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The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Steel rebar prices remained stable in Egypt over the week to Thursday November 12 amid very weak demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Demand for rebar and billet has been slow in the country since the imposition of a construction ban on May 25, however, the rules of the ban were eased on September 29.Still, buying was weak...Read More

Turkish domestic and import prices for steel billet have gone up over the past week on increasing scrap costs, sources said on Thursday November 12.The suppliers in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) raised their billet offers to Turkish customers by around $5 per tonne to $435-440 per tonne cfr, while bids from...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 16 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of U.S. economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for the October Consumer Price Index was an increase of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.2%. Actual was unchanged. Excluding food and energy, consensus for the October Consumer Price Index was...Read More

Turkish domestic long steel prices have gone down over the past week in line with the strengthening of the country's lira, sources said on Thursday November 12.The value of the Turkish currency rebounded sharply at the beginning of the week on news of the resignation of Turkey's economy minister and the replacement of the central bank's governor.Berat Albayrak, who is a son-in-low of national pres...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices were down slightly on Thursday November 12 amid diminishing demand for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $123.74 per tonne, down $0.82 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $123.74 per tonne, down $1.26 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $114.41 per tonne, down $1 pe...Read More

China cfr seaborne coking coal prices increased across the board on Thursday November 12, while fob prices remained flat because of the ban on coal from Australia and a lack of alternatives in the spot market. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.40 per tonne, unchanged Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $153.07 per tonne, up $4.12 per tonneHard coking coal, f...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil producers allocated limited volumes for export on Thursday November 12 despite falling prices in the domestic market.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,050-4,070 yuan ($612-615) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneSeveral sources in Shanghai said trading was moderate in the spot market on Thursday after sellers lowered their offers.One of them believes prices will weaken furt...Read More

China's domestic prices were unchanged on Thursday November 12 amid softer demand and lower market inventories. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,060-4,090 yuan ($613-617) per tonne, unchangedSome in the market cut their procurement rates on the expectation that spot prices would mirror down-trending futures.But sellers did not lower their offers since they had managed to sell a lot of cargoes i...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...Read More

The cobalt alloy 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...Read More

Fastmarkets reporters present the key themes and discussion points from the International Ferro-alloys Virtual Conference held on November 9-10.Strong recovery expected in 2021, but steel, ferro-alloys market unlikely return to pre-Covid levels Despite a quicker-than-expected recovery across certain regions following the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and expectations of a stronger reco...Read More

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Cobalt hydroxide payables narrowed upward during the first half of this week with lower numbers fading while buyers continued to stock up. Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China tightened to 79.5-81% of the price for cobalt standard grade on Wednesday November 11, from 79-81% on November 6. "Buyers are finally squaring up to the idea, especially for long-term contra...Read More

China's stainless steel sellers cut both domestic and export prices over the past week in an attempt to generate more sales.DomesticStainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic (Wuxi): 14,200-14,900 yuan ($2,144-2,250) per tonne, down by 100 yuan per tonne from a week earlier.Trading houses were actively selling stainless steel due to their pessimistic outlook for prices in of December....Read More

Fast-rising costs for container freight on a number of major shipping routes are causing disruption in trade flows for minerals and metals alike, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday November 12.The combination of fewer vessels on the water, an imbalance in trade flows to and from China and competition between cargoes has kickstarted a rapid increase in shipping costs, making it harder for sellers...Read More

Guinea's government has approved a multinational group's plan to build a railroad and deep-water port to export from the large-scale Simandou iron ore deposit to key markets, including China, the world's top consumer of the commodity.The consortium, which includes Singapore's Winning Shipping, Guinean mining logistics firm United Mining Supply (UMS), Chinese aluminum producer Shandong Weiqiao and...Read More

China's secondary copper production will rise to 4 million tonnes in 2025, a metal recycling body said earlier this week.Secondary output of non-ferrous metals, which are widely used in consumer electronics, will reach 20 million tonnes that year, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA) estimated. Of these, secondary output of aluminium, lead and zinc are pro...Read More

Kerr Mines (TSX: KER; US-OTC: KERMF) will finance the restart of production from its Copperstone gold mine in Arizona with the help of a US$18 million streaming deal with Star Royalties.Production is targeted to begin in the fourth quarter of 2021 from the fully permitted mine, which Kerr Mines acquired in 2014 through an all-share acquisition of American Bonanza.Copperstone, situated in western A...Read More

An extremely rare, purple-pink diamond mined and polished by Russia's Alrosa (MCX: ALRS) has set a record price for a gem of that colour sold at an auction after fetching 24.4 million Swiss francs (US$26.6 million) at Sotheby's in Geneva.The flawless 14.83-carat diamond, named "The Spirit of the Rose" after a ballet of the same name from 1911, already had another record under its belt - it's the l...Read More

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