"We are excited to have identified, only 35m below CD-058's hole current level at 441m, the corrected position of the Cabacal West conductor, being directly below a new copper-zinc sulphide VMS feeder system," CEO and president Dr Adrian McArthur said."Holes CD-038, and historical hole AMCD-15-006 (which was terminated above the conductor's position) both show mineralisation overlying CD-058's con...Read More

The new inferred resource contains 426 million tonnes grading 0.367% copper in the oxidised zone containing an estimated 3.45 billion pounds of copper potentially amenable to heap leaching.Read More

Mexican ferrous scrap prices have trended lower, with more consumers applying price cuts to all grades.In recent weeks, scrap buyers announced weekly price cuts of 200 pesos ($10) per tonne, but sellers were resisting lower prices. Last week, lower prices were found to be more widespread, especially for obsolete grades. After succeeding in reducing prices for obsolete grades, buyers have been anno...Read More

Turkish steel mills continued to stay away from the deep-sea scrap import markets for the second working day of the week amid limited finished steel sales, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 24.The most recent deep-sea trade was reported at the end of the week to August 20, when a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a United States cargo composed of 20,000 tonnes of HMS...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices maintained their upward trend in the cfr China market amid continuous supply tightness on Tuesday August 24. The fob market increased amid stable buying interest, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $386.83 per tonne, up $5.10 per tonne Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $356.68 per tonne, up $3.78 per tonne Premium hard coking...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points in pre-opening trade.Bank of Montreal advanced $0.81 to $129.53 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter earnings.Bank of Nova Scotia gained $0.30 to $80.53 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter earnings. Mosaic advanced $0.55 to $31.81 after announcing a $1 billion share...Read More

Iron ore prices largely increased on Tuesday August 24 with active trading at China's ports.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $146.13 per tonne, up by $9.42 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $147.96 per tonne, up by $10.74 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $113.91 per tonne, up by $7.27 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao: $166.1...Read More

Rising Chinese ferrous futures on Monday did little to raise steel scrap demand in China, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 24.Demand for importing steel scrap in China remains mutedBuying sentiment in Taiwan coolsSouth Korean demand for Japan high-grade scrap still highChinaThe market for steel scrap imported into China remained quiet on Tuesday despite gains in the steel futures markets...Read More

The spread between prices for 65% Fe iron ore and 62% Fe products have narrowed rapidly in recent weeks due to the former weakening at a faster pace than the latter.This has resulted in a mixed long-term outlook for high-grade fines, market sources told Fastmarkets.Narrowing spreadAs hints of the central Chinese government's intention of keeping this year's output from exceeding last year's began...Read More

Prices of hot-rolled coil in China's domestic market rose for the third straight day on Tuesday August 24 following a surge in futures while the Shanghai Futures Exchange ferrous complex rose.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,710-5,720 yuan ($881-883) per tonne, up by 20-50 yuan per tonneThe most-traded HRC contract on the SHFE surged by 140 yuan per tonne on Tuesday from the previous day's clos...Read More

China's domestic rebar market continued to push upward on Tuesday August 24, but the higher prices are weighing on buying interest. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,200-5,230 yuan ($802-807) per tonne, up by 60-70 yuan per tonneSpot prices rode the surge in the rebar futures market during the day, though this resulted in a slight drop in demand, sources said.Trading companies that actively...Read More

London Metal Exchange future contracts for tin and zinc had the most prominent increases on the morning of Tuesday August 23, after a small rally on Monday in which copper, aluminium and nickel rose over 2%; cancellations in LME warehouses continued for some metals.Following a 14,475-tonne cancellation on Monday, a further 9,000 tonnes of copper were cancelled in Busan (6,575 tonnes), Singapore (2...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.Fastmarkets assessed...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,...Read More

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG) leads in an Australia-heavy Top 10 listing of companies based on leadership in 10 areas that matter the most to the mining sector, GlobalData says in a news release.The company, the fourth biggest iron ore producer globally, is the mining company best positioned to take advantage of future disruption in the industry, according to GlobalData analysts.The scores are based...Read More

S&P Global Market Intelligence's pipeline activity index points to mineral exploration budgets increasing by 5% to 10% in 2022, metals and mining analyst William Mason told a recent online conference.The increase is not as significant as in previous years, as a projected moderate softening of most metal prices from current levels weigh on the outlook."From 2023 to 2025, we expect budgets to pull b...Read More

This week's episode features Barrick Gold's Q2 conference call with president and CEO Mark Bristow, who discusses the undeveloped potential of Nevada, the company dividend, the use of electrical vehicles in mines, the increasing importance of Canada as a mining jurisdiction, and the return to Pascua Lama. He also highlights the company's ESG credentials, new forays into Egypt, and the importance o...Read More

Canadian junior American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTC: USGDF) and joint-venture partner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; BHP: RIO; ASX: RIO) are rapidly delineating a new resource estimate for the Madison copper-gold project in Montana, CEO Warwick Smith tells The Northern Miner. This year mark's Rio Tinto's third drill campaign at the project."Recent results have returned incredibly high-grade gold and...Read More

Australian coal producer TerraCom (ASX: TER) has extended the life of its Blair Athol coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin by about 10 years, following a reserves update. As of June 30, 2021, the mine's marketable reserves totaled 19.5 million tonnes, TerraComm said. Based on a sales profile of two million tonnes per year, the company estimates that Blair Athol will run for another decade,...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and Sumitomo Corp. announced today that they will jointly study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto's Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia. Sumitomo had been carrying out studies already into building a hydrogen plant, but hadn't chosen a location. Rio Tinto, in turn, recently started a feasibility study into replacing na...Read More