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Bob Moriarty ArchivesJul 24, 2020My readers may be shocked to hear that I have been exceptionally busy lately, as the metals seem to be climbing to the moon. Naturally the stories I follow are trying to make hay while the sun shines so I am forced into ganging some of those stories together else I will never catch up. There are probably 1,500 juniors in Canada all clamoring for attention and I can...Read More
The manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin, has soared and slumped since March, with South African supply initially tightening and then ramping back up after restrictions were lifted.Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesJul 24, 2020 Both gold and silver surged dramatically higher this past week, propelled by torrents of investment capital deluging in. The resulting major new highs are really exciting, unleashing widespread fear-of-missing-out buying. But the precious metals' blistering jumps have left them very overbought. They have come so far so fast they are at and above technical extremes...Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrates treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index shifted higher on Friday July 24 due to shipments from Chile continuing despite concerns over potential coronavirus shutdowns. The benchmark copper concentrate TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific rebounded from $45.60 per tonne / 4.56 cents per lb last week, the lowest level since Fastmarkets started publishing the index...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States during the week ending Friday July 24. China The UG2 chrome ore market edged down to consolidate around the $132 per tonne level where liquidity was reported in the previous week. The domestic spot ferro-chrome price edged downward due to bearish sentiment amid the recent slump in ore prices. The imported charg...Read More
As the Pilbara is good for about 90% of Rio's current earnings and 70% in BHP's case, the COVID-beating production performance by the pair was naturally enough the focus of the market's scrutiny ofRead More
"We saw that the situation out there improved in June compared with the beginning of the quarter," Hedblom said this week. "However, the situation is still fragile. We have guided that we still believe there will be an impact on orders and revenues in the near term as well."She said Epiroc achieved an adjusted operating margin of 18.7% - "good under the circumstances" - due to job cuts and other c...Read More
The spot cobalt metal price in China continued to rally in the second half of the week following upturns in the local futures market since Thursday and a slight improvement in consumers' restocking appetite. Fastmarkets' assessment for cobalt 99.8% Co min, exw China rose to 255,000-265,000 yuan ($36,363-37,789) per tonne (equivalent to approx. $14.59-15.16 per lb, less China VAT) on Friday Ju...Read More
Week 28 (17/07/2020-23/07/2020) Company news Americas Kirkland Lake Gold is suspending operations at the Holt complex in Ontario until further notice and is offering severance pay to all staffRead More
The Chinese domestic ferro-silicon market dipped in the most recent trading session due to the continuing sluggish downstream magnesium market and easing supply concerns, with smelters ramping up their operations. Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-silicon 75% Si min, in-whs China was 5,800-5,900 yuan ($828-842) per tonne on Wednesday July 22, down by 100 yuan (1.7%) from 5,900-6,000 yua...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort334,23767,80171,987129,690433,549535,914573,337Change from Prior Reporting Period 4,0322412,3913,7815,62220,20418,037Traders23067895771322198 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 67,22429,801603,138 2,7594,92622,963 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting p...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's 18-dma moving up nicely, a very hard break higher. Read More
Momentum is very bullish for gold and silver. Look for signs of weekly profit taking. If gold and silver do not see any weekly profit taking then chances of $1934.40 and $2425 will be very high today. Federal Reserve is Protecting the American brokers by broadened access to three of its lending facilities designed to provide a credit backstop to firms hurt in the coronavirus crisis, allowing bro...Read More
Turkish steel mills stayed out of the deep-sea scrap market on Friday July 24, but still ended the week having booked around 248,000 tonnes of scrap, sources told Fastmarkets.Despite the quiet Friday, news emerged of a US cargo booked on Wednesday July 22, with a steel mill in the Iskenderun region making the booking at $269.50 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20). The cargo composition was not clear...Read More
The base metals were polarized this morning, Friday July 24, with prices on the London Metal Exchange down across the board, while the opposite was true for those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.Asian-Pacific equities and major western pre-market equity futures indices were in negative territory this morning. Haven assets like gold, US treasuries and the yen are all pointing to a pick-up in inves...Read More
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Share this articleTORONTO - Shares in Yamana Gold Inc. rose Friday after the company announced a 12 per cent increase in its dividend and as gold prices rose above US$1,900 per ounce for the first time since 2011.The company's Toronto Stock Exchange stock was up by as much as 49 cents or 6.3 per cent at $8.24 on Friday morning. That's a gain of $3.10 per share so far this year.Yamana reporte...Read More
The spot cobalt metal price in China continued to rally in the second half of the week following upturns in the local futures market since Thursday and a slight improvement in consumers' restocking appetite. Fastmarkets' assessment for cobalt 99.8% Co min, exw China rose to 255,000-265,000 yuan ($36,363-37,789) per tonne (equivalent to approx. $14.59-15.16 per lb, less China VAT) on Friday Ju...Read More