The Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets went quiet at the beginning of the week, with mills expecting to hear lower offer prices, sources said on Monday March 18.Most of the offers in the market were around $330 per tonne cfr for United States-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20), while mills were looking for $315-320 per tonne, sources said.The expectation for lower prices was a consequence of the strength o...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices remained stable over the past week due to steady import prices and moderate demand, sources said on Monday March 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP-grade) scrap in Turkey was TRY1,700-1,820 ($312-334) per tonne delivered on Monday, unchanged week on week.Steel producers ??olakoglu, Asil ??elik, ID??, Habas, Ege ??elik and...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 tonnes of 62% Fe Brazilian Blend fines, traded at $90.20...Read More

The world's first high-grade iron ore derivative contract has provided the market with a more complete risk-management portfolio that reduces risks associated with different grades of the steelmaking raw material, Tan Say Liang, general manager of the Shanghai office of Singapore Exchange (SGX), said during a conference last month."China's long-term aim to tighten regulations on emissions are poin...Read More

Iron ore prices strengthened on Monday March 18 due to increasing uncertainty over Vale supplies from Brazil, although the impact was offset by further production restrictions on steelmakers in China's Tangshan region.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $88.26 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.74 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $87.38 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.74 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday March 18, the exception being copper, whose price was up by 0.7% at $6,474 per tonne, compared with $6,431.50 per tonne at Friday’s close. Volume was average, with 6,328 lots traded on LME Select as at 7.23am London time, compared with 19,661 lots at a similar time on Fr...Read More

The seaborne coking coal market was muted on Monday March 18 following a flurry of trades involving forward cargoes last week. A May-laycan cargo of premium hard coking coal was heard offered at $214 per tonne fob Australia during the day. A May-laycan cargo in the same category had changed hands at $204 per tonne fob Australia last week.Second-tier cargoes were heard offered at around $192-194 pe...Read More

Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange consolidated during morning trading on Monday March 18, remaining below its nearby $6,500 per tonne resistance level, with a fresh rewarranting of just below 25,000 tonnes failing to provide a major headwind to price action. Total LME on-warrant copper stocks now sit at around 138,000 tonnes. They are up by more than 84% since the start of Ma...Read More

Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Monday March 18* Copper -$152.52 (-1,025.87 yuan) Aluminium -$299.66 (-2,015.62 yuan) Zinc -$140.58 (-945.56 yuan) Nickel -$273.15 (-1,837.32 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices experienced a strong rebound on Monday March 18 with buyers making a rush for materials ahead of a reduction in the country's value-added tax on April 1.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,860-3,870 yuan ($575-576) per tonne, up 60-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,810-3,830 yuan per tonne, up 60 yuan per tonneTrading activity was robust in both S...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday March 18, the exception being copper, whose price was up by 0.7% at $6,474 per tonne, compared with $6,431.50 per tonne at Friday's close.Volume was average, with 6,328 lots traded on LME Select as at 7.23am London time, compared with 19,661 lots at a similar time on Friday. Spot...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded partially to a 2.47% gain by the Shanghai Composite Index in overnight trade.WTI Crude Oil added $0.15 to $58.72 after OPEC cancelled its April meeting implying extension of output cuts to its next meeting in June.Boeing dropped $8.99 to $370.00 after Federal prose...Read More

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly lower during the morning trading session on Monday March 18 despite a weak US dollar, amid poor market sentiment and the news that China will cut its value-added tax (VAT) rate for the manufacturing and other sectors from April 1.Base metals prices were also struggling at the start of the week amid  weaker-than-expected economic...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday March 15.China- The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price rose to $1,560-1,620 per tonne on March 15 from $1,550-1,610 per tonne on March 8, reflecting a resumption in demand- The grade 553 silicon price has been underpinned by improved buying interest from Southeast Asian traders and buyers, while market participants also noted...Read More

The Chinese antimony price downtrend entered its third consecutive week amid persistently thin buying interest from the country's downstream market in the latest assessment period ended Wednesday March 13. Fastmarkets assessed the price of MMTA standard-grade II antimony, delivered duty-paid in China, at 46,000-46,500 yuan ($6,844-6,918) per tonne on Wednesday, down by 2.6% from 47,000-48,000 yuan...Read More

Bulk alloy suppliers are reporting increased prompt demand from British consumers amid concerns about potential supply disruptions when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. Increased demand as a result of increased call-offs - consumers exercising their rights to material under existing contracts - as well as better spot demand, could lead to higher prices in the coming weeks, according t...Read More

Let's begin with a few basics about IRAs...Traditional IRAs generally provide a tax deduction for the amount you contribute. The money grows tax-deferred until you withdraw it. Then it is taxed at your ordinary income tax rate. You must begin required minimum distributions (RMDs) by April 1 following the year you turn 70 1/2 and do so every year thereafter. And if you die before removing all the...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD) said Wednesday its interest in Chile remains strong despite local authorities ordering the "total and definitive" closure of its Pascua-Lama gold-silver project over environmental issues.The world's largest gold miner, which completed its merger with Randgold at the beginning of the year, is currently reviewing a range of "new exploration opportunities...Read More

"Colorado School of Mines engineers turn their talents from the terrestrial to the celestial" - that's the headline of a recent feature in The Denver Post highlighting Mines' first-of-its-kind space resources graduate program.Interviewed for the article were Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at Mines; space resources professors George Sowers and Christopher Dreyer, s...Read More

Researchers at Colorado School of Mines have shown that protonic ceramic fuel cells can be used reversibly, both to efficiently generate electricity and to store that power in the form of chemical fuel at times of lower demand. The breakthrough findings, "Highly efficient reversible protonic ceramic electrochemical cells for power generation and fuel production," were published this past week in...Read More