Selling continued on the London Metal Exchange throughout Thursday May 13, leading to lower prices at the close, after higher-than-expected inflation readings from the United States triggered concerns of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.Nickel's three-month price was most affected on Thursday, with a decrease of 2.6% to $17,323 per tonne from Wednesday's $17,797 per tonne.Meanwhile, the three-...Read More

Myanmar's major copper and nickel mining operations have been suspended with the transport of equipment, raw materials and finished goods no longer feasible after February's military coup, Fastmarkets learned. "Basic supplies like explosives could not be transported into the region. How could blast mining be possible?" one source familiar with current condition of Sagaing, the country's copper and...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 13 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.Nornickel resumed ore...Read More

Glencore has joined fellow global commodities trader Trafigura in holding talks to purchase a portion of Cliveden Trading's copper book, informed sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 13.Cliveden, which last year was said to have traded more than 1 million tonnes of copper...Read More

The CPI for all urban consumers rose 0.8% in April, with the all items index increasing 4.2% before seasonal adjustment over the past 12 months, the largest one-year increase since the 4.9% gain for the period ending September 2008.The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.9% in April, its largest monthly increase since April 1982, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said."Higher US inflat...Read More

Liberum's central forecast is for the global composite price to rise to US$182/ct in 2021, rising 2% per year thereafter.Read More

Strong demand from the Chinese automotive industry, combined with rising aluminium scrap values, pushed aluminium ingot ADC 12 prices to a record high this week.ADC 12  is widely used in the production of alloy wheels.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for aluminium ingot ADC12, exw dp China was 19,000-19,300 yuan($2,947-2,993) per tonne on Wednesday May 12, up 5.8% or 1,000-1,300 yuan per...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), a global vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices and cellular booster systems, will release fourth quarter and year end 2020 financial results, as well as first quarter 2021 financial results, on May 17, 2021 after the market close.Siyata management will also host a conference call on Tuesday, May 18...Read More

Event to Raise Awareness and Funds for Homegrown Detroit's Mission of Providing Critical Resources and Mentorship to Ensure Legacy Detroiters' Success in the Emerging MarketplacePHOENIX - 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company"), a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator and retailer, announced its retail brand, Mission Dispensaries, has partner...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Company" or "Venzee") announces today continued application, development, and use of artificial and augmented intelligence technology now deployed to optimize active client operations.Venzee, a "smart tech" Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, is used by Consumer Brands to move critical, consumer-facing product information to any globa...Read More

Vancouver, BC - FinCanna Capital Corp. (CSE:CALI) (OTCQB:FNNZF) (the "Company" or "FinCanna"), a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry is pleased to announce that its investee company QVI, Inc. doing business as "The Galley", a cannabis infused product manufacturer located in Sonoma County, California has initiated production for Koala Edibles a Colorado based Company focused o...Read More

Hebei Iron and Steel Group (HBIS) - China's second-largest steelmaker - has raised its purchase price for May-delivery silico-manganese to 7,250 yuan ($1,124.47) per tonne, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 13.The latest price is 450 yuan higher than the mill's previous purchase price of 6,800 yuan per tonne for April-delivery cargoes.HBIS' price, which applies to cargoes delive...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 13 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.Nornickel resumed ore...Read More

Downstream appetites from lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) battery manufacturers weakened in the second quarter during the traditionally weak consumption season for consumer electronics - a key consumer of LCO batteries and an industry battling with a shortage of semi-conductor chips, sources said.Some cobalt-tetroxide producers told Fastmarkets their customers have cut orders and that demand for LCO ca...Read More

Turkish steel mills booked one further cargo late on Wednesday at a higher price ahead of the post-Ramadan Eid al-Fitr holiday, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday May 13.The cargo came to light after the indices had closed for the day.A steel mill in the Iskenderun booked a Baltic sea cargo comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $510 per tonne.Read More

British steel scrap suppliers have mostly settled monthly delivery prices for steel scrap to domestic consumers in May at levels last seen nine years ago, amid relatively tight supplies and strong demand in both the local and export markets, sources said this week.Suppliers have managed to generally agree an increase of ?15 ($21) per tonne for steel scrap grades delivered into steelmakers in the...Read More

Fastmarkets' Ferrous Analytics report helps subscribers keep track of hot metal costs and steel production spreads in China, along with key pricing components of the steelmaking raw materials supply chain in Asia.Read More

Nornickel resumed ore mining at full capacity at its Oktyabrsky underground mine on Thursday May 13, the company has said, after flooding at the site meant that it was offline for nearly two months.Operations were suspended on February 24 after an inflow of groundwater was reported. Nornickel said that the mine had now recovered to its full capacity for a daily mined volume of 14,100 tonnes.Mining...Read More

Base metals prices on both the LME and SHFE were mainly weaker this morning, Thursday May 13, this after some choppy trading in recent days and the greater-than-expected pick-up in the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday.US CPI rises 4.4% year on year in April, and was up 0.8% month on month Asia-Pacific equities weaken on Thursday US treasury yields rise and forward curve steepens Base met...Read More

Share this article LONDON - GlobalData reported that production from the world's top 10 copper mining companies decreased in 2020, albeit by a marginal 0.2% to 11.76 million tonnes (Mt). The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mining operations was immense, however, six of the ten largest producers succeeded in increasing output in the year. In 2021, copper production from the top ten copp...Read More