Battery recycling start-up Li-Cycle sees the commercial production achieved at its Rochester, New York, plant as the start of something big.The plant, which achieved commercial production last December, has dthe capacity to process 5,000 tonnes of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries per year, doubling overall intake for the Canadian company, which is the first of its kind to use hydrometallurgy for...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday March 17 pricing session in London and Shanghai.Key drivers: Cobalt hydroxide payable dips on low end of range amid widening gap between suppliers' offers and buyers' expectations in the context of an escalating downturn in the downstream cobalt sulfate price in...Read More

Share this article Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. [SCZ-TSXV; SZSMF-OTC] said Thursday March 18 that it has increased the size of a previously announced non-brokered private placement to $14.1 million, with the lead order coming from Palisades Goldcorp Ltd.The company said the private placement will now consists of up to 47 million units at a purchase price of 30 cents per unit for gross proceeds...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 18 that are worth another look.Brazilian apparent steel consumption increased 24.5% year on year in February, while crude steel output grew 3.8% in the same comparison, according to figures from national steel association, A??o Brasil. ...Read More

Gold Fields Limited (JSE, NYSE: GFI) is a globally diversified gold producer, with nine operating mines in Australia, Peru, South Africa and West Africa (including the Asanko JV), as well as one project in Chile. Gold Fields has total attributable, annual gold-equivalent production of 2.2Moz, attributable gold-equivalent Mineral Reserves of 51.3Moz and Mineral Resources of 115.7Moz. We learned fro...Read More

At PDAC2021, we learned from John Kontak, President of West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. (CSE: RLG, OTCQB: RLGMF, FSE: HYK), that they are focused on their large property in the prolific Red Lake Gold District of Northwest Ontario, Canada, which is host to some of the richest gold deposits in the world and has produced 30 million ounces of gold, from high-grade zones. We learned from Mr. Kontak that t...Read More

President Joe Biden recently said that Vladimir Putin will "pay a price" for interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.But no price will be paid.Nothing will happen to Putin.That guy is untouchable.And quite frankly, the U.S. is in no position to saber rattle right now.This nation is drowning in debt.Socially and politically, we have never been more divided.The ugly face of racism is show...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have surged above $65 per hundredweight ($1,300 per short ton), and there is no sign that the rally will end any time soon, according to market participants. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $65.24 per cwt ($1,304.80 per ton) on Thursday March 18, up by 0.69% from $64.79 per cwt on Wednesday March 17 and by 1....Read More

The mood in the European hot-rolled coil market has become bullish due to a combination of a material shortage and strong demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 18.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?792.50 ($944.71) per tonne on Thursday, up by ?,?1.25 per tonne from ?,?791.25 per tonne on March 17.The index was also up by...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 18 that are worth another look.Brazilian apparent steel consumption increased 24.5% year on year in February, while crude steel output grew 3.8% in the same comparison, according to figures from national steel association, A??o Brasil. ...Read More

Brazilian apparent steel consumption increased 24.5% year on year in February, while crude steel output grew 3.8% in the same comparison, according to figures from national steel association, A??o Brasil.Apparent steel use reached 2.13 million tonnes last month, up from 1.71 million tonnes a year earlier.Meanwhile, crude steel production totaled 2.85 million tonnes in February, from 2.74 million t...Read More

The UK steel industry is a key focus of the British government's ?1 billion ($1.4 billion) Industrial Decarbonization Strategy, which is intended to create the world's first low-carbon industrial sector.The strategy includes a commitment to work with the recently reconstituted Steel Council to consider the implications of a recommendation from the Climate Change Committee and to set targets for o...Read More

Turkish steel mills continued to stay out of the deep-sea scrap market on continuing weak demand for steel, despite the increasing availability of supplies, especially from the Baltic Sea, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 18.The most recent deep-sea bookings were done at the end of last week, when two Baltic Sea cargoes were sold at $435-437 per tonne cfr on a heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80...Read More

Rogesa, a joint subsidiary of German steelmakers Dillinger and Saarstahl, has installed new equipment which will result in reduced carbon emissions and additional energy generation, the company announced on Wednesday March 17.The new dedusting system for the circular cooler - a rotating belt on which the sinter cools - has been installed at sinter plant 3 of Rogesa Roheisengesellschaft Saar in Dil...Read More

Iron ore prices increased slightly on Thursday March 18, after China announced that the emissions restrictions being imposed in Tangshan will be less strict than previously anticipated, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $166.62 per tonne, up $0.43 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $166.98 per tonne, up $0.71 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium,...Read More

The Turkish steel billet markets have remained weak over the past seven days with limited sales and falling prices due to softer scrap costs, sources said on Thursday March 18.Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have been falling since late last week due to increased supplies.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, was $438.17 per tonne on March 17, d...Read More

The 10-year yield rose to 14-month highs on Thursday at 1.75%, erasing the gains in gold price yesterday following the Federal Reserve's statements. Lobo Tiggre of The Independent Speculator, said that without yield curve control, the 10-year Treasury note could rise to as high as 2%, which would cause the markets to "break". Short-term, gold has more downside, he said.0:00?EUR< - Gold and yields9...Read More

Macro and precious metals analyst Tavi Costa joins us to answer your questions regarding inflation, commodities, gold and silver.0:00?EUR< - Introduction1:56?EUR< - Whether inflation or deflation is pending5:01?EUR< - How will the latest round of stimulus checks impact the US economy and market7:59?EUR< - Brazilian economy and the Brazilian mining sector11:17?EUR< - Bull market in commodities, and...Read More

Jeffrey Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital. He is recognized as an expert in bond and fixed income investments. His investment strategies have been featured in leading publications from around the world In 2013, he was named "Money Manager of the Year" by Institutional Investor. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College summa cum laude holding a...Read More

In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the claim by a Bank of America analyst that the 40 year bull market in bonds is over as the inflation trade gets set to soar. In the second half, Max interviews Karl Denninger of Market-Ticker.org about the end of the bond market bull and the coming surge in inflation. Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Repo...Read More