QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario's Government for The People will hold consultations across the province to hear from businesses about industrial electricity pricing and programs."If Ontario is going to be Open for Business, our job-creating industrial sectors need certainty around electricity prices," said Energy, Northern Development and Mines Minister Greg Rickford. "We want to hear firsthand their ideas...Read More
QUEEN'S PARK - The Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Greg Rickford is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Oliver as a member of the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Board of Directors."Joe has shown an unwavering commitment to public service and has enjoyed a distinguished career in financial services," said Minister Greg Rickford. "I am confident that he will...Read More
Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) in Southern Europe have fallen this week due to limited demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 28.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic CRC in Southern Europe was ?,?530-560 ($598-630) per tonne ex-works on March 27, down by ?,?30 per tonne compared with ?,?560-590 per tonne ex-works a week earlier.Italian mills were reported to be...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were flat on Thursday March 28, with market participants taking a wait-and-see approach.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,850-3,860 yuan ($573-574) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,790-3,800 yuan per tonne, unchangedA few buyers raised their procurement rates amid gains in the futures market in the earlier part of the day, sources said.But o...Read More
Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices remained largely unchanged over the past week on a lack of demand, sources said on Thursday March 28.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for rebar exports from Turkey was unchanged at $490-500 per tonne fob on an actual-weight basis.Turkish steel producers continued to offer rebar for export at $500-510 per tonne fob on an actual-weight basis, but buy...Read More
Turkish domestic prices for rebar and wire rod have remained fairly stable over the past week, with demand showing few signs of recovery, sources said on Thursday March 28.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Turkey was TRY3,200-3,250 ($593-602) per tonne ex-works, narrowing downward slightly compared with the TRY3,200-3,263 per tonne of last week.The domestic rebar...Read More
Aethon Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: AET) is a well-funded mineral exploration company, focused in South America. They were spun out of Altius Minerals, in May of 2018, with over 100,000 hectares of prospective land package, in northern Chile and a goal to advance it and to find potential partners to explore the properties. We learned from John Miniotis, Interim CEO of Aethon Minerals, that the Company r...Read More
Steel billet import prices fell in Egypt in the week ended Thursday March 28, with demand remaining weak, but the domestic price for rebar held steady, Fastmarkets has heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $460-480 per tonne cfr on Thursday, widening downward from $475-480 per tonne cfr last week.CIS-origin billet was offered to the country at $480-485...Read More
In Martin County, Texas, about 310 miles northeast of the state capital of Austin, a breakthrough drilling technology is pumping out so much oil that the Financial Post says:"You add all the numbers up and what you start to come up with is very, very scary...""Dwarfs all other drilling techniques...""It's the next big thing after fracking!"In some cases, this new method of extraction has increased...Read More
Abitibi Royalties Inc. (TSX-V: RZZ) owns various royalties at the Canadian Malartic Mine, near Val-d'Or Qu?(C)bec, and is building a portfolio of royalties on early stage properties, near producing mines. At PDAC 2019, we learned from Ian Ball, President and CEO of Abitibi Royalties that their royalty income started at the end of last year and the Company is looking at $4 to $4 1/2 million in cash...Read More
Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (TSXV: NZP, NZAX: CRP) aims to be the premier supplier of direct application phosphate to the New Zealand and global agricultural sector. At PDAC2019, we learned from Chris Castle, President and CEO of Chatham Rock Phosphate, that their main project, called Chatham Rise project, is located off-shore of New Zealand. It has a resource of 23.4 million tons of medium -gr...Read More
Turkish steel mills made no new bookings in the deep-sea scrap market on Thursday March 28, but more transactions made last week were revealed, sources said on Thursday March 28.News of three deep-sea cargoes from last week came to light on Thursday.A steel producer in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 30,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $320 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded a...Read More
Physical iron ore prices weakened on Thursday March 28 following losses in the futures markets.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $84.68 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.43 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $83.80 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.43 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $86.93 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.17 per tonne. MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $76.97 per tonne cfr Qi...Read More
In our March 27th INK subscriber US market update, we noted the divergence in insider sentiment between the Oil & Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) industry and the Industrials sector. The former was behaving in a bullish fashion and remained at a healthy level with our indicator above 100%. That means there are more stocks in the group with key insider buying that selling. In contrast, sentim...Read More
The Thursday Market Minute Global stocks edge higher as government bond yields steady near multi-year lows in Germany and Japan, piercing equity market sentiment amid increasing recession concerns. U.S. Treasury curve remains inverted between 3-month bills and 10-year notes after tipping for the first time since 2007 last week.Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Trade Representative R...Read More
Brazil's Vale has adopted the Fastmarkets MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Index as the reference for the pricing of contract cargoes of its blast furnace and direct-reduction pellets in 2019."The [Fastmarkets MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Index] is the new reference index and the premiums for blast furnace and direct-reduction pellets remained the same as [that in] 2018 - $60 per tonne on average," the miner said on Thur...Read More
The Turkish billet import market was very quiet this week, with demand for imported material still soft although the export and domestic markets showed some signs of revival, sources said on Thursday March 28.The suppliers in the CIS region increased their offers to $475-480 per tonne cfr because of the renewed demand from North Africa, and Algeria in particular.But Turkish buyers were still looki...Read More
Steel billet import prices fell in Egypt in the week ended Thursday March 28, with demand remaining weak, but the domestic price for rebar held steady, Fastmarkets has heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $460-480 per tonne cfr on Thursday, widening downward from $475-480 per tonne cfr last week.CIS-origin billet was offered to the country at $480-485...Read More
China's domestic rebar market was flat on Thursday March 28, with mills' higher output discouraging buyers from placing bookings while lower inventory levels in the spot market kept sellers from lowering their prices.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,830-3,870 yuan ($570-576) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,830-3,880 yuan per tonne, unchangedA declining futures market and data s...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerGold was smacked $22 from top to bottom overnight and this morning. It was a classic paper derivative raid on the gold price, which was implemented after the large physical gold buyers in the eastern hemisphere had closed shop for the day. This is what it looks like visually:As you can see, as each key physical gold trading/delivery market closes, the price of gold is taken...Read More