The latter is said to have been a "stable industry leading business that has produced cobalt products for key markets since 1968" and involves "contractual rights to refining capacity and ownership ofRead More

Teck Resources has updated its zinc concentrates production guidance for 2021, following "a strong second quarter operating performance" in its zinc business unit, the Canadian miner said in its second quarter results. At CAD 1.956 billion ($1.555 billion), net profits were up by 79% in the first half of the year.At a glance copper:  Overall copper production was up by 10.8% in the first half...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 27 that are worth another look.More than three-quarters of the effort to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 will have to be made by the power sector and through faster adoption of wind...Read More

Australia-listed Jervois Mining has agreed to purchase the Freeport Cobalt refinery in Finland for $160 million from Koboltti Chemicals Holdings, it said on Tuesday July 27.The deal, Jervois said, could lead to the company growing into the world's second-largest producer of refined cobalt outside of China. Koboltti is a holding company owned by Freeport McMoRan and Lundin Mining. The...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices increased in the main Mexican markets in the week to Tuesday July 27, with some market participants expecting them to stabilize at the current levels.Prices for prime scrap showed small gains, with the generation of such grades still limited by low output in the automotive sector, and demand remaining strong.Some sources reported that one scrap buyer was increasing its price f...Read More

Turkish steel producers remained quiet in deep-sea scrap import markets due to the summer slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday July 27.Domestic steel trade has been on hold since July 15 due to public holidays.Turkey observed the Democracy and National Solidarity Day on July 15 and Eid al-Adha the following week from July...Read More

Import prices for HRS101-grade ferrous scrap into China were unchanged on Tuesday July 27 but steel production cuts dampened spot demand for the material, sources told Fastmarkets."The restrictions on crude steel production have reduced our demand for scrap to a minimum recently," a Chinese mill source based in Hebei province told Fastmarkets. "We will reduce our production rate starting next mont...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board on Tuesday July 27, after a generally upbeat day on Monday, while the base metals on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed this morning.Chinese equities under pressure again today - market worried about regulatory interventionPre-market western equity index futures showing a weaker start againBase metalsLME three-month b...Read More

In 1978, my parents, following the great American tradition, packed up the green Ford station wagon and headed west across the country.The dog slept in the footwell as my brother and I rode tail gunner, staring backward across the plains and pumping our arms for the truckers to blast their horns. I had an imaginary scythe that cut telephone poles in half and sliced off the tops of hills.It's been...Read More

Hi, everyone. At the risk of repeating myself from INK Chat, I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of a fantastic interview series on INK Ultra Money this week. Real Vision's Kiril Sokoloff sits down with Cathie Wood, the CEO of ARK Investments.Cathie Wood this week on INK Ultra MoneyReal Vision is releasing one segment each day this week. I watched the first one on Sunday night, and it...Read More

US-based carmaker Ford is to open a new center to develop, test and build vehicle battery cells and cell arrays at Romulus, in the US state of Michigan, accelerating the company's research and development into future battery manufacturing, the company has said.The new center will be called Ford Ion Park and will be part of the company's renewed commitment to making Michigan a center for its focus...Read More

Rio Tinto has committed $2.4 billion to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia, which expects first saleable production in 2026, the company said.Jadar, currently one of the world's largest greenfield lithium projects, remains subject to receiving all relevant approvals, permits and licenses, plus ongoing engagement with local communities, the Serbian government and civil society.According to...Read More

Fastmarkets proposes to increase the frequency of two battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium prices to daily from weekly.This will affect the spot prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, both on a cif China, Japan & Korea basis.Following an initial consultation, Fastmarkets received feedback from market participants that more frequent assessments of spot market prices in th...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 27 that are worth another look.More than three-quarters of the effort to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 will have to be made by the power sector and through faster adoption of wind...Read More

Domestic steel prices for hot-rolled sheet in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow went down in the week to Monday July 26, while prices for cold-rolled sheet and steel plate were unchanged, sources told Fastmarkets.Prices were under pressure from low levels of purchasing activity because buyers were expecting further price reductions, the sources added.Customers thought that mills woul...Read More

Taken from JRE w/Jimmy Dore: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CD0...Jimmy Dore is a stand-up comedian, political commentator, host of "The Jimmy Dore Show" available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3M7...) and as a podcast available on iTunes.Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe declined day on day on Tuesday July 27 due to a combination of weak demand and competitive import offers, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?1,146.46 ($1,351.87) per tonne on Tuesday July 27, down by ?,?8.90 per tonne from ?,?1,155.36 per tonne on July 26.The i...Read More

Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as possible and at the same time, we need to com...Read More

The best-selling author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," Robert Kiyosaki has an impassioned talk with our Daniela Cambone about the state of the U.S. economy."I never saw an economy like this one and if you are trusting what the Fed is doing, you need your head examined," he pleaded.Kiyosaki shared his wisdom that when the "bull goes up the stairs, the bear goes out the window,"..."everyone is in a state...Read More

Andrew Maguire joins us to explain the UK "exemption" for the London gold market to the new Basel III rules. It is NOT what the media is portraying it to be.Andrew Maguire is an Independent London Metals Trader and Analyst, internationally renowned for his unique ability to read the precious metals market with the knowledge and experience gained over 35 years trading in financial and commodity mar...Read More