Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge potash mine beneath a national park in North Yorkshire, were off to the races on Tuesday as it has come up with an alternative financing plan for the project.The miner, which has been looking for a loan to develop Britain's biggest fertilizer mine since 2016, said it had received a conditional proposal from an unnamed financ...Read More
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Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price led the...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download...Read More
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LME stock drawdown breaking multi-year records... Stock trends...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus down...Read More
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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 ore Iron oreRio Tinto, tender, 170,000 tonnes of 61% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, traded at $83.01 per tonne cfr China, laycan March 28-April 6.Vale, Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center (Corex), 170,000 tonnes of 65% Fe Iron Ore Carajas, trade...Read More
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Physical iron ore prices improved on Tuesday March 12 following advances in China's futures and steel markets, as well as further uncertainty over Vale's supplies from Brazil.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $85.25 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.46 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $84.37 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.18 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $87.35 per tonne cfr Qin...Read More
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The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.5% this morning, Tuesday March 12.Nickel once again led the way with a 1.4% gain to $13,090 per tonne, compared with Monday’s close at $12,915 per tonne, while copper was up by 0.6% at $6,459 per tonne, having closed on Monday at $6,421.50 per tonne. Copper and nickel are in the driving...Read More
The seaborne coking coal market softened on Tuesday March 12 with the emergence of lower offers, though trading activity remained thin.A cargo of premium mid-vol hard coking coal was offered at around $208 per tonne cfr China, while another offer for a cargo in the same segment was made on the Global Coal trading platform in the branded segment at $210 per tonne fob Australia, sources said.A cargo...Read More
Vale has temporarily suspended port activities at its Gua?-ba Island Terminal in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro on orders of the Mangaratiba city government, it said on Monday March 11.The Brazilian miner said that it received the notice from the city government earlier on Monday. It did not specify any reason for the suspension.Vale said that it had all the required licenses issued by the...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the February Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a drop of 0.1% in January. Actual was an increase of 0.2%. Excluding food and energy, consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2%...Read More
The Comex copper price jumped in US morning trading on Tuesday March 12 amid a bout of technical buying despite a lack of fresh catalysts. The copper price for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 4.75 cents to $2.9485 per lb. The base metals roundly ignored mounting Brexit uncertainty in Europe, while United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May...Read More
A 229-day queue for aluminium has built up at London Metal Exchange-approved warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, operated by Istim, according to LME data released on Monday March 11.The wait is now over 100 days more than the queue registered at the end of February. In early February, nearly 100,000 tonnes was canceled in Port Klang - this followed cancelations of around 300,000 tonnes between Jan...Read More
The base metals complex reacted positively to the Dow closing high on Monday 11 during morning trading on Tuesday March 12. The metals roundly ignored mounting Brexit uncertainty in Europe, while UK prime Minister Teresa May prepares to test the mettle of her newly-negotiated deal in a parliamentary vote later today. "The metals have all shown modest gains this morning after yesterday's sell off a...Read More