Seaborne iron ore prices were largely unchanged on Thursday June 11, while market participants waited for fresh data on port inventories in China Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $103.74 per tonne, down $0.19 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $106.65 per tonne, down $0.13 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $93.25 per tonne...Read More

Seaborne premium coking coal prices edged up on Thursday June 11, possibly supported by concerns over tightening import quotas in China, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 11. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $107.59 per tonne, up $0.63 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $116.81 per tonne, up $1.79 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $88....Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Iron ore prices have shot up as market participants have judged the supply risks from Covid-19 higher at this point in time when there is already a tight seaborne market. Despite the efforts to ramp up, Vale is struggling to catch up with its pre-dam disaster export volumes and its slow recovery has only been hit further by...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 85 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures moved lower following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the U.S. May Producer Price Index was unchanged versus a drop of 1.3% in April. Actual was an increase of 0.4%. Excluding food and energy, consensus was a slip of 0.1% versus a drop of 0.3% in Apri...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices were flat on Thursday June 11 amid inactivity, but high production rates have raised concerns over a possible downside for the market over the next week.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,590-3,620 yuan ($508-512) per tonne, unchangedBad weather kept demand for rebar weak but sellers maintained their prices amid rising futures.Market participants think rebar prices...Read More

The nickel price on the London Metal Exchange came under pressure during morning trading on Thursday June 11, with a complex-wide downturn emerging after the US Federal Reserve estimated that the US economy would shrink by 6.5% in 2020. Speaking on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell also said that higher US unemployment levels would persist throughout the year and would still be at 9.3...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 $14.60-15.00/lb  on...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.Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.(Due to an error, the percentage change for manganese 99.7% electrolytic manganese...Read More

A slew of extensive stimulus measures to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic is unlikely to provide any immediate support to prices for cobalt and lithium in China, according to market participants. In the past two weeks, several European countries, including Germany and the United Kingdom, either announced schemes to encourage the adop...Read More

Chinese domestic smartphone shipments declined by 10.4% year on year in May 2020, resuming its downturn following year-on-year growth of 17.2% in April, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) data - released on June 10 - shows.Mobile phone shipments in China totalled 32.7 million in May, while total shipments so far this year amounted to 121 million, down by 16% year on...Read More

Risk assets were weaker this morning, Thursday June 11, with the base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange down across the board, as were Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market major western equity index futures. US Federal Reserve projections suggest no rate rise until end of 2022......hints they expect a long drawn out recovery, implying less of a V-shaped one.Concerns rise about a second s...Read More

Stainless steel prices in the United States rose in June, moving in tandem with higher surcharge costs; meanwhile, base prices held steady while mills maintained lower production levels to keep supply closer to demand, which rose modestly.Fastmarkets' assessments for stainless steel 304 cold-rolled sheet, fob mill US and for stainless steel 304L cold-rolled sheet, fob mill US both rose by&nbs...Read More

China's domestic stainless steel sellers raised their offers on nickel gains over the week ended Wednesday June 10 but failed to conclude any deals.The three-month nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange ended Wednesday's official trading session at $12,952 per tonne, up by $67 per tonne from a week earlier. DomesticStainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic (Wuxi): 13,300-13,800...Read More

China's schedule to rename copper and aluminium scrap metal as renewable materials in July is not likely to be met, Fastmarkets has learned."There are only two weeks to go and nothing has been heard from Chinese customs yet," a source familiar with the matter said, adding that the delay could be more than one month.Currently, copper, brass and aluminium scrap imports are sold to the country under...Read More

June 11, 2020 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce the start of its 2020 exploration program at its wholly owned Thorn Project located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. Over the winter months Brixton compiled 154 assessment reports to cover its recently acquired mineral claims. In addition, the Company engaged Fathom Geophysics to a...Read More

Results from the second phase of Minera Alamos' (TSXV: MAI) drill program at its wholly owned Santana project in Sonora have expanded mineralization at the Nicho zone to the southwest and suggest potential for additional extensions at depth.The company's most recent release includes eight drill hole assays - seven are from the Nicho zone while one is from the Divisadero target area.The highlights...Read More

Since its first sale through its Clara sales platform in late 2018, Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has sold US$12.1 million worth of diamonds using the digital technology.The sales platform is designed to modernize the diamond sales process - uploading scanned images of each stone, selling each diamond individually, meeting exact manufacturer specifications, and, as opposed to an auction process, allow...Read More

Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) has decided not to match a third-party superior bid for Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY), and said that if the takeover target terminates an agreement they signed in April, it would have to pay the company $9 million (US$6.7 million).The Vancouver-headquartered miner, which produces silver, lead and zinc from mines in China, originally offered $105 million (abou...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) will place on hold part of its expansion plans for its South Flank iron ore project in Western Australia (WA), which would have destroyed dozens of sacred Aboriginal sites.The move follows a national backlash over Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) blasting of a 46,000-year-old indigenous site last month in the resource-rich Pilbara region.Western Australia's Aboriginal Af...Read More