An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets on Tuesday March 23 and their latest price moves.Europe The announcement of a 32% increase in the European ferro-chrome benchmark for the second quarter is supporting ferro-chrome prices.Prices in the high-carbon ferro-chrome markets narrowed upward amid ongoing tight supplies, which resulted in higher offer prices.The softening of China's domestic f...Read More

Northam said it would fast track the buyback of 31.4% of shares in Zambezi.Read More

The contractor said its order book at the end of December totalled $212.8 million, compared with $142.1 million at the end of 2019, while its total sales pipeline had $539.9 million of potential work in it."In the short to medium term, the sales pipeline is expected to normalise and increase with further tactical acquisitions and joint ventures supporting performance," the company said.Master Dril...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF), Canada's leading free-to-play mobile game group, announces that its subsidiary studio, East Side Games, is set to launch a non-fungible token ("NFT") game creation toolset called NFTKit for its IdleKit platform. The company plans to release the first offering of NFTs as prizes, within select games, the week of April 20th, 2021.Top performing players wi...Read More

Aluminium consumers are stepping up demand for products that allow them to reduce their carbon footprint via metal produced using low emissions, the chief commercial officer of Alcoa Corp said. Tim Reyes, who is also executive vice president of the United States-based producer, said that the company's recent deal to supply a combination of low- and zero-carbon aluminium to produce the wheels on Au...Read More

Alcoa Corp is supplying low- and zero-carbon aluminium for the wheels on carmaker Audi's e-tron GT, which will make it the first vehicle to use metal from its Elysis joint venture.The wheels are being manufactured by Ronal Group using a combination of Alcoa's low-carbon aluminium, EcoLum, and metal produced using the Elysis zero-carbon emissions smelting technology. Elysis - a joint venture betwee...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 23 that are worth another look.China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress...Read More

China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Fastmarkets summarizes five key targets under the new five-year plan that are likely to underpin corres...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 23 that are worth another look.China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico went up another level in the week ended Friday March 19, amid a continuing rally in prime scrap values.Demand for prime grades of scrap continued to rise during the week, with sellers being successful in getting better deals. Price increases from the previous week came into full effect, and there were also reports of fresh price rises from some steelmakers in both th...Read More

Turkish steelmakers have continued to hold back from the deep-sea scrap import markets after the unexpected sacking last weekend of the governor of the country's central bank, which caused a sharp decrease in the exchange-rate value of the lira, market sources said on Tuesday March 23.The Turkish lira crashed at the beginning of the week following the sudden decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdo...Read More

A summary of China Molybdenum Co's annual report filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday March 23.In briefRevenue for mining and processing business totaled 18.48 billion yuan ($2.84 billion), down by 4.06% year on year.Revenue for molybdenum and tungsten segment amounted to 3.55 billion yuan, down by 21.19% from previous year, due to...Read More

Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange, as well as spot precious metals prices, were mainly weaker this morning, Tuesday March 23, as were broader markets.Markets looking more nervous after concerted Western government sanctions on China have raised geopolitical tension.Europe braces for further Covid-19 lockdownsBase metals LME three-month base meta...Read More

Share this articleLOS ANGELES - Draganfly Inc. (OTCQB: DFLYF) (CSE: DFLY) (FSE: 3U8) an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions, and systems developer, reported that it has signed a $1M services deal to deploy EagleEye?,,? AI flight services with Windfall Geotek Inc. (TSX-V: WIN) (OTCQB: WINKF).Windfall Geotek flies mining prospect with magnetometers. The data is placed into EagleEye?,,?...Read More

A summary of China's battery raw materials exports for the first two months of 2021.In briefLithium carbonate exports decreased in January-February in a year-on-year comparison with the early months of 2020, with tight domestic supply from most producers and no great improvement in overseas demand.Read More

Donald Rumsfeld once said:There are known knowns. These are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.Rumsfeld has the distinction of being both the youngest, under Ford, and the second-oldest person, under George W. Bush, to have served as Se...Read More

A summary of China's battery raw materials imports for the first two months of 2021.In briefImports of cobalt metal rose sharply year-on-year early in 2021, with the second round of stockpiling by China's State Reserve Bureau elevating the domestic price of metal in the first two months of the year, triggering a robust import appetite in the country for the blue metal.Imports of cobalt intermediat...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 23 that are worth another look.China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Tuesday March 23, supported by strong demand combined with tight supply, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?808.33 ($962.95) per tonne on Tuesday March 23, up by ?,?10.33 per tonne from ?,?798.00 per tonne on March 22.The index was...Read More

China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Fastmarkets summarizes five key targets under the new five-year plan that are likely to underpin corres...Read More