stainless steel prices rose for an eighth...Read More

Troilus Gold's resource update and the factors behind it are covered in a Laurentian Securities report. Troilus GoldIn a July 29 research note, Laurentian Bank Securities analyst Jacques Wortman reported that Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) announced a new resource estimate for its Troilus project and, afterward, held a technical session.Wortman described the update as "positive in term...Read More

Prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia remained largely rangebound over the last week amid poor demand, but fresh bookings to China are likely to now push prices higher, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for steel billet, import, cfr Southeast Asia, which mainly looks at 120-150mm 5sp grade billet sold into the Philippines, was $435-440 per tonne on August 20, up from...Read More

China's domestic stainless steel prices rose for an eighth week reach their highest since February 19, while export prices too have risen to levels not seen since late last year.A weakening of the US dollar pushed up prices for commodities, including nickel, which then drove up stainless steel prices, an industry analyst in Shanghai said.The three-month nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.US market at risk of slidingPrices for pipe products were at a floor in the United States in mid-August, and have been broadly stable at that level since the start of the second quarter, but they are at risk of declining further in the coming months.Drilling rig counts have yet to find a floor and have fallen below most esti...Read More

Do precious metals still represent good value?With gold justcoming off a new all-time high above $2,000/oz and silverhaving more than doubled off its March bottom, some investors may be wary ofentering these markets right now.However, when adjusted for inflation, whenmeasured against the stock market, or when compared to total money supply, astrong case can be made that gold is not yet overvalued...Read More

Prices for domestic and imported rebar in the United States were stable on Wednesday August 19, with market participants expecting prices to remain unchanged heading into late summer.US marketFastmarkets' assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US was unchanged at $28 per hundredweight ($560 per short ton) on Wednesday August 19.According to one trader, domestic prices should remain...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 20 that are worth another look.The domestic hot-rolled coil price in Northern Europe moved up on August 20, following producers' bullish pricing policy, sources told Fastmarkets.China's domestic stainless steel prices rose for an eighth...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.US market at risk of slidingPrices for pipe products were at a floor in the United States in mid-August, and have been broadly stable at that level since the start of the second quarter, but they are at risk of declining further in the coming months.Drilling rig counts have yet to find a floor and have fallen below most esti...Read More

The three-month price of copper on the London Metal Exchange was the underperformer at the close of trading on Thursday August 20, with the price holding above nearby support despite losing more than 1.2% over the day.Meanwhile, zinc futures struggled to hold ground above the $2,500-per-tonne threshold.Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $6,601.50 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, falling...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued to stay out of the deep-sea scrap market on Thursday August 20, due to continuing weak demand in the domestic and export finished long steel markets, sources told Fastmarkets.Having booked some US and Baltic Sea cargoes at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) on August 7, mills in Turkey paused their deep-sea activity due the l...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 20 that are worth another look.The domestic hot-rolled coil price in Northern Europe moved up on August 20, following producers' bullish pricing policy, sources told Fastmarkets.China's domestic stainless steel prices rose for an eighth...Read More

Brazilian steel slab producer Companhia Sider??rgica do Pec?(C)m (CSP) has named Marcelo Botelho as its chief executive officer, it said on Wednesday August 19.He replaces Cl??udio Bastos, who had been in the position since February 2018. Bastos will take up a position in Brazil-based miner Vale, which is one of CSP's...Read More