Nickel and copper were down the most on the London Metal Exchange on June 10 morning, although all prices fell ahead of the release of US consumer prices data later on Thursday.LME three-month nickel fell to $17,870.50 per tonne on Thursday at 9am, back to the same levels from the Monday close, following a 1% rise on Wednesday to $18,136 per tonne. The metal's price fell on Thursday after new...Read More

Iron ore prices pushed up on Tuesday June 8, despite sintering restrictions being imposed on steelmakers in China's steelmaking hub Tangshan, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $209.50 per tonne, up $7.08 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $211.81 per tonne, up $7.63 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $182.87 per tonne...Read More

China's stainless steel export market was inactive in the week to Wednesday June 9 amid concerns over the possibility of an export tariff being introduced in the country. Meanwhile, Indonesian suppliers took the opportunity to gain more orders.But the quieter market did not down export offers for Chinese stainless steel because China's domestic market remained strong, with prices narrowing upward...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 assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb at 19.80-20.50 on Thursday June 10, 2021....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

Boring. I never thought I would say that about gold prices, but the gold price action for the last nine months has been boring.And that's actually a good thing. Why?After beginning with the boring part, I'll explain. Let me unpack this…Gold prices hit an all-time high of $2,069 per ounce on August 6, 2020.The yield-to-maturity on the 10-year Treasury note hit an interim low of 0.508% on Augu...Read More

Australian coking coal export prices rose to their highest in nearly two years on June 9, having trended upward since May.Fastmarkets' index for premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT hit $168.50 per tonne that day.Market sources have attributed the gains to increased speculation and a wide spread between cfr China and fob Australia markets.Speculative cargoes swap boosts market sentimentMore speculat...Read More

After a difficult 2020 that saw a near shutdown of the diamond market for half the year as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions, diamond prices have bounced back in 2021. Here's a look at eight active Canadian-listed diamond explorers and miners who've made it through the trough and are preparing for the upturn.Arctic Star ExplorationArctic Star Exploration (TSXV: ADD) has unearthed fo...Read More

Suddenly, diamonds are looking interesting again. The cutbacks in diamond production last year, allied to the substantial fall in manufacturing capacity in India (the major diamond cutting centre) as a result of the Pandemic, against continuing strong retail demand for diamond jewellery has cleared out the billions of dollars of rough and polished inventory overhang in the mid-stream. No new obvio...Read More

A group of 457 investors, which oversees more than US$41 trillion in assets combined, and a coalition of 79 company CEOs are calling on the G7 - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and U.S. - to work harder on reducing greenhouse emissions and cut funding for fossil fuels.In separate letters to governments as leaders of the G7 meeting in England, and ahead of a global climate summit in...Read More

After a roller coaster of a year that almost forced an early end to the Ekati diamond mine, the operation's new owners, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, are hoping that the recovering diamond market will give Canada's first diamond mine a more solid foundation.The mine's future was put in doubt last March, when operations were suspended in response to the pandemic-related shut down of diamond mark...Read More

Great Panther Mining is a precious metals miner in the AmericasSPONSOREDgreat pantherStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDThe future economy is looking greenSPONSOREDlomiko metals incIn little more than five or six years, Benchmark has turned itself into the go-to organisation for anyone, fro...Read More

After Red Pine Exploration's (TSXV: RPX) consolidation of its interests and 100% ownership of the Wawa gold project, followed with the subsequent acquisition of the War Eagle mining claims that lie adjacent to the property located in McMurray township, Michipicoten region of Ontario in April, the company reached a pivotal point.With ownership streamlined after buying out its 36.7% joint-venture...Read More

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Bullish sentiment about nickel demand, particularly for electric vehicles, compared with long timeframes needed to increase mine supplies, has driven prices higher. But continuing uncertainties about the future timing and extent of nickel demand and supply growth have created a volatile market, reports Gregory DL Morris.Read full newsRead More

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