Seaborne iron ore prices were up on Friday January 29 amid firmer buying interest, market sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $158.54 per tonne, up $1.12 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $159.05 per tonne, up $1.05 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $144.95 per tonne, up $1.14 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Q...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices in both the fob and cfr markets kept relatively flat on Friday January 29, with no deals heard during the day although sources do not believe the seaborne premium hard coking coal fob price will exceed $160 per tonne in the short term.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $154.92 per tonne, down $0.18 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $21...Read More

China's hot-rolled exporters raised their offers on Friday January 29 despite a declining domestic market amid to concerns over rebate cut for outbound shipments.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,440-4,460 yuan ($687-690) per tonne, down 60-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan) - weekly assessment: 4,350-4,420 yuan per tonne, up 20-40 yuan per tonneSpot prices in eastern China weakened due...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices were flat on Friday January 29 amid inactivity, with the situation set to be compounded next week when many market participants plan to make an early start to their holiday for the Chinese New Year.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,280-4,310 yuan ($663-667) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 4,110-4,160 yuan per tonne, up 50 yuan per ton...Read More

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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 19.15-20.00 on Friday January 29, 2021.Offer.....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...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...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were for the most part weaker this morning, Friday January 29, with aluminium bucking the trend on both exchanges and March tin on the SHFE also higher. Asian-Pacific equities and major western pre-market equity index futures were weaker this morningOverall the base metals are looking heavyBase metals Three-month alumini...Read More

The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in Europe increased strongly in the week to Friday January 29, on higher nickel costs and increasing demand, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment of stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 2mm grade 304 transaction domestic, delivered North Europe was ?,?2,380-2,400 ($2,882-2,906) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?80 per tonne week on week f...Read More

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Almonty Industries (TSX: AII; US-OTC: ALMTF) has two mines in Europe producing tungsten concentrate - the Los Santos mine in western Spain and the Panasqueira mine in Portugal - but it's the Sangdong tungsten project in South Korea that has become the junior's main focus in recent years.Sangdong - once one of the world's largest tungsten mines in production and still one of the few high grade tung...Read More

Three more Japanese scrap cargoes will land in China by early March, the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) said on Friday January 29.A 2,800-tonne parcel bought by Zhejiang Judong will load soon from Japan and land in early-February. The parcel was sold by Japan's Pinghe Trading.A 3,000-tonne parcel sold by Japanese trader Hanwa to eastern China steel mill Shagang will load in mid-to-late Febr...Read More

Australian gold producer Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) says performance improvements at its Red Lake mine in Canada are putting its turnaround plans for the operation ahead of schedule.In the quarter ending Dec. 31 (Evolution's second quarter of 2021), production from its Red Lake operation in Ontario rose 27% to 33,709 oz. gold at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of A$1,937 per oz. (US$1,481 per oz...Read More

The beleagured Sarmaco joint-venture in Brazil between BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) and Vale (NYSE: VALE) has been hit with an almost US$1 billion lawsuit from noteholders who accuse the company of ignoring their requests to restructure their debt.The claim, filed in October last year by the Bank of New York Mellon on behalf of noteholders, states the US$898 million sought from Samarco is m...Read More

A resurgence of Covid-19 in Vietnam and the continual price falls in the Japanese domestic scrap market have dampened buying sentiment in the week to Friday January 29, sources told Fastmarkets.Offers for bulk Japanese H2 materials had initially been at $415-420 per tonne cfr Vietnam on Tuesday before falling to $400-405 per tonne cfr Vietnam by Wednesday.There was a transaction concluded at $380...Read More

The rally in China's domestic lithium prices continued to influence markets in the rest of Asia in the week to Thursday January 28, but trading has thinned in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February. China's battery-grade lithium prices rose again due to limited spot availability and because some producers had stopped offering ahead of Chinese New Year. Asian battery-grade lithium...Read More

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