Seaborne prices for iron ore concentrate and pellets continued to decline last week on softening demand and limited liquidity ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday in China, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao: $176.57 per tonne, down $8.68 per tonne.65% Fe blast furnace pellet, cfr Qingdao: $212.27 per tonne, down $13.22 per tonne.Key driversWeak d...Read More
Fastmarkets is launching a new daily China ferrous scrap import price assessment on Monday February 8 after a month-long consultation.The new assessment will be for heavy scrap classified under the Chinese standard HRS101. This is a grade of cut structural and plate scrap which - outside of China - fits under the category of plate and structural (P&S) scrap, or in Japan, HS scrap.The price will be...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly weaker this morning, Monday February 8, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly firmer, but this comes after a strong performance on the LME on Friday, when prices closed up by an average of 1.7%. Poor US employment report may help rescue package pass through CongressUS Treasury secretary Janet Yellen predicts the United...Read More
Key data from the pricing session in London on Friday February 5.Key drivers The downward correction in prices has continued over the past week, with the market dropping to a one-month low on profit-taking amid an active spot market, and expectations of more material arriving in European...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...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...Read More
The tantalum concentrate market continued to move higher at the beginning of February, following a slow start to the year, amid supply worries caused by lockdowns in Rwanda and renewed end-user demand, market sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets assessed the price of tantalite, basis 25% min Ta2O5, cif China at $63-65 per lb on Friday February 5, unchanged from the previous week's assessment...Read More
Polish ferro-silicon producer Huta Laziska is producing standard grade ferro-silicon (Si 75%) at close to full capacity, extending its rate of output from late last year, amid a rally in European prices that started in August, an industry source has told Fastmarkets. Huta Laziska has an annual production capacity of close to 80,000-90,000 tonnes per year of the grade, and made only minor adjustmen...Read More
Seaborne low-grade manganese ore prices dropped for the second consecutive week on Friday February 5 on weakening demand and high Chinese port stocks, which outweighed logistical disruptions. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin dropped 6 cents week on week to $4.62 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on February 5. Fastmarkets' manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin edged up 2 c...Read More
Neo Lithium moving closer to productionSPONSOREDneo lithiumPantoro charging towards second gold mineSPONSOREDpantoro limitedMaximus ready to resume search for more Wattle Dam richesSPONSOREDmaximus resourcesEnvironmental and social governance (ESG) is critical to the success of miningSPONSOREDonyen corporationFor investors, the situation can be described as an opportunity to "buy the dip" or to si...Read More
After completing a Plan of Arrangement with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) in January, Monarch Mining (TSX: GBAR) is now working to advance spin-out assets within the new company. Monarch has released an updated resource estimate for the McKenzie Break property in Quebec, 25 km north of Val-d'Or.Pit-constrained indicated resources at the site total 1.4 million tonnes grading 1.8 grams...Read More
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has released new assay data for three drillholes completed on section 19925 as the company moves towards a tighter drill spacing along the LP fault at its Dixie gold project in Red Lake, Ontario.The drill highlights included 18.2 metres of 13.38 grams gold per tonne from bedrock surface; and 16.5 metres of 4.9 grams gold per tonne and 57 metres of 4....Read More
Well-known as a store of value, precious metals are a particularly appealing investment during times of uncertainty. This appeal, combined with recent upward price moves, makes companies in this space an appealing investment. Below, we profile eight explorers and developers with exposure to gold and other precious metals.Kore MiningKORE Mining's Imperial gold property in southeast California. Cred...Read More
Mongolia's government is said to be actively seeking to cancel a deal with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) governing a US$6.75 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi desert, as it looks to replace it with a new agreement.Rather than acting unilaterally, which would risk future foreign investment projects, local authorities have suggested Rio Tinto mutually terminate...Read More
Canadian public companies will have a year to get in line with new, tougher board gender diversity guidelines from leading proxy advisory firms or face a withhold vote against the chair of their nominating committee.As of Feb. 1, 2022, Institutional Shareholder Services will expect S&P/TSX Composite issuers to have at least 30% women board members, or a written gender diversity policy with a commi...Read More
The S&P/TSX Composite Index jumped 4.61% to 18,135.90 during the Feb. 1-5 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 3.29% to 104.10, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index soared 7.25% to 147.81. Spot gold fell US$32.90 per oz., or 1.78%, to US$1,815.20 per oz., and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose by 1.01% to 306.59.Turquoise Hill Resources climbed $1.89 to $15.99 per share. The com...Read More
The USA is fighting back in the global battery arms race with a number of new supply chain developments already this year. In the past week alone, President Biden set out plans to electrify the US government fleet of approximately 645,000 vehicles, Sila Nanotechnologies raised a record $590 million of funding and plans to build ... Continue reading Global battery arms race: the USA's three EV to b...Read More
Serious gold down days are nearly always driven by heavy speculator selling in super-leveraged gold futures.Read full newsRead More
An 11% increase in gold prices can translate into 30% more cash for gold producers, says VanEck investment management.Read full newsRead More
Serious gold down days are nearly always driven by heavy speculator selling in super-leveraged gold futures.Read full newsRead More