Global refined zinc production exceeded consumption by 240,000 tonnes in January-March this year in large part due to a rise in Chinese smelting of the metal, the International Lead & Zinc Study Group said in its latest market roundup. Refined zinc production the world over rose to 3.314 million tonnes in the first quarter, up from 3.212 million in the same period of 2019. Meanwhile, usage for the...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 21 that are worth another look.The recently opened anti-dumping investigation into Turkish exports of hot-rolled coil to the EU fails to comply with the principles of the Customs Union and Free Trade Agreements between Turkey and the European Commission (EC), the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD) told Fastmarkets on...Read More

Kirkland Lake (TSX: KL) is set to invest C$1 million at 80c per unit in Melkior.Read More

Spot payables for cobalt hydroxide continued to edge up in the first half of the week, which saw active inquiries and steady procurement from consumers. Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China rose to 63-65% against the standard-grade cobalt price on Wednesday May 20, up 1.2% from 62-64.5% on Friday. Many suppliers are holding back from sales due to tightened av...Read More

Turkish steel producers resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings as expected on Thursday May 21, but prices rapidly increased because of the improving demand, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $254.50 per tonne, 7,000 tonnes of shredded at $257.50 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $262.50 per tonne cfr....Read More

By: Ira EpsteinDoes crude oil have much room to rally from here? Gold is not down much from its recent 7-year highs. You can see the tighter range in the market in consolidation..Read More

Once again, "we're heavily reliant on the Chinese market to prop up global growth at the current time," he said in a podcast presented as part of Singapore Stock Exchange's Commodities UnpluggedRead More

Trading activity in the Bangladesh import ferrous scrap market has ground to a halt in a week that has featured the continued Ramadan lull and the emergence of category-2 Cyclone Amphan over the country, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 21."No deals have been done recently. The market is very quiet because we are going into a long holiday for the eid festival," one South Asian...Read More

NRW generated A$1.6 billion of revenue for the first 10 months of 2019-20, with earnings estimated at $177 million, or a normalised $107 million.Read More

Broad markets were weaker this morning, Thursday May 21, this after strong gains in recent days on high hopes that the recovery will gain momentum while economies move out of lockdowns and with ultra-loose monetary policy adding fuel. The danger is that some countries are relaxing lockdowns for economic reasons even though the Covid-19 virus is not under control, and that runs the risk of the viru...Read More

El-Raghy said he had "all the confidence" in Jim Rutherford, who was named as his intended successor in December, to guide the company to greater success.Read More

The United States is uniquely positioned to keep a leadership role in energy independence while it transitions to a low-carbon footprint, the chief executive officer of Enertopia Corp (ENRT) has said.According to Robert McAllister, the large landmass of the United States is ideal for wind-power generation and for high solar isolation, a requirement for peak solar photovoltaics production.These geo...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 21 that are worth another look.The recently opened anti-dumping investigation into Turkish exports of hot-rolled coil to the EU fails to comply with the principles of the Customs Union and Free Trade Agreements between Turkey and the European Commission (EC), the Turkish Steel Producers' Association (TCUD) told Fastmarkets on...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have moved down slightly due to poor trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 21.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?409.17 ($448.48) per tonne on Thursday, down by ?,?0.83 per tonne from ?,?410 per tonne on Wednesday.Thursday's index was calculated based on "workable" prices...Read More

Last week, I told you about a new opportunity to make a ton of money in the psychedelics space.Since that article, one of my early psychedelics picks skyrocketed from $0.71 to $1.74 a share.That's a 145% gain in just seven trading days.And that, dear reader, is how fortunes are made.I know, because this is exactly what I did in the renewable energy space back in 2006, and it's what I did more rece...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.US flat product prices outperformed our expectations over the past month. In an attempt to lend the market confidence that sheet prices had reached a floor, US steel mills announced price increases of $50-60 per ton at the end of April. In the announcement, mills cited the expectation of higher scrap prices, tight domestic s...Read More

Today, on INK Ultra Money we get an expert take on how to put the COVID-19 pandemic in historical context. We also look at a gold miner that could do well should inflation return.We are also making the INK morning report from Tuesday avaliable on INK Ultra Money Free. However, due to network congestion, it may take a few hours for the content to show up in the free channel.INK Tuesday report vide...Read More

Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices remained firm over the past week, despite some lower-priced rebar sales to Asia, sources said on Thursday May 21.Two steel mills were heard to have sold a combined total of 100,000 tonnes of rebar at $390 per tonne fob on an actual-weight basis to Hong Kong. Turkish steel mills, however, were trying to keep their prices firm...Read More

ArcelorMittal has temporarily stopped operations at its steel mill in Bosnia while Sweden's SSAB has decided to extend layoffs at some of its productions assets in the week to Thursday May 21.The decisions were made in a response to a drastic decline in steel demand across Europe due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.ArcelorMittalArcelorMittal decided to stop production at its Zenica plant f...Read More

Demand for imported steel billet and domestic steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in Egypt remained weak in the seven days to Thursday May 21, but billet import prices increased because of higher offers, sources told Fastmarkets.No improvement in demand is expected any time soon, sources said, due to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Covid-19 pandemic.In addition, Egypt's president, Abdel F...Read More