Mid-grade fines prices made limited movements on limited trading activity but low-grade fines were heard to be popular with the mills again amid shrinking margins, trade sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $115.21 per tonne, up $0.54 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $115.74 per tonne, up $0.28 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao:...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices were relatively steady on Friday September 25 with no transactions heard, however, market participants expect premium hard coking coal prices to increase gradually and higher hard coking coal and pulverized coal injection (PCI) prices in the cfr market.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.81 per tonne, down $0.05 per tonne Premium har...Read More

Soft demand sent China's domestic rebar prices falling this week, with those in the eastern region being down by 60-80 yuan per tonne despite holding steady on Friday September 25. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,600-3,640 yuan ($528-534) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 3,570-3,590 yuan per tonne, down by 50 yuan per tonne  End users kept their rebar invent...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed but little changed this morning, Friday September 25, this after once again running into dip-buying on Thursday.A late rally in US equities on Thursday lent support to broader markets.US Congress is working on a $2.2 trillion stimulus package that could be voted on next week.Asian-Pacific equities were for the most part stronger this morni...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 cobalt standard grade, in-whs...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.Fastmarkets assessed cobalt...Read More

An overview of the Chinese minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.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.Read More

Battle North Gold (TSXV: BNAU; US-OTC: NBAUF) has released assay results from drilling at the McFinley and Pen zones at the company's wholly owned Bateman gold project in northwestern Ontario's Red Lake mining district, 265 km northeast of Winnipeg.The two zones, which are located at a depth of less than 300 metres, form part of the "string of pearls" exploration targets near the project's infrast...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday September 25.China Tight spot availability continued to consolidate the domestic market with prices remaining firm amid positive sentimentSome mills raised their October tender prices for 72% ferro-silicon, while the market was waiting for tender prices from major steel mills ...Read More

First Majestic Silver (TSX:FR; NYSE: AG) says it is getting ready to appeal a Mexican court decision this week that revoked a key agreement determining how the silver producer was taxed in the country.The federal court's ruling, yet to be formally delivered to the Canadian miner's subsidiary, Primero Empresa Minera, cancels an Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA) governing the tax on silver sales betw...Read More

The price of flat stainless steel products in Europe increased in the week to Friday September 25 on higher nickel costs, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 2mm grade 304 transaction domestic, delivered North Europe was ?,?1,980-2,030 ($2,308-2,366) per tonne, up by ?,?50 per tonne week on week from ?,?1,930-1,980 per tonne previous...Read More

Covid-19 has affected the mining industry in unprecedented ways, ranging from forced mine shutdowns in some cases to profound fluctuations in supply and demand for various commodities. As the economy begins to reopen, preserving cash flow remains pertinent to the long-term health of mining companies, especially junior mining companies. Third-party litigation funding - that is, the financing of lit...Read More

Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE) has reported drill results from its past-producing Hammerdown gold project, which returned gold intersections within the proposed pit shell, outside of existing resources, and high-grade hits below the pit shell. The project is near the Baie Verte mining district of Newfoundland and Labrador.Drilling targeting the Wisteria zone at the Hammerdown deposit, at the inter...Read More

During Tuesday's much-hyped battery day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk laid out plans to put everyone behind the wheel (or is that sleeping in the back?) of a $25,000 car that drives itself.Much of the three hour-plus presentation was low on detail, high on promotion and stratospheric on ambition. It is ever thus, but Tesla's plans to start mining seemed particularly simplistic.With great fanfare and 40 yea...Read More

Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) has released drill results from a five-hole, 3,300-metres drill program at its Condor gold-copper project in the Zamora-Chinchipe province in southeast Ecuador, 400 km southeast of the capital, Quito, and 70 km east of Loja.The drill campaign was conducted on Soledad Baja, a southeast extension of the Camp deposit located on the northern section of Con...Read More

Prices for steel scrap cargoes imported into South Korea fell again over the last seven days amid weakening Japanese offer prices and stifled demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 25.Japanese exporters reduced offer prices over the last week due to a lack of buying interest from Vietnam and Taiwan at the previous levels, sources said, while smaller suppliers focusing on Korea had al...Read More

Vietnamese steel mills booked Japanese scrap during the week to Friday September 25 as a result of sellers cutting their offer prices in an attempt to offload material before China's "Golden Week" holiday on October 1-8.Offers for bulk Japanese H2 cargoes fell consistently throughout the week, from $303-305 per tonne cfr Vietnam at the mid-week point to $295-297 cfr Vietnam by Friday. There was on...Read More

Import prices for containerized ferrous scrap in the key Taiwanese market fell in the past week on increasingly bearish sentiment brought about by falling prices in Turkey and limited buying interest. Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized cargoes of steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20), US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $272-275 per tonne on Friday September 25, widening do...Read More

TORONTO, Sept.25, 2020(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FenixOro Gold Corp (CSE:FENX, OTC:FDVXF, Frankfurt:8FD.F) is pleased to announce that Logan Drilling has...Read full newsRead More