The London Metal Exchange's base metals prices were robust at the close of trading on Thursday July 29, supported in part by a US Dollar Index that reached its lowest since June 29 and fundamental factors affecting the metals themselves.The dollar index bottomed at 91.87 on Thursday, having reached a year-to-date high of 93.19 on June 21, following the US Federal Reserve bank's renewed dovish stat...Read More

Chinese importers have been buying double the copper scrap from overseas under the category of 'recyclable copper material', yet its growth in secondary copper production is relatively modest. The country's import volume of copper scrap (HS code: 7404) almost doubled in the first half of 2021 to 821,376 tonnes. It is up 90.8% year on year from a base number affected by outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020...Read More

Lundin Mining's copper production was down during the first half of the year because planned lower grades at its Chapada mine reduced its output.The company's profit in the first half was up by 160% at $835.2 million, boosted by higher gold, copper and zinc prices.In brief: At 120,811 tonnes, copper production was down...Read More

The Fed moved closer to tapering stimulus but said there was "some ground to cover to get there", Bloomberg reported.Rates were kept near zero.Gold was back above US$1,800 an ounce and around $1,816/oz on the spot market at the time of writing.Australia-based iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group shares were at an all-time high of A$26.58 in morning trade, taking the company's market capitalisa...Read More

EBITDA of US$12.1 billion was 5% above forecasts, while underlying profit of US$5.3 billion or US$4.30/sh was also comfortably higher than consensus estimates.Read More

AMAX is a 60:40 joint venture between Perenti Global's African Mining Services and Ghanaian mining services company MAXMASS.The contract increases Perenti's work in hand by about $280 million.Perenti managing director Mark Norwell said the contract continued AMS' transformation."We're delighted to be extending our relationship with our long-standing client, AngloGold Ashanti," he said."AMS has a r...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 29 that are worth another look.Industrial group Thyssenkrupp has agreed the sale of its mining business to Danish engineering company FLSmidth, the German company said on July 29.Former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo...Read More

A multi-country trade case involving silicon metal imported to the United States concluded on Wednesday July 28, when the US International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to apply the recommended 12.27% anti-dumping duty on Malaysian silicon imports."The United States International Trade Commission today determined that a US industry is materially injured by reason of imports of silicon metal from...Read More

Fastmarkets has modified the name of one of its Japan steel scrap export prices to reflect the product's usage in the market.Heavy scrap (HS) is a grade of obsolete scrap traded widely in the Japan and South Korea market, used for material of equivalent quality to plate and structural (P&S).Fastmarkets' price assessment for Japan export HS had previously been named steel scrap, plate and structura...Read More

Bangladeshi steelmakers have dipped into the market for small tonnages of containerized heavy melting scrap at slightly lower prices over the past week, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 29.Overall steel scrap demand remained low, with the country still in a strict Covid-19 lockdown and facing production restrictions, but a small number of deals were heard closed...Read More

Chinese importers have been buying double the copper scrap from overseas under the category of 'recyclable copper material', yet its growth in secondary copper production is relatively modest. The country's import volume of copper scrap (HS code: 7404) almost doubled in the first half of 2021 to 821,376 tonnes. It is up 90.8% year on year from a base number affected by outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020...Read More

(Updates prices) * U.S. weekly initial jobless claims at 1230 GMT * Dollar hits a more than two-week trough * Next key resistance for gold at $1,830-$1,840 - analystBy Arundhati SarkarJuly 29 (Reuters) - Gold gained for a third straight sessionon Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powellstruck a dovish tone, indicating much remains to be done beforepolicy tightening begins, and as...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 29 that are worth another look.Industrial group Thyssenkrupp has agreed the sale of its mining business to Danish engineering company FLSmidth, the German company said on July 29.Former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo...Read More

Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in Europe held fairly firm on Thursday July 29 despite a higher number of competitive import offers, market sources told Fastmarkets.Demand in Northern Europe has been weak due to the seasonal summer-holiday slowdown across the EU.The number of offers from European mills has been limited anyway. Suppliers in Germany were reported to be holding back from making new o...Read More

We spoke with Sam Spring, President & CEO of Kincora Copper Ltd. (TSXV: KCC, ASX: KCC). Kincora is focused on becoming the leading listed, pure play explorer, in the Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) of Australia. The LFB is a world-class gold and copper region, hosting an estimated endowment, of over 100Moz gold and over 24Mt copper. It is Australia's foremost porphyry region that hosts flagship operations...Read More

Prices of hot-rolled coil across China's domestic market followed futures prices higher on Thursday July 29, while the export market remained muted amid persistent fears of changes in the export tax policy, sources told Fastmarkets.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,920-5,950 yuan ($916-920) per tonne, up by 40-50 yuan per tonneGains in the most-traded HRC contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchang...Read More

Temperatures reached over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the oil-rich Iranian province of Khuzestan, and water shortages were making it difficult for people to, well, survive.As a result, huge protests popped up all around the country, and government officials gave the go-ahead to counter those protests with live ammunition.The official death count is eight, although insiders suggest it's higher.Of cou...Read More

A summary of ArcelorMittal's financial results for the April-June quarter of 2021, according to its financial results statement published on Thursday July 29.In brief"On the financial side, the second quarter has seen a continued strong recovery backdrop alongside a sustained lean inventory environment," chief executive officer Aditya Mittal said."This resulted in even healthier spreads in our cor...Read More

China exported 1.03 million tonnes of steel hot-rolled coil in June 2021, adding 168% to the figure of 381,984 tonnes a year earlier, according to data recently published by China's General Administration of Customs.Vietnam remained the principal buyer of Chinese HRC, taking 276,418 tonnes in June.Exports of other major steel products also showed sharp year-on-year increases in June, particularly...Read More

Turkish rebar export prices have gone down over the past week amid weakening scrap import costs and limited demand for the material, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 29.Steelmakers in the country were offering the material to export buyers at $715-730 per tonne fob this week, down from offers of $730-750 per tonne last week. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel rein...Read More