Newrange Gold plans an induced polarization geophysical survey of the primary target at North Birch. Newrange Gold Corp. (NRG:TSX.V; NRGOF:OTC) started a winter exploration program at its North Birch project east of Red Lake, Ontario, it announced in a news release. Line cutting for an induced polarization geophysical survey is underway, the company reported. Once completed, the survey will be co...Read More
Aurania Resources intends to drill test two outcrops on the northwestern margin of the Tiria-Shimpia target at Lost Cities-Cutucu. Aurania Resources Ltd. (ARU:TSX.V; AUIAF:OTCQB) announced in a news release it chose drill targets to test the high-grade silver zones of the Tiria-Shimpia silver-gold target at its Lost Cities-Cutucu project in Ecuador."Intensive geological mapping in the region of T...Read More
With silver prices recently hitting an eight year high, Greg McCoach, Peter Megaw and Jorge Ramiro Monroy discuss the current silver market and talk about Mexico's flourishing silver mining industry and Reyna Silver, an explorer with several exploration projects. In a StreetSmart Live! Broadcast on Feb. 4, 2021, Greg McCoach, publisher of The Mining Speculator; Jorge Ramiro Monroy, CEO of Reyna S...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 9 that are worth another look.Australia's Port of Port Hedland shipped 4% more iron ore in January compared with a year earlier, though shipments were lower than those made in December, data from the Pilbara Ports...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States slipped from an all-time high while market participants debated whether the rally had run its course.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $58.96 per hundredweight ($1,179.20 per short ton) on Tuesday February 9, down by 0.47% from a record $59.24 per cwt on Monday February 8. Still, the current price is up by 1.99...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico largely declined in the week ended on Friday February 5, with buyers struggling to reduce their purchase prices.Mexican steel producers attempted to secure price cuts in their purchases of the steelmaking raw material, of around 200-300 pesos ($10-15) per tonne, in both regions during the week. But many higher-volume trades were heard at stable prices.Fastmarket...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday February 9.Please click...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 9 that are worth another look.Australia's Port of Port Hedland shipped 4% more iron ore in January compared with a year earlier, though shipments were lower than those made in December, data from the Pilbara Ports...Read More
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited (HKEX) has appointed Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin as its new chief executive officer, effective May 24, 2021. Aguzin will serve a term of three years until May 23, 2024, subject to the approval of the Securities and Futures Commission. Aguzin will also become an ex-officio member of the HKEX board of directors on the same day. HKEX is the owner of the London Meta...Read More
Base-metal prices on the London Metal Exchange rose across the board on Tuesday February 9, with copper showing the most marked increase of 1.4%, given the continued fall of the US Dollar Index.Meanwhile, attention to the Chinese New Year holiday, February 11-17, seemed to be taking a back seat.The Dollar Index came to 90.55 on Tuesday at 5pm, having bottomed at 90.50 throughout trading, its lowes...Read More
Of all of the things that could have possibly happened today, who would have guessed that Jamie Dimon would be meeting with Joe Biden?!by Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsJamie Dimon (JP Morgan) is meeting with Joe Biden todayOf all of the things that could have possibly happened today, who would have guessed that JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon would be meeting with Joe Biden?! Read More
The seaborne coking coal market was flat amid limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 9.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $154.04 per tonne, unchangedPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $217.23 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.57 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $203 per tonne, unchan...Read More
Iron ore prices pushed up on Tuesday February 9, supported by the expectation of a positive outlook for demand after the Chinese New Year holiday, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $164.10 per tonne, up $3.60 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $164.46 per tonne, up $3.66 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao:&nb...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The uptrend in European flat steel prices continued in January 2021 as expected, with the prices for hot-rolled coil in the North and South of the region averaging ?,?698 and ?,?686 ($840 and $826) per tonne respectively, within 1% of the Fastmarkets research forecasts.With European HRC prices climbing to their highest level...Read More
RAPAPORT... Esther Fortunoff's store has been through a lot in the nearly 100 years it's been in business. Her grandparents Max and Clara Fortunoff opened the shop in 1922 as a New York-based housewares store, but it segued to include jewelry in 1957. In 2005, the family sold the majority share in the then-20-store Fortunoff chain to two private-equity firms, which filed for Chapter 11 a few years...Read More
RAPAPORT... The diamond supply chain will return to pre-pandemic levels between 2022 and 2024, led by economic recoveries in China and the US, according to Bain & Company."For natural diamonds, we saw great interest and return-to-growth trajectory both in the US and China once lockdowns were lifted and stores started to open their doors," Bain partner Olya Linde told Rapaport News. "The growth...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil across Europe were stable on Tuesday February 9, with buyers holding back from making new deals because they anticipate a decrease in prices, sources told Fastmarkets.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil across Europe were stable on Tuesday February 9, buyers hold back from making new deals on anticipated price decrease, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calcu...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Gahcho Kue diamond mine in Canada has suspended all operations after six workers tested positive for COVID-19. It follows a separate outbreak involving workers on contractor-operated winter road 25 miles away, although health officials do not believe the two are linked. The 335 workers currently at the mine (pictured), in Northwest Territories, have been confined to t...Read More
Base-metal prices on the London Metal Exchange rose across the board on Tuesday February 9, with copper showing the most marked increase of 1.4%, given the continued fall of the US Dollar Index.Meanwhile, attention to the Chinese New Year holiday, February 11-17, seemed to be taking a back seat.The Dollar Index came to 90.55 on Tuesday at 5pm, having bottomed at 90.50 throughout trading, its lowes...Read More
(IDEX Online) - British boxer Amir Khan has bought his son a $40,000 Rolex watch as a first birthday present.The former light-welterweight world boxing champion posted a picture of the boy, Muhammad Zaviyar, on social media, together with one of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, a timepiece described by its Swiss makers as "the ultimate timing tool for endurance racing drivers".Multi-millionaire...Read More