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

China's domestic lithium spot market stabilized in the week ended Thursday March 21 after price dips a week ago, while assessments in the seaborne markets weakened on low demand and thin trading activity. China's battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices were steady after slight price decreases last week. Lithium prices in China remain under downward pressure due to continued low d...Read More

The U.S. natural gas pipeline system is simultaneously one of America's most impressive and despised feats of engineering.The Energy Information Administration says there are about 3 million miles of mainline and other pipelines in the U.S. that connect producers to consumers.In 2017, the EIA says the network moved a whopping 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to 75 million customers.The Americ...Read More

Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne.Fastmark...Read More

Canada Rare Earth Corp. (TSX.V: LL) is generating revenues and gross profits as it develops an integrated, international commodity supply chain business based on the rare earth industry and with increasing attention directed to valuable by-products. The business involves sourcing, adding value and selling rare earths and other mineral products in all stages and forms utilizing proprietary, affilia...Read More

Indian mills were keeping domestic HRC prices high in the week ended Friday March 22, even though cheaper imported coil products have beaten down spot prices for the commodity, Fastmarkets has heard.Indian domestic HRC prices were assessed by Fastmarkets at 41,500-42,000 rupees ($604-612) per tonne ex-mill on Friday, unchanged since last week.Indian importers and traders, meanwhile, were offering...Read More

Prices for coated steel products in Turkey fell again in the seven days to Friday March 22, with demand weak in both the domestic and export markets.Sources told Fastmarkets that demand is unlikely to improve in March because of market uncertainty ahead of the mayoral elections being held across the country on the last day of the month.The export market was also poor because of weak demand in Euro...Read More

Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. (TSXV: KBLT, OTCQX: CBLLF, FRA: 27O) is a leading battery metals streaming company offering exposure to cobalt and nickel, metals integral to key technologies of the electric vehicle and energy storage markets. The Company owns 2,905.7 Mt of physical cobalt and a 32.6% Cobalt Stream on Vale's world-class Voisey's Bay mine,?EUR? beginning in 2021. We learned from Anthony Mil...Read More

Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in China retreated on Friday March 22 amid declining trading activity, weighing on sentiment in the export market.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,850-3,870 yuan ($575-578) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,800-3,810 yuan per tonne, down 30-40 yuan per tonneTrading activity continued to drop during the day, with demand becoming less rob...Read More

Short sellers reduced their positions in two healthcare stocks which have shown up positively on INK screens over the past month. On February 22nd, we wrote that shorts had boosted their bets against Khiron Life Sciences (Mostly Sunny; KHRN) right before the stock soared to new all-time highs. According to the latest IIROC short report released March 21st, those bets have fallen dramatically.Shor...Read More

Domestic prices for rebar in Poland have been largely stable over the past week, supported by strong demand in the construction industry, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 22.Fastmarkets' price assessment for domestic 12mm B500B-grade rebar in Poland was 2,220-2,320 zloty ($590-617) per tonne ex-works on March 22, compared with 2,200-2,320 zloty per tonne ex-works last week.The assessment r...Read More

Prices in the domestic rebar market in Egypt decreased in the week ended Thursday March 21 on a lack of trading activity, Fastmarkets has heard."There is a feeling that prices will drop further so everyone is in wait-and-see mode," a local source told Fastmarkets."Besides," he added, "the government has begun big projects and, although...Read More

Import prices for ferrous scrap in Asia moved in different directions this week amid mixed market fundamentals, participants told Fastmarkets on Friday March 22.VietnamThe uptrend in Vietnam's scrap import prices came to a halt this week, amid a slowdown in procurement activity and falling bid levels, market sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly import price assessment for HMS 1&2 (80:20) sol...Read More

Buyers in the United States continued to book pig iron during the week ended Friday March 22 at prices higher than those heard in February, due to a stronger scrap market and lower material availability, Fastmarkest has learned.Fastmarkets' import price assessment for pig iron in the US was unchanged week on week at $365-370 per tonne cfr on March 22.Several cargoes were heard to have been booked...Read More

Global scrap prices have gone up slightly except in Vietnam during the working week from Monday March 18 to Friday March 22, with demand being seen in Turkey only later in the week. Turkish steel producers returned to the market at the end of the week US ferrous scrap export prices up Vietnam ferrous scrap prices fall on weak demand Taiwanese prices rise on higher offers India on holidayTurkey imp...Read More

Austenitic alloy steel scrap prices edged higher in Europe this week in reaction to more stable nickel costs. The three-month official bid/offer spread for nickel on the London Metal Exchange was $13,010/13,020 per tonne on Friday March 22, compared with $12,945/12,960 per tonne on March 15.This...Read More

By: IRA EPSTEINYield curve inversion on the treasury bond markets, market issuing warning signs. Gold gained on the day as the stock market went down. People ran to safe havens:Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 204,325115,92968,691186,704302,363459,720486,983 Change from Prior Reporting Period -925-10,502-6,520-5,3251,860-12,770-15,162 Traders 19368815256280176 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 54,44327,180514,163 -3,097-705-15,867 non reportable position...Read More

Slab export prices from Brazil went up by $10 per tonne in the week ended Friday March 22 because higher offers were reported, although these were resisted by buyers, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of Brazilian slab export prices went up to $510-550 per tonne fob on March 22, from $500-540 per tonne fob a week earlier.Producers continued to offer material mainly to the United Sta...Read More

The mid-tier gold miners' stocks have been rallying on balance in recent months, carving a solid young upleg. They've mostly finished reporting their latest fourth-quarter results, revealing how they are faring fundamentally. Their operating and financial performance is very important for investors, as the mid-tier realm is where most of the gold-stock sector's gains accrue. They fared rea...Read More