Apparent steel consumption in Brazil grew by 30.2% year on year in December and finished the year up by 1.2% overall, the country's steel association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday January 18.According to A??o Brasil data, December consumption totaled 2.03 million tonnes, up from 1.56 million tonnes a year before.Flat-rolled steel demand reached 1.23 million tonnes in December, up 31.5% fr...Read More

The base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Monday January 18, aided by some strong economic data in China, including gross domestic product (GDP) that showed growth of 6.5% year on year in the fourth quarter, which was stronger than the 6.2% expected and up from 4.9% in the third quarter. Metals prices firmer despite stronger US dollar.Base metalsThree-mon...Read More

Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP/UN), a TSX 60 stock moved above $68.38 extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening comments for Monday January 18thCanadian equity markets are mixed in quiet trade this morning in response to close of U.S. exchanges for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.The Shanghai Composite Index gained 29.85 to 3,596.22 after China announced higher than expected annualize...Read More

The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market was quiet again on Monday January 18 following a sharp downturn in the prices, market sources said.On Friday, a steel mill in northern Turkey booked a Baltic Sea cargo at $460 per tonne cfr on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis, compared with a US cargo sold at $485 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (90:10) and $492 per tonne...Read More

Turkish domestic prices for auto bundle steel scrap have gone down slightly over the past week, following the downturn in the deep-sea scrap import values, sources said on Monday January 18.Deep-sea scrap import prices went down sharply in a fresh Baltic Sea cargo deal at the end of the previous week.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, wa...Read More

Domestic ferrous scrap prices in Germany increased significantly in the month to Friday January 15, following and supported by the trend in the international market, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap), domestic, delivered mill, Germany was ?,?370-405 ($445-489) per tonne on January 15, up by ?,?85-95 from ?,?285-310 per ton...Read More

Brazil's pig iron export market was subdued in the week to Friday January 15, but offer prices remained high, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil was $555 per tonne on Friday, up from $520 per tonne a week earlier. ...Read More

Italian domestic steel scrap prices surged in the month to Friday January 15, supported by the global uptrend in December and the first half of January, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets assessed the monthly price assessment for steel scrap, No E3 (old thick scrap), domestic, delivered mill, Italy at ?,?325-360 ($392-435) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?65-95 (or 30.5%) month on month from...Read More

The seaborne fob market moved up slightly for premium hard coking coal prices on Monday January 18 on firm demand and a limited number of cargoes on offer in the market, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $124.15 per tonne, up $0.24 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $208.69 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $101.54 per tonne, unchangedH...Read More

Iron ore prices increased on Monday January 18, supported by a news of a record-high GDP in China for 2020 and supply concerns after a fire at Vale's Ponta da Madeira terminal in northern Brazil.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.07 per tonne, up $0.38 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.66 per tonne, up $0.53 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade pr...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...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 seaborne prices of both low and high-grade manganese ore rose but at a slower rate in the week to Friday January 15 following weakness emerging in the portside market, sources said.Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin climbed up by 5 cents or 1.1% week on week to $4.58 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on Friday from $4.53 per dmtu the previous week.Fastmarkets' manganese ore in...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More

The price of refined selenium powder in China hit a 55-month low in the week to Friday January 15 amid sufficient supply in the market and slow demand from the downstream glass industry, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for selenium 99.9% Se min, in-whs China was 90-110 yuan ($14-17) per kg on Friday, narrowing downwards by 5 yuan per kg from 90-115 yuan per kg the pre...Read More

A strong performance in the electric vehicle (EV) sector is set to give a significant boost to demand for cobalt in 2021, an exclusive survey by Fastmarkets reveals. And while there were mixed messages about demand in certain downstream sectors, such as superalloys which are mostly applied in the aerospace sector, with a cautious expectation of steady or growing demand in the key consumer electron...Read More

January 18, 2021 - Brixton Metals Corporation (the “Company“) (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) is pleased to provide the last batch of 2020 drilling results at its wholly owned Thorn Project, located in the Golden Triangle of Northwestern British Columbia.Highlights:Hole THN20-181 intercepted porphyry style mineralization returning 439.42m of 0.34% CuEq including, 278.42m of 0.43% CuEq, incl...Read More

The Association for Mineral Exploration opened up its Remote Roundup - its first virtual conference in the event's 38-year history - with special guest speakers that included a keynote talk from Robert Friedland, founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF).Speaking from Singapore, where the mining entrepreneur (and previously frequent traveller) noted he has been "...Read More

Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has released assay results for reverse circulation and diamond tail drilling completed at the Koula deposit within its Seguela development project in C??te d'Ivoire.The drill highlights included 14 metres of 42.9 grams gold per tonne starting at 61 metres; 11 metres of 46.2 grams gold per tonne from 48 metres; and 18 metres of 22.1 grams gold per tonne from 175 m...Read More

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