An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Cristina Belda and Dalila Ouerghi...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies and...Read More

The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb...Read More

The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Read More

The Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low-end) trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt hydroxide p...Read More

The Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonne trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed...Read More

Monthly European alloy steel surcharges for grade-316 stainless steel have surged for July because of a sharp increases in the price of molybdenum, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 2.Fastmarkets' calculation of stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 316 2mm alloy surcharge domestic, Europe was ?,?2,902-2,946 ($3,439-3,492) per tonne for July, up by ?,?242-271 per tonne from June.The substantial increas...Read More

China's leading stainless steel producer, Tsingshan Group, has raised its tender prices for July-delivery ferro-chrome by 950 yuan ($147) per tonne from that for the preceding month, the company said on Friday July 2.The eastern China-based mill set its tender price for July-delivery high-carbon ferro-chrome at 8,395 yuan per tonne. The latest tender price is 12.76% higher than the 7,445 yuan per...Read More

Explorer Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) is on track to deliver a second resource estimate early in 2022 for its flagship AurMac property in the Yukon, president and CEO Tara Christie tells The Northern Miner.She expects a busy six months of news flow ahead as the team wraps up the field season at the early-stage exploration property, which Christie says forms part of an emerging district-scale gold-silve...Read More

Battery metals prices have seen a strong recovery in the first half of 2021, and in its H1 Battery Metals Outlook report, which forecasts demand to 2030, BloombergNEF projects markets for key battery metals to remain robust.Starting with projected total battery demand, the research company noted that its forecast for 2030 demand has risen 35% over the last year. Now, BloombergNEF expects demand to...Read More

Spot activity in the Vietnamese ferrous scrap import market remained extremely thin amid poor demand from steel mills, sources told Fastmarkets.There was a transaction confirmed for an August-shipment cargo at $484 per tonne cfr southern Vietnam, against offers at $490-500 per tonne cfr Vietnam.Bids were at $480 per tonne cfr Vietnam."It is very, very quiet this week because of the large bid-...Read More

Interest in China for imported blister copper remained lackluster in June, with copper buyers showing a preference for domestic blister and copper scrap, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 2.Refining charges (RC) for the intermediate product ticked upward last month, with more availability, and suppliers noting a lack of appetite for extra units.Fastmarkets assessed the copper blister 98-99% RC, spo...Read More

A flurry of low-priced transactions for Russian hot-rolled coil into Vietnam during the week to Friday July 2 has shocked market participants in Asia, causing prices to fall and depress sentiment, sources told Fastmarkets.The deals follow Russia's announcement on June 24 that it would impose temporary export duties on ferrous and non-ferrous metals sold outside the Eurasian Economic Union from Aug...Read More

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Big Thunder Gold Mine is perfect for people of all ages, races and abilities. It's the must-see gold mining experience in the Black Hills. They're located in Keystone, South Dakota at 6...Read full newsRead More

Those seeking stability really have a hard time finding it today. No matter where investors look, volatility appears to be picking up. Whether in stocks, bonds, or crypto, valuations are changing rapidly. Looking at the recent Bitcoin rally (and decline), we see a great example of this.That said, investors will note that cryptocurrencies are inherently more volatile. These digital tokens don&rsquo...Read More

Gold stocks and gold prices are the ultimate hedge against the negative effects of inflation. This has proven to be true many times over. And this is ultimately relevant today, as we climb our way out from the long and difficult COVID-19 pandemic. Without further ado, here are two gold stocks to buy as inflation heats up: Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM)(NYSE:AEM) and Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD)...Read More

?EUR<"We Don't Need New Rules: What We Need Is For the Existing Rules To Be ENFORCED"~ Rob KirbyRob Kirby, proprietary analyst and founder of KirbyAnalytics.com, returns to Liberty and Finance to offer a blistering critique of official destruction of the USD and other world currencies, unconstitutional infringement of our liberty and rights, blind-eyed regulation of banking, equity markets, and co...Read More

"We have had a small group of people who have gotten away with crime, and crime that pays is crime that stays. Now, they are in full blossom. We have been talking about this, and many people have tried to stay in the middle of the road. Now, the message in 2021 is there is no middle of the road. You've got to pick sides. . . . This is freedom or tyranny, and tyranny is slavery. We are talking abou...Read More