"The curve, options activity, pricing and trade commentary all point to us being [in] a bull market, the likes of which has not been seen for at least 10 years and some would argue ever," Marex Spectron's Alastair Munro said.His colleague Anna Stablum noted the perfect storm for copper of a weaker US dollar, positive Chinese data and tight markets, with concentrate shipments delayed at least three...Read More

The market for higher grades of high-carbon ferro-chrome in Europe rose strongly in the week ended Tuesday February 9 due to a shortage of available material while suppliers focused their attention on Asia.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, high carbon, 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, rose by $0.03-0.07 per lb (1.8%) on Tuesday to $1.10-1.22 per lb Cr, from $...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX.V : LEAF) is pleased to provide the following update in relation to year-to-date highlights to coincide with the company's graduation to Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and resumption of trading.Highlights:LEAF commences trading on TSX February 10, 2021 and is scheduled to participate in the virtual market open ceremony on February 18, 2021 to celebrate LEAF's...Read More

Vancouver, BC - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna") a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry is pleased to announce growing demand for manufacturing services for its investee company QVI, Inc. doing business as "The Galley", a cannabis infused product manufacturer located in Sonoma County, California.QVI's 8,300 sq. ft. state of the art...Read More

The import market for charge chrome in China rose on Tuesday February 9, with tight supply continuing to strengthen sentiment despite the damping effect of the approaching Lunar New Year holiday, February 11-17, on activity in the chrome market.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, 50% Cr, import, cif main Chinese ports, rose by $0.04 per lb (3.8%) to $1.10 per lb contained Cr on Tuesday...Read More

Supplies from South Africa, a dominant PGM producer, are expected to get a leg up from the refining backlog accumulated during processing plant outages in 2020.Read More

Fastmarkets will publish its first low-carbon aluminium differentials on Friday March 5, one for primary aluminium (P1020A) and one for aluminium value-added products (VAP). The new pricing mechanisms will bring transparency to the growing industry for low-carbon aluminium products as the market tries to meet increased demand for a sustainable supply chain. The below infographic highlights how the...Read More

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessment for selenium 99.5% Se min, in-whs Rotterdam, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 10 due to a reporter error.The price assessment for selenium, 99.5% Se min, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per lb, should have been $6-8 per lb, rather than the $6.30-7.80 per lb published.https://www.metalbulletin.com/My-price-book.html?price=34257This occurred af...Read More

An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Dalila Ouerghi...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday February 10 that are worth another look.A shortage of containers to ship commodities around the world and the consequent soaring in associated freight rates have led to a revival of interest in breakbulk cargoes.China increased refined and...Read More

A shortage of containers to ship commodities around the world and the consequent soaring in associated freight rates have led to a revival of interest in breakbulk cargoes. Producers and physical traders of metals, agricultural, chemical and timber products have been starting to book shipments in breakbulk vessels, which cost far less and doesn't require vast amounts of equipment in port. On the m...Read More

Turkish scrap import prices rebounded from the bottom with at least two fresh deep-sea transactions, market sources said on Wednesday February 10. A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, consisting of 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $399.50 per tonne cfr. And a steel mill in the Marmara region booked a European cargo at $395 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20), although t...Read More

Base metals prices were putting in a strong performance on the last trading day before the Chinese New Year holiday, with all the metals, with the exception of an already strong tin, seeing gains this morning, Wednesday February 10.Bank loans in China were at new highs in January, with aggregate financing of 5.17 trillion yuan ($802 billion)Optimism grows while focus is on vaccine rollout and US s...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Solstice Gold Corporation (TSXV:SGC) reported that it has commenced a high resolution, property-wide, 1102 line-km heliborne magnetic survey on the company's newly acquired Red Lake Extension project. The survey's 50 m spacing will provide high definition magnetic and structural information to aid further exploration of the project. This will supplement the existing g...Read More

Monarca Minerals, Inc. (TSX-V: MMN) is focused on their portfolio of three 100% owned silver projects, along a highly productive mineralized belt in Mexico, including their Tejamen deposit in the state of Durango, that has an Inferred Mineral Resource of 19.8 million tonnes, at 45.0 g/t Ag (28.7 million ounces of contained silver). The Company's second property is the polymetallic skarn/CRD and po...Read More

All it took was one swift stroke of a pen, and President Biden ended a 13-year war against the Keystone XL pipeline.At the very least, he delayed any hope for the project by another four years.Remember, Trump reversed a previous veto from the Obama administration. This game of one-upping the previous administration's stance on the Keystone XL pipeline has been going on since 2008 when the project...Read More

Domestic prices in Europe for steel cold-rolled coil were fairly stable over the week to Wednesday February 10 because buyers have been holding back from making new deals until a settled price trend is seen, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel CRC, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?800-810 ($968-980) per tonne on February 10, unchanged over the week.The...Read More

Domestic prices for steel heavy plate started to decline across Europe over the week to Wednesday February 10 due to soft demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Heavy plate prices had gone up by ?,?50 per tonne in the South and by ?,?60-70 per tonne in the North of Europe from mid-January to the start of February this year, due to rising costs for slab feedstock and some demand recovery.Fastmarkets...Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe were fairly stable over the week to Wednesday February 10, supported by good order books among EU steelmakers and good demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?708.33 ($856.64) per tonne on Wednesday, down by ?,?1.67 per tonne from ?,?710.00 per to...Read More

ArcelorMittal and Thyssenkrupp Steel have both recently announced successful testing of methods to reduce carbon emissions in blast-furnace steelmaking via coke gas and hydrogen, the companies have reported separately.ArcelorMittal has completed its coke gas injection project at the Alto B Furnace at its Gij??n operations, Spain. This is intended to reduce its CO2 emissions by 125,000 tonnes per y...Read More