Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 7.China Seaborne 37% manganese ore prices rose again after some miners increased their offers on a steady appetite among buyers looking to average their purchasing costs at relatively lower levels. The seaborne 44% price moved up as well, partly buoyed by the rising portside prices. Portside...Read More
Higher spot transaction volumes for copper concentrates were reported with Chinese smelters starting to procure for fourth quarter production and pressuring processing charges to a new low this week. Higher transaction volumes were reported in the spot market for copper concentrates with Chinese smelters starting to procure for fourth quarter production, pressuring processing charges to a ne...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States during the week ending Friday August 7. China There was a stand-off in the UG2 chrome ore market, with some suppliers pushing up their offers and also lower bids reported. The imported charge chrome market had already priced...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesAug 07, 2020 The US stock-market action last quarter was dumbfounding. Big US stocks rocketed higher despite this global pandemic ravaging the US economy, which collapsed by a third in annualized terms! That makes understanding their fundamentals more important than ever. The winding-down Q2'20 earnings season reveals whether those massive stock-price gains were actually justi...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More
The company has received commitments from undisclosed investors for $50 million in new shares priced at 24c each, with a share purchase plan to be initiated for another $5 million.Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Friday August 7. Key drivers Prices moved higher in all five daily price assessment this week, stoked by concern in China over availability of metal. Hydroxide payables continue to strengthen on limited supply, which has pushed some companies to buying metal...Read More
European domestic prices for stainless steel scrap have increased over the past week, supported by the higher cost of nickel, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 7.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel scrap, 18/8 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, was ?850-880 ($1,118-1,157) per tonne on Friday, up by ?10 per tonne from ?840-870 per tonne on July 31.The assessme...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in all the key global markets continued to increase in the week ended Friday August 7 on stable demand from end-users and high prices for downstream steel products.Turkey continues to purchase material at higher pricesUS export prices and volumes riseVietnam chooses US-origin scrap on narrowing differential with JapanTaiwan prices continue uptrendIndia prices return to pre-pan...Read More
Week 30 (31/07/2020-06/08/2020) Company news Americas Cameco plans to restart the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan in September.Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap cargoes scheduled for September shipments, at firm prices, sources said on Friday August 7.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 16,500 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $285 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $290 per tonne and 1,500 tonnes of bonus at $295 per tonne cfr.This compared with the previ...Read More
Fastmarkets has decided to discontinue five precious metals price assessments from October 1, 2020, due to the limited liquidity of the markets in question and to focus on its core markets. The discontinuation follows a month-long consultation that started on July 7, 2020. The prices to be discontinued are as follows: Platinum min 99.9% Europe Free Market $ per troy oz in warehouse Palladium min 9...Read More
KENORA - The Ontario government is providing more than $1 million to support the technology sector, create jobs and help boost the digital economy in the North. Funding is being delivered to eight companies through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)."As we focus on economic recovery, our government is proud to make targeted investments in growing sectors and businesses here in...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 7.China Seaborne 37% manganese ore prices rose again after some miners increased their offers on a steady appetite among buyers looking to average their purchasing costs at relatively lower levels. The seaborne 44% price moved up as well, partly buoyed by the rising portside prices. Portside...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Friday August 7. Key drivers Prices moved higher in all five daily price assessment this week, stoked by concern in China over availability of metal. Hydroxide payables continue to strengthen on limited supply, which has pushed some companies to buying metal...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
The price of most flat-rolled steel products imported into South America rose during the week to Friday August 7 after mills around the world engaged in successive increases and clients rushed to close deals, market participants said.The demand recovery from the drought following restrictions to curb the Covid-19 spread since April as well as rising raw material and semi-finished steel costs suppo...Read More
It was a perfect summer day - 80 degrees, mostly sunny, and a light breeze blowing across the water.Baltimore's Inner Harbor should have been bustling with tourists and employees of local businesses. Joggers and bikers should have been crowding the sidewalks. Panhandlers should have been asking me for money. Car horns should have been blaring in the distance. And there should have been guys on the...Read More
Indian steel mills increased their hot-rolled coil export prices by about $20-25 per tonne in the week ended Friday August 7 on strong domestic demand and a surge in local HRC prices.The price of steel hot-rolled coil (commodity), export, fob main port India, was assessed by Fastmarkets at $485-500 per tonne on Friday, up by $20-25 per tonne from last week's assessment at $465-475 per...Read More
Sentiment in the Northern European hot-rolled coil market has remained bullish despite low trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 7.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?413.46 ($490.59) per tonne on Friday, down by ?,?1.54 per tonne day on day from ?,?415.00 per tonne on Thursday.Friday's index was based on "workab...Read More