A Nautilus Minerals seafloor bulk cutter mining machine. Source: Nautilus Minerals Inc.Nautilus Minerals Inc. [NUS-TSX; NUSMF-OTC], a company that was hoping to become the world's first deep sea mining firm, has sought protection against bankruptcy.Nautilus said Friday February 22 that it has obtained an order from the British Columbia Supreme Court that provides the company with protection from i...Read More

Light iron steel scrap prices in the United Kingdom have increased for a fifth consecutive week, because of higher export prices in key markets, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 22,.But a correction could be coming, they added, with global markets beginning to struggle.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was ?95-120 ($124-157...Read More

The Turquoise Ridge gold mine 70 km northeast of Winnemucca, Nevada, owned as to 75% Barrick Gold and 25% Newmont Mining. Source: Barrick Gold Corp.Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, NYSE] confirmed Friday February 22 that it has considered making a no-premium offer for Newmont Mining Corp. [NEM-NYSE] as the Canadian mining giant looks for ways to boost production.Barrick has reviewed the opportunity to...Read More

The US copper market saw heavy buying Friday morning amid mounting optimism that the trade dispute between the United States and China will be resolved in the coming months.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped 4.20 cents to $2.9390 per lb.Progress in US-China trade talks continued to prompt positive market sentiment over the week, w...Read More

The Friday Market Minute Global stocks gain amid steady progress in U.S.-China trade talks paired with weakening data in key G10 economies.China's Shanghai Composite has best week in nearly three years amid trade optimism and bets on further stimulus in the world's second largest economy.Germany narrowly avoids recession with flat Q4 growth, but trade and Brexit uncertainty keep European ma...Read More

Ontario's Government working for the people is supporting Northern Ontario's film and television industry by investing more than $1.3 million in infrastructure to support film production in North Bay and two additional film projects centred in North Bay and Sudbury.Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, made the announcement today at Canadore College's post-production facility. The investments include: $...Read More

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

The domestic Chinese battery-grade lithium hydroxide spot price fell by more than 3% in the week to Thursday February 21 although the carbonate assessment held firm - a pattern that was reversed in the seaborne market, where the carbonate price dropped week on week and the hydroxide price was steady. Offers for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in China were lower week on week, bringing the Fastmark...Read More

While in college, I met a girl from Grand Forks, ND.She was stunningly gorgeous, and for some odd reason, took a liking to me.Unfortunately, I was a stupid kid and had no idea how to play it cool. Three days after meeting her, she took her ball and went home. And as much as it broke down my self confidence even further, I did learn a very valuable lesson: When you have an opportunity to make a mov...Read More

Lithium Chile (TSX-V: LITH) owns fifteen projects, encompassing 159,950 hectares on Li-rich Scalars in Chile - which has the largest, high-grade lithium reserves and lowest-cost lithium production in the world. At the 2019 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, we learned from Steven Cochrane, who is President and CEO of Lithium Chile, that 2018 was a successful year. The Company drilled its fi...Read More

The price of gold is quietly on the rise.Over the past four weeks, gold prices have climbed over 5% to $1,350 an ounce - a 10-month high.And this could be just the beginning of a much broader rally - meaning if you want to get into gold, the time is now.Gold prices have been inching up dollar by dollar for a while now. If you take a look at a one-year chart of gold, you'll see prices bottomed out...Read More

Wheaton Precious Metals?,,? Corp. (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM) is one of the largest precious metals streaming companies in the world. Wheaton currently has streaming agreements for 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. We learned from Randy Smallwood, President and CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals, that in 2018 the Company made their first venture into cobalt, by acquiring a cobalt stream f...Read More

Prices for imported flat steel products in South America continued to rise over the past week with Chinese mills not backing down from more expensive offers made after the Lunar New Year celebrations, despite faltering demand in the region, Fastmarkets heard on Friday February 22.Fastmarkets assessed the import price for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in South America at $560-570 per tonne cfr on February...Read More

Indian flat steel producers increased domestic hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices by 1,000 rupees ($14) per tonne at the start of this week to factor in the higher prices of the commodity in the international market and rising raw materials costs.The price increase of 1,000 rupees per tonne for sales in the second half of February takes Fastmarkets' domestic HRC price to 40,500-41,000 rupees per to...Read More

According to the latest IIROC report, short bets against Khiron Life Sciences (Sunny; KHRN) soared by a whopping 3,076,474 shares in the period between February 1st and 15th. That was right before the stock charged up to its all-time high of $4.33 (CXC trading - click here for latest real-time quote) set earlier today.Click here for KHRN INK company page (INK subscription required)While the recen...Read More

Steel coil prices in Turkey have mostly been stable in the week ended Friday February 22, with buying activity remaining weak.Prices are likely to fall soon if demand does not improve, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers placed orders early in February because they had low stock levels, but end-user demand in the country was not strong, so at the moment buyers prefer to wait and see whether prices wil...Read More

Brazil's apparent consumption of steel totaled 1.54 million tonnes in January, down 5.6% from 1.63 million tonnes during the same month in 2018, national steel association Instituto A??o Brasil said on Friday February 22.Performance lagged most in the flat steel market. Flat steel usage reached 905,000 tonnes in the month, as it fell by 8.2% from 986,000 tonnes in January 2018. Long steel consumpt...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices maintained their upward trend on Friday February 22 with stockists looking to replenish their inventories. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,720-3,760 yuan ($554-560) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,730-3,750 yuan per tonne, up 30 yuan per tonneSome stockists were actively buying rebar to replenish inventories, wh...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transaction: rebarRebar East China, domestic, grade...Read More

The import pig iron market in the United States calmed down during the week ended Friday February 22, after several bookings were completed, sources told Fastmarkets on the day.Fastmarkets' import price assessment for pig iron in the US was $355-360 per tonne cfr on February 22, stable week on week."The workable price for buyers is still below the target price for suppliers, but everything will de...Read More