Brazil's pig iron export market was active during the week to Friday August 28 amid new sales to China.Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil at $340-350 per tonne on Friday, widening from $343-348 per tonne one week earlier. ...Read More

Negotiations resumed in the import pig iron market in the United States during the week to Friday August 28, but no deals have yet been concluded.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US rose to $355-360 per tonne on Friday, up by $15 from $340-345 per tonne a week before."All key buyers appeared in...Read More

The key global scrap markets improved in terms of both sentiment and prices in the week to Friday August 28, after Turkey resumed its deep-sea cargo purchases following a three-week hiatus.Turkey continues to book deep-sea cargoesUS sees liquid activity in spot export marketVietnamese buyers remain keen on bulk cargoes from US West CoastTaiwanese buyers see slowdown in price upswingIndia sentiment...Read More

The market for pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States was firm over the week to Thursday August 27 on resumed sales to China. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS was $335-343 per tonne on Thursday, narrowing upward from $330-343 per tonne the week before.A sale of Russia-origin pig iron was repo...Read More

The price of containerized ferrous scrap imports into India inched higher over the past week, following jitters in the market last week brought on by Turkey's scrap-buying hiatus, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 28.Fastmarkets calculated the steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India at $310.41 per tonne on Friday, inching up from $309.47 per tonne last week.Last week,...Read More

The price of grade-316 stainless steel scrap imported to Europe increased sharply on tight supply in the week to Friday August 28, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment of stainless steel scrap 316 solids import, cif main port Europe was ?,?1,420-1,440 ($1,679-1,702) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne from ?,?1,370-1,390 per tonne a week earlier. One trader sai...Read More

Turkish steel producers made no deep-sea bookings on Friday August 28, after booking several cargoes earlier in the week, sources told Fastmarkets.Six deep-sea cargoes totalling around 220,000 tonnes were booked by Turkish steelmakers from various sources at strengthening prices this week. After a hiatus of more than two weeks earlier this month, the steel producers resumed their deep-sea scrap bo...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices rose on Friday August 28 amid concerns over logistics which have been limited by precautions taken by Chinese ports against typhoon Bavi, according to trade sources.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.37 per tonne, up $2.15 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.16 per tonne, up $2.47 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Q...Read More

There was little to no movement in seaborne coking coal prices on Friday August 28 and sources from China said they expect the cfr market to be soft for another month. Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $105.90 per tonne, down $0.02 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $114.71 per tonne, up $0.01 per tonne Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $85.27 per tonne, down $0.25 p...Read More

The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price continued to gain during the morning session on Friday August 28, trading up 1.2% from the previous day's close at $15,340 per tonne, its highest since November 2019.Often considered a proxy for the Asian markets, nickel has continued to trend higher of late on near-term demand from China's industrial sector and ongoing speculative rhetoric from t...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.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 transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process...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 applies. Fastmarkets...Read More

An overview of the Chinese minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.Read More

Several minor metals found support on Wednesday August 26 following price increases in China, with traders expecting higher replacement costs in the coming weeks despite consumers and demand not fully back in the spot market, Fastmarkets heard.The price of bismuth in Europe edged up over the assessment week, with traders that spoke to Fastmakets reporting difficulty finding available material in b...Read More

For over a century, the mines of Silver Valley in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in northern Idaho have been a source of tremendous mineral wealth.From the mid-1880s, those mines have yielded almost 10 million tonnes of zinc, lead and silver.The region's most famous mine, Bunker Hill, was first discovered in 1885 by Noah Kellogg. (In 1894, the nearby Milo prospecting camp was renamed in his honour, e...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said it would challenge the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government's reported move to grant a 20-year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a state-backed firm.The world's second-largest gold producer and its Chinese partner, Zijin Mining, are embroiled in a dispute with Prime Minister James Marape, who in April rejected their application for a lease exte...Read More

OceanaGold (TSX, ASX: OGC) said that the outlook at its Haile gold mine in South Carolina is "uncertain" after 18 staff members tested positive for Covid-19 since June.According to the company, approximately 220 workers have been required to self-isolate for a two-week period at some point since the beginning of March."This has had an impact on material movement, which is key to accessing some of...Read More

Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) has completed its previously arranged transaction with partner Ganfeng Lithium on the ownership structure on the Cauchar?--Olaroz lithium project under development in Jujuy, Argentina.As part of the agreement, Ganfeng has subscribed for new shares of Minera Exar SA, the joint venture company that holds the Cauchari-Olaroz project, for cash consideration of US$16 m...Read More

Canada will have its first rare earth processing plant in operation by the end of 2022, as the province of Saskatchewan has committed $31 million to build a new facility to provide a domestic supply of the key ingredients for military weapons, electric vehicles and smartphones.The process of turning rare earth elements (REE) ore into individual products is done in two main stages. The first is the...Read More