Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
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
China's ferrous futures continued to rise during morning trading on Friday January 4 ahead of bilateral trade talks with the United States and amid plans of new infrastructure investments by the state railway operator for this year.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange May rebar: 3,473 yuan ($505) per tonne, up 32 yuan per tonneMay hot-rolled coil: 3,369 yuan per tonne...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Cobalt trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per lb on an in-warehouse basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for standard-grade cobalt, in-warehouse, $ per lb Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for alloy-grade cobalt, in-warehouse, $ per lbIn light o...Read More
The following Fastmarkets minor metals prices changed on Friday January 4:Minor metalsBismuth MB China domestic, yuan/tonne: 47,000-49,000 yuan per tonne from 47,500-49,500 yuanChromium MB free market alumino-thermic, $/tonne: $9,800-10,200 from $10,100-10,400Cobalt MB free market alloy grade, $/lb: $25.50-27.25...Read More
The Chinese germanium market is expected to continue to benefit in 2019 from an uptick in demand from downstream sectors such as fiber-optics, photovoltaic systems and infrared applications, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday January 4.And possible purchases of germanium by a department of the country's government may add further fuel to the rise in the metal's price.The optical fiber, phot...Read More
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Jared Atkinson, a PhD student in geophysics and researcher in the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by NBC News about a study he co-authored on mining water on the moon, for an article about NASA's plans to build a moon-orbiting space station and permanent lunar base. From the article: Scientists know the ice is there, but they aren't sure how much....Read More
Cold water was thrown on the lithium market in 2018, with prices falling and lithium miners' equity prices falling alongside. We at Fastmarkets believe the price weakness has been front-loaded with the market deleveraging into the prospect of two-to-three years of supply surplus.We expect further price weakness in 2019, though not as much as seen in 2018. However, it may take a while for a bullish...Read More
The gold price continued a strong December push, rising 1.9% to US$1,280.40. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 1.4% to 69.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.7% to 23,062.40. The S&P 500 Index rose 2.8% to 2,485.74.Shares of Endeavour Silver rose 7% to US$2.15. To prolong its El Cubo silver mine life, the company announced in December 2018 that it would halve its production ra...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 4.12% to close the trading week at 552.09, and has continued to rise over the start of 2019. Shares of Novo Resources rose 48 ? to $2.80 after the company announced positive results from mechanical ore-sorting trials on four bulk samples from its Karratha gold project in Australia. The company crushed and screened the samples into concentrates ranging from...Read More
The following Fastmarkets non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday January 4:Aluminium ingotDuty paid delivered works pressure die-casting ingot...Read More
Chinese steel futures rose on Friday, with iron ore contracts hitting the highest in more than two months, buoyed by expectations that steel mills would replenish their stocks of the raw material.Prices also clawed back some lost ground as market sentiment improved following news that China and the United States will hold another round of trade talks next week as they look to end a dispute that is...Read More
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Small-scale gold mining has led to the destruction of more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon over the past five years, according to new research.Read full newsRead More
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