An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week. Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesNov 23, 2018 The major silver miners' stocks have been largely abandoned this year, spiraling to brutal multi-year lows. Such miserable technicals have exacerbated the extreme bearishness plaguing this tiny contrarian sector. While profitable silver mining is challenging at today's exceedingly-low silver prices, these miners are chugging along. Their recently-reported Q3'18 re...Read More
Key Gold and Precious Metals News, Commentary and Charts This WeekGold and silver traded sideways this week as we saw stock markets take some heat and undo most of the recent recovery from the October sell off. Oil has sold off and is now at levels that we haven't seen since 2017.Credit: Weekly relative performance (Finviz.com)While the US markets are quiet due to Thanksgiving all eyes are focus...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
(Updates prices) * Palladium on track for worst week since mid-July * Silver set for biggest daily decline in about two weeksBy Karthika Suresh NamboothiriNov 23 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Friday as the dollarregained momentum and an improvement in risk sentiment liftedstock markets in Europe.Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,221.71 per ounce at1317 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for December deliveryw...Read More
Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated8 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold bullion bars and coins.Gold fell on Friday as the dollar regained momentum and an improvement in risk sentiment lifted stock markets in Europe, denting bullion's appeal.Spot gold was 0.3 percent lower at $1,222.54 per ounce. U.S. gold futures for December delivery fell 0.4 percent to $1,223 per ounce."It's really the dollar's move...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week. Read More
An iMetal geologist examines a mineralized rock sample at the Gowganda West property. Source: iMetal Resources Inc.iMetal Resources Inc. [IMR-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that ongoing exploration at its Gowganda West property in northeastern Ontario has defined highly favourable targets for upcoming drilling at Zone 3A.iMetal shares advanced on the news, rising 9.52% or $0.01 to 11.5 cents on v...Read More
Property map of the BTU Metals Dixie Halo Project, Red Lake area, Ontario. Source: BTU Metals Corp.BTU Metals Corp. [BTU-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that it picked up more ground in the emerging Dixie discovery area of Red Lake, northern Ontario via the acquisition of Burgundy Exploration Corp.As a result, BTU said it has been able to acquire an additional 4,163 hectares of prospective and geogr...Read More
Global ferrous scrap prices continued to move downward in the week ending Friday November 23, with persistently weak finished steel sales and fears about renewed Chinese exports.Cargoes booked in Turkey were at lower prices due to fears of increased volumes of rebar being exported from China. The market in India was dragged down by the negative sentiment in Turkey, with prices falling by $8 per to...Read More
European austenitic alloy scrap prices were largely stable this week, although further losses are possible while the market's fundamentals remain weak. The exception was European import 18/8 stainless scrap solids, the price range for which slipped to ?,?930-950 ($1,060-1,083) per tonne cif, down by ?,?20 per tonne, according to Fastmarkets MB's assessmentDemand is poor, as it has been since Octob...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India fell by $8 per tonne this week due to a poor trading environment, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 23.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India was $350.53 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on November 23. This was down by $8.28 per tonne week on week from $358.81 per tonne cfr on November 16.Offer pr...Read More
The three-month lead price on the London Metal Exchange was slightly firmer this morning, Friday November 23, while the rest of the complex was down by an average of 0.6%. Zinc led the decline with a 1.2% fall, while copper was off by 0.8% at $6,217 per tonne.Volume has been high with 11,796 lots traded as at 7.24am London time - the bulk of which has been in nickel, where 6,902 lots have traded....Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week. Read More
China's domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price was steady this week due to slow market activity, with just small deals concluded; rest-of-world lithium hydroxide prices fell due to continued low demand. Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices were unchanged week on week on thin spot market activity. Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in other global marke...Read More
An INK Research review of filings by insiders at Bombardier (Unranked; BBD.B) for August 15th transactions relating to its announced Automatic Securities Dispositions Plan (ASDP) raises a number of questions with respect to ownership changes.According to descriptions of insider ownership types provided by the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) in the document Ownership types & re...Read More
Indian importers are considering imports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) from China because South Korean suppliers have exited the Indian market due to falling prices.China-origin commercial grade HRC was offered earlier this week to Indian importers at $505-510 per tonne cfr Mumbai for late January-early February shipments.But there had been no Chinese HRC import bookings by Indian importers by Friday N...Read More
Domestic prices for coated steel coil products in Turkey were mostly stable in the week ended Friday November 23, with demand remaining limited.The local market has been slow for a long time and some market participants expected prices to fall further because of price falls on hot-rolled coil, the base product for coated coils.Prices had previously fallen slightly last week.Domestic pricesOne prod...Read More
Domestic and import prices for steel coil products in Turkey have decreased this week due to limited demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 23."Buyers are hesitant to buy because of weak end-user demand and expectations of further price falls," a source said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for Turkish domestic hot-rolled coil (HRC) was $520-525 per tonne ex-works on November 23,...Read More
Fastmarkets reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market during the week ended Friday November 23.Raw materialsThe price of pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States has fallen over the past seven days due to weak prices both for raw materials and for finished steel products.High-grade iron ore producer Carpentaria Resources sees a strong need for a high-grade i...Read More