The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy has announced a ban on exports of ferrous scrap for a period of four months starting on Friday May 15, 2020. The ban affects scrap under HS codes 720410, 720421, 720429, 720430, 720441, 720449 and 720450. The ministry did not give an official reason for implementing the export ban. But market participants in the UAE told Fastmarkets the decision was tak...Read More
By Stefan GleasonFoodflation is registering at the checkout lines of your local grocery store - and in a bigger way than has been seen in decades.On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department reported that grocery prices paid by consumers surged 2.6% in April. That's the largest one-month price spike recorded in 46 years.Food Costs JumpBLS/CNBCThe last time a food shock of this magnitude hit consumers w...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold chart action shows the triangle forming, the apex with the bulls in the control at its downtrend test..Read More
The mirage of quick growth vanished and realty bite came after Federal Reserve chairman Powell dashed hopes an early US economic recovery. He also struck down any chances of negative interest rates. Gold rose as a result. There was short covering in gold as well. At the moment gold looks headed for $1760. Silver will follow the trend of industrial metals. Overall sharp correction in silver will...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 14 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's major long steel producer, has decommissioned the first section of its blooming plant as a part of a strategy for sustainable development, the company said on May 14.The European Commission's (EC) prior surveillance of imports of certain aluminium products orig...Read More
Vanadium producer Largo Resources has postponed construction of its ferro-vanadium conversion plant at its Maracas Menchen mine in Brazil due to Covid-19 preventative measures, the company said in its first-quarter earnings release on Tuesday May 12."The company is continuing to monitor the rapidly developing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and will take all possible actions to help minimize the...Read More
The three-month price of lead on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 14, with buying momentum pushing the metal's outright price above the $1,600 per tonne threshold, while the LME nickel price held above $12,000 per tonne despite a 1.4% downturn over the afternoon.Lead's underlying price on the LME closed at $1,619 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, climbing...Read More
Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama edged down 0.4% month on month at the end of March 2020, according to data released by major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp.Total aluminium stocks at the three ports totaled 297,100 tonnes on March 31, down by 1,300 tonnes or 0.4% from the end of January, figures released on Friday April 3 showed. T...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 14 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's major long steel producer, has decommissioned the first section of its blooming plant as a part of a strategy for sustainable development, the company said on May 14.The European Commission's (EC) prior surveillance of imports of certain aluminium products orig...Read More
China's leading stainless steel mills have raised their ferro-chrome tender prices for May deliveries, with one offering an additional payment for extra material delivered, incentivizing some smelters to increase their deliveries. But not all suppliers are enticed by the price hike because of a strong spot market and expectations of further price gains in the near term, Fastmarkets has learned. Ta...Read More
Prices for China's tungsten concentrate continue to strengthen amid tight supply from mining companies. The price increases for the raw material have also triggered higher offers for ammonium paratungstate (APT) but downstream tungsten powder and alloy consumers are resisting them amid weak economic conditions, resulting in a stalemate.Costlier concentrateFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for t...Read More
The three-month price of lead on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 14, with buying momentum pushing the metal's outright price above the $1,600 per tonne threshold, while the LME nickel price held above $12,000 per tonne despite a 1.4% downturn over the afternoon.Lead's underlying price on the LME closed at $1,619 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, climbing...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices stayed above $90 per tonne on Thursday May 14, supported by improving production levels and decreasing steel inventories in China, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $92.17 per tonne, up $0.54 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $94.50 per tonne, up $0.14 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium,...Read More
As we're being subjected to "UNLIMITED" expansion of our debt burden via currency debasement and the latest round of bank bailouts, what is the REAL price?Craig Hemke interviewed by Dunagun Kaiser on Reluctant PreppersAs we're being subjected to "UNLIMITED" expansion of our debt burden via currency debasement, and the latest round of unimaginable bank bailouts, what is the REAL price of sound mone...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices strengthened on Thursday May 14 amid support provided by steady demand from the infrastructure sector, sources said.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,420-3,430 yuan ($482-483) per tonne, up 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,390 yuan per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneMarket sources reported robust trading during the day, with downstream buyers rush...Read More
Silver may have been held in check at $15 over the last few weeks, but the action beneath the surface is STUNNING...Ed Steer interviewed by Chris Marcus on Arcadia EconomicsWhile the silver price has been held in check at the $15 level over the last few weeks, that doesn't mean nothing is going on. Because to the contrary, the action beneath the surface is the most stunning thing I've studied in m...Read More
MAC surveyTORONTO - Coinciding with National Mining Week, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has released a new national poll that highlights public enthusiasm for Canada to grow market share as a preferred global supplier of critical minerals, based on abundance and leading environmental standards.As demand for minerals and metals continues to grow, there is increasing focus on what are refer...Read More
May 14, 2020Toronto, Canada (May 14, 2020) - Mega Uranium Ltd. (MGA: TSX) announces that it has entered into an agreement with NXGold Ltd. ("NX") to grant to NX (following receipt by NX of the necessary conditional approvals of the TSX Venture Exchange) a two-year option to purchase Mega's Ben Lomond uranium property located in Queensland, Australia (the "Ben Lomond Option"). As consideration fo...Read More
The price of steel billet in Turkey increased over the past week in line with increasing scrap import values, while demand for the material was still limited, sources said on Thursday May 14.Domestic Turkish steel mills in the country resumed their deep-sea scrap purchases last week at higher prices, sources said.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, c...Read More
Demand for imported steel billet and domestic steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in Egypt remained weak in the seven days to Thursday May 14, with billet import prices increasing because of high offers, sources told Fastmarkets.No improvement in demand was anticipated soon due to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the governor of Egypt's capital city, Cairo, has c...Read More