Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday October 22.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange saw limited movement during Asian morning trading on Monday, with only zinc seeing a significant change - falling 1.5% - after large deliveries of the metal entered SHFE sheds last week. Check Metal Bulletin's live futures r...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week because the country's lira continued to regain some of its former value, sources said on Monday October 22.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,770-1,940 ($313-343) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with last week's TRY1,850-2,040 per tonne.The rise in the assessment came after som...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices rose on Monday October 22 amid bullishness in the steel and ferrous futures markets.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $73.80 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $0.52 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $72.83 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $0.52 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $79 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.32 per tonne.MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $62.26 per t...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials. Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreVale, Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center (Corex), 170,000 tonnes of 62% Fe Brazilian Blend fines,...Read More
Buying interest for premium low-vol hard coking coal remains robust, with three trades involving top-grade materials being concluded on Monday October 22.A December-laycan cargo fetched the highest price of $218.50 per tonne cfr China, while a November-laycan shipment and a January-laycan one were traded at $217.50 per tonne cfr and $213.50 per tonne cfr respectively, sources told Fastmarkets.A ca...Read More
Seaborne iron ore pellet prices have fallen - as was expected by market participants - while demand for pellet cargoes in China eased due to the looser restrictions imposed on steel mills for November.The MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Pellet Index, published by Fastmarkets MB, was at $155.63 per tonne cfr China on Friday October 19, down by $4.91 per tonne from a week earlier.The fall in the MB 65% Fe Iron O...Read More
My specialty is global macroeconomic analysis. I don't usually get too involved in politics, and frankly I'd prefer to avoid the subject altogether.But at certain times politics intrudes on markets and you have to account for it. With the midterm elections coming up in two weeks, it's certainly a very important time right now.Tuesday, Nov. 6, is the date of the U.S. midterm elections that will det...Read More
Import prices for containerized scrap in Taiwan continued to dip last week on weak downstream demand while those in Vietnam rose on expectations of thinner supply.VietnamFastmarkets MB's import price assessment for heavy melting scrap (HMS) 1&2 (80:20) sold into Vietnam was $355-360 per tonne cfr for the week ended Friday October 19, up $5 per tonne from the preceding week.Steel mills submitted bi...Read More
Here's the lay of the land. The Senate is currently divided between 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats (including two Independents who caucus with the Democrats). A change of two seats in favor of the Democrats will give Democrats control of the Senate under the leadership of Chuck Schumer of New York.Of the 100 Senate seats, 35 are up for election in 2018. Those 35 Senate seats are currently divided...Read More
When the stock market has suffered a couple of really big slides in a row, like it did last week, the financial advice to those who are freaking out is always: Do not look at your account balances. The advice still stands not to change anything in your portfolio-trying to time the market is a fool's errand.In cryptocurrency there's an acronym: BTD (Buy the Dip), meaning now is a good time to buy c...Read More
Calgary, Alberta (October 22, 2018) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce that it has retained Link Media, LLC ("Link Media") to further build awareness and provide communications and market awareness services aimed at maintaining and building the profile of Prize among existing and potential shareholders.Link Me...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Monday October 22*Copper -$185.44 (-1,288.51 yuan)Aluminium -$461.51 (-3,206.74 yuan) Zinc -$107.33 (-745.79 yuan) Nickel $231.15 (1,606.11 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month prices...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices picked up some gains in east China on Monday October 22, but market participants' outlook has become more bearish due to a possible increase in supply amid weak demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,210-4,220 yuan ($607-609) per tonne, up 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,100-4,110 yuan per tonne, unchangedPrices in Shanghai picked up a bit on Monday follo...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday October 19. China The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price rose against a backdrop of tight supply on the looming dry season from November to May when refineries in Sichuan and Yunnan province curb production as a result of a lack of cheap hydroelectric power. Stockpiling activity among both traders and downstream co...Read More
Global antimony prices were under pressure last week, falling both in China and Europe, following on from continued weak demand for the metal.Fastmarkets MB assessed standard grade-II antimony prices, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $8,150-8,450 per tonne on Friday October 19, stable from Wednesday, when prices had fallen from $8,400-8,600 per tonne.The trioxide grade price was also steady at $8,150-8,...Read More
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke joined Paul C. Johnson, president of Colorado School of Mines, to announce a long-term partnership between the university and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The partnership will bring more than 150 USGS scientists and their minerals research labs to the university's Golden, Colorado campus where government scientists and Mines faculty and studen...Read More
October 22, 2018 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce additional drill results from its wholly owned Hudson Bay project located in the Cobalt Camp, Ontario, Canada.Highlights from 11 drill holes Drill hole HB18-31 intersected one metre of 3,290 g/t silver, 0.29% nickel and 0.14% cobalt within 2.00m of 1,667.30 g/t silver, 0.15% nickel and 0.0...Read More
Creating and advancing a distinctive graduate student experience at Colorado School of Mines will be the focus of the 2018 awardee of the Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence.Geoff Brennecka, associate professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, is the third Mines faculty member to be named a Fryrear Chair since the chairship was endowed by Mines alumnus Ben Fryrear...Read More
Drilling at Nighthawk Gold's (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Treasure Island project, about 11 km to the north of its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, has served up significant, shallow high-grade mineralization.The company was following up on a number of shallow high-grade gold intersections it had reported in 2011, and in the process has found new near-surface discoveries including a numb...Read More
Secondary aluminium market participants from around the world will be heading to Amsterdam from November 6-8 to attend Fastmarkets MB's 26th Secondary Aluminium Conference for insight on the 2019 market and to negotiate annual deals.The conference comes at a time where macroeconomic issues have had massive influence on global aluminium markets. Participants are determining how the United States' s...Read More