Seaborne coking coal prices were steady on Tuesday July 9, with spot market activity driven by the premium hard coking coal sector. A top-quality cargo changed hands at around $198.50 per tonne cfr China, sources said, adding that another premium cargo had traded at around $191 cfr China.Both cargoes were sold by a trader, they added. On the Global Coal platform, an offer for a branded cargo...Read More
India's Ministry of Steel is seeking stakeholder feedback by July 14 on a draft steel scrap policy that aims to reduce the country's reliance on imports by establishing a network of recycling centers to collect and process ferrous scrap. The policy framework aims to provide standard guidelines for collection, dismantling and shredding activities in an organized, safe and environmentally sound mann...Read More
The seaborne iron ore market plunged last week amid a sell-off of the steelmaking raw material's futures triggered by heightened scrutiny in China on factors that have driven prices to their highest in five years.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao stood at $114.81 per tonne last Friday July 5, down $7.22 per tonne - or 5.9% - from a day earlier. The index was at just $63.14...Read More
Euromines lifts hood on sustainability methodologySPONSOREDThe company's board is set to make a production decision in 2020 or early 2021 on the underground project, which will take a year to build and have capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day, with firstRead More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGreenland shines brightly in the rare earth spotlightSPONSOREDgreenland mineralsBlack Rock readies for race to graphite productionSPONSOREDblack rock miningThe company intersected 295.6m at 0.29% copper-equivalent from 25m in OPM-19-09; and 8m at 2.91% Cu-eq from 87m in OPM-19-...Read More
Greenland shines brightly in the rare earth spotlightSPONSOREDgreenland mineralsBlack Rock readies for race to graphite productionSPONSOREDblack rock miningE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25'When top miners commit to an aspiration, that does trickle down'SPONSOREDdeloittePhoenix is looking for up to US$70 million to build the copper mine, including $10 million of mezza...Read More
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Eastern China's rebar prices were largely steady on Tuesday July 9 while those in the north dipped, with a withdrawal of securities traders from the spot market resulting in a thinning of trading activity.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,980-4,000 yuan ($578-581) per tonne, narrowing upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,880-3,910 yuan per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneDespi...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil market rebounded on Tuesday July 9 amid rising futures and higher offers issued by mills, though trading activity thinned after the spot price gains.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,920-3,940 yuan ($569-572) per tonne, up 60-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,840-3,860 yuan per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneSpot prices surged in Shanghai following gains in the...Read More
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Having another go at $13,000 per tonne... Nickel...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 the lates...Read More
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Base metals prices were generally lower in the early trading hours of Tuesday July 9, amid concerns over the prolonged US-China trade dispute, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the continued sell-off in major equity indices and persistently weak economic data. Market expectations of a more substantial 50 basis points rate cut by the US Federal Reserve Bank in its upcoming Federal Open Mark...Read More
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Fastmarkets has made changes to the specification of its cobalt hydroxide payable indicator - namely, to widen the payment window. Following a one-month consultation period that ended on Friday July 5, Fastmarkets has amended the payment window to include trades agreed on the basis of the following month's average metal price (M+1). Previously, the payment window only included trades agreed on the...Read More