The recent bullish run of gold came to a brief stop at the close of markets on Monday, August 24th. Gold prices edged lower and continued to consolidate.  The correction comes ahead of US Presidential elections and amid improving US – China tensions. Dropping to fresh daily lows, around the $1915 region in the first hour of Wednesdays trading session, analysts believe a secondary break...Read More

While the pandemic’s impact on the economy is still uncertain, interest rates globally are expected to remain close to zero for the near future. Here in Canada, the country’s economy is in a recession, and the unemployment rate is close to record highs.In March 2020, interest rates in Canada fell to 0.25% to cushion the economy from the pandemic. Notably, the rates are expected to rema...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 27 that are worth another look.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe moved further up day on day on Thursday August 27, sources told Fastmarkets.Aluminium producers have begun their...Read More

Three-month prices for base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly flat at the close of trading on Thursday August 27, with investor sentiment jittery after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced a greater focus on job security in Thursday's meeting, while tin futures performed best in high-volume trading.Powell highlighted targets for an average inflation rate of 2% over time,...Read More

Aluminium producers have begun their negotiations for the fourth-quarter Japan aluminium benchmark premium, and participants told Fastmarkets they expect premiums to rise, albeit marginally. The benchmark quarterly main Japanese ports (MJP) premium has fallen each quarter this year from $83 per tonne in the first quarter, to $82 per tonne in the second and $75-79 per tonne in the third quarte...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 27 that are worth another look.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe moved further up day on day on Thursday August 27, sources told Fastmarkets.Aluminium producers have begun their...Read More

AngloGold had announced the US$300 million sale, of its Mponeng mine and surface assets, to Harmony Gold Mining in February.Harmony, which celebrated its 70th birthday this week, is aiming to entrench its position as South Africa's largest gold producer.The transaction had been expected to close by June 30 but was slowed by the COVID-19 outbreak and was "down now to the DMRE [Department of Mineral...Read More

When Nick Popovic was formally announced in August as Glencore's new head of zinc and lead trading, the news came as little surprise to watchers of the company.A long-running senior executive in the division, with experience leading the key Kazzinc group of assets, the move to succeed Daniel Mate was seen by many as a natural fit."Nick's been in the company for many years, he's a good safe set of...Read More

Speaking on the drilling services and products company's H1 results call, CEO Jeff Olsen said arrangements with debt holders and cost savings across the company enabled Boart Longyear to generateRead More

BME said it had initiated 3,780 detonators in a single blast at a manganese mine near Hotazel in the Northern Cape.Area manager Kobus Boonzaaier said the latest record was once again achieved using the company's AXXIS GII electronic detonation system.The company said it had earlier achieved a world record blast of 7,401 electronic detonators in the main pit of the Kansanshi copper mine in Africa."...Read More

The association developed the accolade in 2017 in pursuit of responsible sourcing strategy options for copper, modelling it on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.After extensive stakeholder consultation, pilot assessment with 25 member companies, and standards refinement, the Copper Mark was launched in March. The Copper Mark is now an independent entity with a multi-stakeholder coun...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX: SYATF / FRA: WK3D) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce it will be presenting at the LD 500 Virtual Conference on Friday, September 4th, at 6:20am PST / 9:20am EST. Daniel Kim, VP of Corporate Development, will be presenting to a live audience and taking 1-1 virtual meetings over the 4-day duration of the conference.Regist...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 27 that are worth another look.Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe moved further up day on day on Thursday August 27, sources told Fastmarkets.Aluminium producers have begun their...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Ovation Science Inc. (CSE: OVAT) ("Ovation" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has shipped DermSafe hand sanitizer in bulk supply of 200 kilograms to its distributor in Guangzhou, China. This shipment will help facilitate their development of a novel mechanism to dispense DermSafe using an individual use, unique delivery device. This relationship aims to advance th...Read More

The publication of Fastmarkets' European cobalt price assessments on Thursday August 27 was delayed due to technical issues.The Fastmarkets price book and database have both since been updated.The cobalt price assessments affected by the delay were:MB-CO-0004 Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per lbMB-CO-0005 Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per lbFor more information, or to provid...Read More

The Turkish steel producers have taken a break from deep-sea scrap purchases after booking a number of cargoes earlier in the week, sources said on Thursday August 27.The mills in Turkey booked six deep-sea scrap cargoes from various destinations at slightly higher prices this week, totalling around 220,000 tonnes.The most recent bookings brought the HMS 1&2 (80:20) price to $287.50 per tonne cfr...Read More

Prices for bulk cargoes of scrap imported to Bangladesh moved up again over the last week with offer prices from key exporters on the rise, market participants told Fastmarkets.At least two mills have been shopping around the market for bulk cargoes this week, Fastmarkets understands, with offer prices from both Japan and the United States at higher levels than last week.Sellers in the US West Coa...Read More

The publication of Fastmarkets' European cobalt price assessments on Thursday August 27 was delayed due to technical issues.The Fastmarkets price book and database have both since been updated.The cobalt price assessments affected by the delay were:MB-CO-0004 Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per lbMB-CO-0005 Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per lbFor more information, or to provid...Read More

A summary of Australia-based lithium miner Galaxy Resources' results for the first six months of 2020, released on Thursday August 27.In brief Galaxy produced a total of 45,248 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of spodumene concentrate in the first six months of 2020 from the Mount Cattlin mine in Western Australia. This was down by around 54% compared with the first six months of 2019, in line with the com...Read More

The publication of Fastmarkets' European cobalt price assessments for August 27 will be delayed because of a technical issue.Fastmarkets' pricing database, MInD, will be updated at the earliest possible moment to reflect the below assessments for the following prices: MB-CO-0004 Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbAugust 26 price: $15.25-15.70 per lbAugust 27 price: $15.25-15.70 per lbMB-CO-...Read More