All base metals stocks - bar aluminium - at Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses gained in the week to Friday May 7 with tin recording biggest increase in percentage terms. Tin stocks totaled 8,256 tonnes this week, up by 593 tonnes or 7.7% from 7,663 tonnes a week earlier. Nanchu warehouse in Guangdong province recorded the largest inflow at 604 tonnes, while SIPG Logistics...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices rose further on Friday May 7 with continuing support from bullish steel prices, refreshing the iron ore indices' record highs again.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $212.25 per tonne, up by $10.37 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $214.20 per tonne, up by $11.33 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $185.29 per tonne, up...Read More
Copper's futures price reached an all-time high in early trading on the London Metal Exchange on Friday May 7 and aluminium breached the $2,500-per-tonne mark on bullishness in the market caused by supply concerns and firm demand.The red metal's three-month price peaked at $10,253 per tonne on Friday morning, surpassing its previous high of $10,190 per tonne set in February 2011. This was a rise o...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were for the most part stronger this morning, Friday May 7, as were broader markets.Friday's United States employment report is in focus because it could prompt Federal Reserve to change tackDow Jones Industrial Average sets new highs after US initial jobless claims fell below 500,000 on Thursday for the first time s...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsSpeaking at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up yesterday, Rosenstreich said he was attracted to the com...Read More
The London Metal Exchange tin cash price rose to an all-time high while a number of other milestones were set on the futures complex for copper, aluminium and lead on May 6. LME copper's three-month price was at $10,092 per tonne at Thursday's close, up by 1.4% from Wednesday's price and was above the $10,000-per-tonne mark for the first time since 2011 one week ago on April 29. LME copper hi...Read More
Fresh political tensions between China and Australia, along with strong steel prices, lent support to the sharp increases in seaborne iron ore prices on Thursday May 6, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $201.88 per tonne, up $9.34 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $202.87 per tonne, up $8.66 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Michael Greenfield in...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsSpeaking at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up today, Canaccord analyst Paul Howard pointed to the incr...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' Friday May 7 pricing sessions in Europe. Key drivers Market participants reported very limited inventories in Europe for prompt availability. Consumers in the aluminium sector, where magnesium is used an alloy, have been looking for material over the last weeks, but the majority of traders did not have material at hand to supply their usual consumers. Stocks i...Read More
Some cobalt hydroxide consumers in China have been warned by shipping companies of potential delays to shipments following an outbreak of Covid-19 infections on Italian container ship Ital Libera, market participants told Fastmarkets.The container ship, which was on a scheduled trip from Durban, South Africa, to Singapore, was forced to anchor at Jakarta, Indonesia, in mid-April after its captain...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...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 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
May 6, 2021 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce further high-grade silver results from its exploration program at its wholly owned Langis Project located in the Cobalt Camp of Ontario, Canada. The fall/winter 2020-2021 program consisted of a total of 18,453.35m of NQ core over 163 holes. This news release includes the last 14...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 latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Stainless steel prices and margins for stainless steel producers have risen notably over the past few months in both Europe and the United States, but there are now signs that the rally is petering out.A clear reason for the halt to rising prices comes from the near 20% drop in nickel prices seen in late February/early March,...Read More
Australia's investment bank Macquarie Group said on Friday it will stop financing coal projects by 2024, adding to a long list of local financial institutions that have withdrawn their support for the polluting commodity.The Sydney-based bank's exposure to coal is small and shrinking. The coal sector accounted for just A$100 million (US$77.8 million) in the financial year that ended on March 31, a...Read More
Towards Sustainable Mining Tailings Guidance Aligns with Global StandardSPONSOREDthe mining association of canadaPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDAuroch powers up nickel explorationSPONSOREDauroch mineralsSaturn still shooting for the stars at Apollo HillSPONSOREDsaturn metalsHot on the heels of a report by US investment bank Goldman Sachs which said copper was on a path to US...Read More