Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week because the country's lira has started to regain some of its former value, sources said on Monday October 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,850-2,040 ($315-347) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with last week's TRY1,900-2,040 per tonne.The rise in the assessment came after s...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, Global Ore, 170,000...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were rangebound amid a quiet market on Monday October 15 with uncertainties emerging over steelmaking restrictions in east China.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $71.66 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $70.69 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $76.34 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by...Read More
Trading activity in the seaborne iron ore pellet market was subdued last week, with some participants expecting prices to come down.The MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Pellet Index, published by Fastmarkets MB, was at $160.54 per tonne cfr China on Friday October 12, down by $1.10 per tonne from a week earlier.The fall in the MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Pellet index (MBIOI-PT) was based on the visible market activity d...Read More
Seaborne coking coal spot prices moved in opposite directions on Monday October 15, with the cfr China segment picking up some strength while the fob Australia one softened.A November-laycan cargo of low-vol Australian premium hard coking coal was sold to an end user in northeastern China at $220 per tonne cfr China, sources confirmed during the day. The last cfr China transaction for such a produ...Read More
China's ferrous futures started the week mixed, with the steel contracts posting gains during morning trading on Monday October 15, while those for steelmaking raw materials trended downward to end the session lower.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange January rebar: 4,154 yuan ($600) per tonne, up 36 yuan per tonne January hot rolled coil: 3,952 yuan per tonne, up 20...Read More
Dow 40,000?Yes, says the man who in 2016 predicted Dow 25,000.But there is a "catch," this fellow warns.What catch... when can you expect 40,000... and what earthly force could propel the Dow to such preposterous heights?Answers anon.But first a progress report...Our agents inform us that last week's thunder and lightning broke the bullish trend line that has held since 2016.The big question today...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Monday October 15*Copper -$151.73 (-1053.74 yuan)Aluminium -$467.58 (-3247.27 yuan) Zinc -$54.19 (-376.37 yuan) Nickel $303.89 (2110.43 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month prices...Read More
First Cobalt Corp is in discussions with various feedstock suppliers and potential offtake parties who could finance an eventual restart of its cobalt refining facility in Ontario, Canada. The base case scenario would see the refinery resume operations at 24 tonnes per day, the company said, with production of cobalt sulfate for the lithium-ion battery market or cobalt metal for the US aerospace i...Read More
At the inaugural LME Focus Day, part of this year's LME Week in London, Fastmarkets' head of base metals and battery research, Will Adams, discussed the supply and demand outlook for the cobalt market over the next five to seven years. While there is unlikely to be any shortage of cobalt over the next two to three years, the market is expected to gradually shift toward being in a deficit again in...Read More
Colorado School of Mines students are flexing their creative muscle on a real-life challenge to work with Climax Molybdenum, a Freeport-McMoRan company, in envisioning innovative ways to repurpose the Henderson mine following the eventual depletion of the mineral resource, and the social and economic transition of the mine and surrounding communities."Mines is very excited about this new partnersh...Read More
Gold, base metals downCapital marketsGiven the invisible hand of a market economy rarely makes a mistake over time, the only explanation of what's happening in copper, where the price and stockpiles have been falling at the same ...Read More
Will Fleckenstein, director of strategic relationships and enterprises for earth resources and environmental programs at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed on Fox31 Denver about oil and gas development and how the natural resources came to be in Colorado. Watch the full segment below: Read More
A Colorado School of Mines graduate student who served in the U.S. Army for 22 years before pursuing her engineering education has been named a Class of 2018 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation.Jennie Callahan, a master's student in civil and environmental engineering, was chosen for the honor based on her commitment to service, scholarship, humble leadership and impact. The award will c...Read More
Vancouver-based Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE) (US-OTC: NHVCF) has amended the terms of a loan and lined up two new sources of financing totalling US$13.6 million to improve cash flow at its newly producing Moss gold-silver mine in northwest Arizona.Vertex achieved commercial production at Moss on Sept. 1, 2018 - becoming the newest gold producer in the U.S. - and expects the open-pit, heap...Read More
Advantage Lithium Corp. (TSX-Venture: AAL; OTCQX: AVLIF) is drilling 4,800 metres at its Cauchari joint-venture lithium project in northern Argentina's Jujuy province to further expand and upgrade its already increased resource of 3.02 million tonnes of LCE.This third phase of drilling comes on the heels of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that Advantage Lithium tabled in mid-Augus...Read More
Bunker Hill Mining (CSE: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) terminated its lease and option agreement to acquire the Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine in Idaho after missing US$400,000 in property payments that were due at the end of September and on Oct. 1, 2018.In mid-August the company closed a nearly $1.4 million private placement.Bunker Hill also appears to have lost its CEO Bruce Reid - although the compan...Read More
Anglo Asian Mining's gold output rose 47 percent in the third quarter, the London-listed company said on Monday, adding that full-year production would be at the top end of its current guidance.Azerbaijan's leading gold mining firm said it produced 21,318 ounces of the metal in the last quarter, against 14,468 ounces in the same period of last year.Its total production of gold-equivalent ounces (G...Read More
Amerigo MVC plant ramp-up on courseSPONSOREDamerigo resources The move signals a geographic expansion for the company which has made a name for itself as a first mover in Argentina, when economic reforms opened the country for foreign investment in 2003.Under the first of two accords, Golden Arrow has entered a 48-month earn-in period "with minimal costs" in the first year and total payments of U...Read More
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australian Atlas Iron on Monday named Sanjiv Manchanda as chief executive in a board overhaul, replacing Cliff Lawrenson amid an acquisition by billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.Manchanda has earlier served as Head of Project Development for Hancock Prospecting.Atlas also appointed Spiro Pappas as its Chairman.The changes in the board come as Hancock Prospecting's...Read More