Seaborne iron ore prices pushed up on Friday January 8 on active trading, with demand for high-grade iron ore fines well supported at the Chinese ports, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $173.06 per tonne, up $1.37 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $173.33 per tonne, up $1.08 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingd...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices in both fob and cfr markets were relatively steady on Friday January 8 due to a lack of spot trades, while producer sources said the recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Hebei province is yet to affect the production of coke. Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $103.93 per tonne, down $0.06 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $20...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices gained more upward momentum on Friday January 8 despite thin trading.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,680-4,730 yuan ($724-732) per tonne, up 60-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan) - weekly assessment: 4,400-4,450 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneSources in Shanghai said sellers in the city kept asking for higher prices despite the market bein...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices moved up on Friday January 8 due to supply concerns arising from longer transportation time caused by a cold wave and a growing outbreak of Covid-19 in Hebei province. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,490-4,520 yuan ($694-699) per tonne, up by 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 4,080-4,120 yuan per tonne, up by 120-130 yuan per tonneVessel...Read More

Base metals prices were pausing and precious metals were mainly on a back footing this morning, Friday January 8, with sentiment generally bullish on the prospects for greater fiscal spending out of the United States when Joe Biden becomes the president in a few weeks' time. Asian-Pacific equities generally upbeat, along with pre-market western equity index futures US 10-year treasury yields conti...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford 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 at 16.70-17.15 on Friday January...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 Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb at 16.70-17.25 on Friday January 08,...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 Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co...Read More

There was limited spot liquidity for ferrous scrap in key import market Vietnam in the week to Friday January 8 ahead of the Kanto Tetsugen auction next week, market sources told Fastmarkets.There was a transaction heard at $460 per tonne cfr Vietnam for a 6,000-tonne Japanese H2 cargo. Such cargoes were offered at $465-470 per tonne...Read More

Sluggish Chinese domestic steel scrap prices mean there has been a large gap between bids and offers for imports of steel scrap this week, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday January 8. Chinese consumers have booked at least four bulk cargoes of Japanese plate and structural (P&S) scrap - which is known as HS in Japan - since China relaxed its scrap import restrictions on December 31. S...Read More

China's looming presence as a new buyer in the Asian seaborne scrap market has sparked concerns of tight supply in the region, including in Taiwan, sources told Fastmarkets this week. Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized cargoes of steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20), US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $448-450 per tonne on Friday January 8, narrowing upward by $3 per tonne fro...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday January 8. China  Seaborne prices for both low- and high-grade ore soared after miners successfully raised their February offer prices following recent increases in the portside ore market. Bullishness in the alloy sector and yuan appreciation spurred buyers' purchasing appetite.  Portside...Read More

January 8, 2020 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce the second round of drill results from its fall/winter exploration program at the Langis Mine Project located in the Cobalt Camp of Ontario. The assays for this round are from 14 holes totaling 1673.85m of NQ size core. Drill holes follow a fan-type array with depths ranging from 55m to 176...Read More

China's domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate market hit a 14-month high in the first trading week of the year after the price rose by 8% week on week on Thursday January 7 on soaring offer prices and heightened buying appetite.China's battery-grade lithium carbonate price hit a 14-month high due to continued tight supply and producers hiking up prices further. Chinese industrial-grade lithium...Read More

Intermediate miner Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) has released its 2020 operating highlights - last year, the company produced 430,480 gold oz., 130,640 of which were generated in the fourth quarter. The company's EL Limon Guajes mining complex in Mexico beat the revised production guidance of 390,000 to 420,000 gold oz. for 2020."We delivered another solid operational result to close out 2020, a guidance...Read More

With a strong outlook for the mining sector and few recent discoveries, companies are turning to low-risk under-explored frontiers in their search for new deposits and future mines. Below, we present eight companies focused on B.C., the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.Ascot ResourcesAscot Resources' Red Mountain project in B.C.'s Golden Triangle. Credit: Ascot Resources.Ascot Resources (TSX: A...Read More

Canadian mineral exploration and development company Buchans Resources has entered into a collaboration agreement with Boliden Mineral AB, a European-based mining and metals producer. Under the agreement, Boliden will evaluate Buchans' wholly-owned Buchans volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) base metals property in central Newfoundland, 56 km southeast of Deer Lake. The agreement is "a little l...Read More

After beating its production guidance for 2020 and reporting a record fourth quarter, Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) is guiding a further 22% increase in production this year.The B.C.-based miner's 75%-owned Copper Mountain mine, 20 km south of Princeton, B.C., produced 77.6 million lb. of copper last year, compared with guidance of 70 to 75 million lb. copper. The mine also produced 29,227 oz...Read More