Treatment charges (TCs) for zinc concentrates fell to near two-year lows on Friday March 12, while top quality raw material parcels continued attracting ever-sharpening terms in the spot market, sources said.Fastmarkets assessed the zinc spot concentrate TC, cif China at $65-75 per tonne on Friday, down by 9.68% from $70-85 per tonne on February 26 and at its lowest level since July 2018. The zinc...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly firmer on Wednesday March 17, while on the Shanghai Futures Exchange they were weaker across the board. Broader markets were treading water ahead of this evening's US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announcements and press conference. United States 10-year treasuries yields have firmed again to 1.63% EU passenger car registrations ar...Read More

An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Dalila...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More

The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Read More

The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed...Read More

The Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low-end) trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt hydroxide p...Read More

The Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonne trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday March 17. Key drivers Ferro-titanium suppliers are starting to enter negotiations with steelmakers for second-quarter delivery settlements. No prices have yet been discussed, only early stages of potential tonnages, trade sources say.Ferro-titanium producers are holding off on securing new deals for their intake of scrap and other...Read More

The mining industry is going through a seismic shift as factors such as reputational challenges, resistance to embracing new technology, an increased focus on sustainability and a lack of diversity are forcing mining organizations to adapt and evolve. The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified these challenges and primed the industry for change and growth.A new report by global executive search firm Odge...Read More

After acquiring the option to earn up to a 70% interest in the Berg property in central B.C. last December, Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) has now updated a historic resource estimate for the porphyry deposit.Measured and indicated resources at the 348-sq.-km property now stand at 610 million tonnes in the measured and indicated category, grading 0.27% copper, 0.03% molybdenum and 3 grams silver per to...Read More

Permitting is a necessary evil in the mining business; drill pads, roads, trenching, water extraction - some countries require permits for literally every step of the exploration process, and to a certain extent, rightly so - although there is a happy medium somewhere between excessive bureaucracy and a sensible permitting regime. It's not something geologists enjoy, but we have to do it to get ou...Read More

Since its discovery in September 2020, the Koula deposit at Roxgold's (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Seguela gold project in Cote d'Ivoire, 240 km northwest of Yamoussoukro, has "blown all our expectations for the project out of the water" says the company's president and CEO John Dorward. "The latest drill results from the deposit continue to build our confidence that Koula has the potential to sig...Read More

A review of capital raisings for gold projects around the world between February 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021 conducted by The Northern Miner's sister company Mining Intelligence, has found that of the US$2.9 billion raised for gold projects in 41 countries, 75% went to projects in just five countries - Canada, Mexico, Australia, the United States and Chile. Of those, Canada received the lion's s...Read More

Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) is raising US$75 million for the "strategic acquisition" of physical uranium, an initiative the company expects to support the development of its 90%-owned Wheeler River uranium project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin.Denison aims to accumulate about 2.5 million lb. of U3O8 as a long-term investment.The company said it expects the purchase will strengthen its...Read More

NASA's landing of the Perseverance rover right on target in the Jezero impact crater last month is both a remarkable achievement and a welcome diversion from the Covid-19 pandemic. The landing site is also of great interest to exploration geologists, of whom I am one of many. It is often said that when examining a particular geological feature, especially one from early in Earth's history, each of...Read More

The volume of Southeast Asian steel billet available to importers across Asia is on the rise following new capacity upgrades at key suppliers in Indonesia and Vietnam, sources told Fastmarkets.From the start of February until March 15, Fastmarkets heard of 23 sales of billet produced by blast furnace (BF) mills sold to buyers in China and Southeast Asia combined.Some 16 of these were heard to have...Read More

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