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Independent financial analyst Matt Badiali delves into U.S. Gold's recent drill results at the CK Gold Deposit in Wyoming. U.S. Gold CK Gold ProjectU.S. Gold Corp. (USAU:NASDAQ) just gave shareholders a holiday surprise.The company's geologists and engineers needed more information about the CK Gold Deposit. Specifically, for the metallurgy. That way, the company could plan, in detail, how to get...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts Metallic Minerals and explains why he believes the stock is "now ready to break out to the upside." We bought Metallic Minerals Corp. (MMG:TSX.V; MMNGF:OTCMKTS) at a very good entry point two weeks ago, and it is worth bringing it to your attention again here because its technical condition has since continued to improve and also as a worthy destination for fu...Read More
Iran's export prices for steel slab and billet increased again over the week to Wednesday December 30 following deals being secured at even higher prices over the week, Fastmarkets learned.A total of 110,000 tonnes of Iranian slab was sold in two tenders during the week, sources told FastmarketsThis comes at a time when Iran's export billet and slab prices are at their highest since early 2018, wh...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to make two amendments to the specifications of its daily price for steel billet, import, cfr Southeast Asia.The proposed changes are in response to market feedback requesting a change in the price specification to make the price assessment more representative of the cfr Manila steel billet import market.The Philippines is the largest steel billet importing nation in Southeast...Read More
Seaborne prices of both low- and high-grade manganese ore in China continued to find support from persistent strength in the portside ore and alloy markets in the latest pricing period ended Tuesday December 29, despite the absence of some participants due to the Christmas holidays. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin rose 18 cents (4.6%) week on week to $4.12 per dry metric tonne...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended December 29, 2020.Read More
Recently,British Petroleum (BP) went public in declaring that “peak oil demand” wasreached in 2019. According to the oil major’s 2020 outlook, global oil demandwill not regain levels reached last year, and that demand could soon fallrapidly, due to stronger climate action by countries, by at least 10% over thenext 10 years, and up to 50% by 2040. Demandfor the fossil fuel has dou...Read More
Peter Krauth provides the investment case for silver.In many ways, most of us can't wait to put 2020 behind us and call it last year.We've experienced a once-a-century global pandemic, infecting almost 80 million people. Lockdowns caused businesses to shutter and soaring unemployment, with massive economic consequences.If you dig a little deeper, other costs include soaring debts and deficits worl...Read More
Steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States climbed on Wednesday December 30 to a more than eight-year high as the market continued to accept the latest round of price increases, according to market participants. Fastmarkets assessed steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US at $37 per hundredweight ($740 short ton) on December 30, up 4.2% from $35.50 per cwt the week before and its highest...Read More
Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday December 30.In late December bankruptcy trustee Mateusz Bienioszek signed a lease agreement for Huta Czestochowa with Corween Investments, several sources familiar with the matter told Fastmarkets "I ca...Read More
Closures at Hyundai Steel's electric arc furnaces (EAFs) in Incheon have reduced supply and raised prices for steel beams in South Korea, a company spokesman told Fastmarkets.Hyundai closed two EAFs at its Incheon works in mid-October due to a $100-million upgrade of its steel beam rolling process, the spokesman said on Tuesday December 29.Following the update, South Korea's second largest steelma...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday December 30 that are worth another look.Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on December 30.Shipments of...Read More
Steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States climbed on Wednesday December 30 to a more than eight-year high as the market continued to accept the latest round of price increases, according to market participants. Fastmarkets assessed steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US at $37 per hundredweight ($740 short ton) on December 30, up 4.2% from $35.50 per cwt the week before and its highest...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday December 30.Please click...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market remained quiet due to the year-end holiday period, sources said on Wednesday December 30.The most recent transactions were heard on December 24, when a steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo containing 30,000 tonnes of shredded scrap at $480 per tonne cfr, and another steel mill in the Iskenderun...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday December 30 that are worth another look.Corween Investments, the holding company for Liberty House, was given a lease for the insolvent Polish steel plate producer Huta Czestochowa earlier this week, sources told Fastmarkets on December 30.Shipments of...Read More