Norway-based silicon and ferro-silicon producer Elkem, a world leader in advanced silicon-based materials, has announced an expansion plan to support demand growth for speciality materials in the Europe-Middle East-Asia region (EMEA) and the Americas.On Wednesday October 27, the company's board of directors approved a capacity expansion by 20,000 tonnes per year at the plant in Roussillon, near Ly...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in London on Wednesday October 27.Key drivers:?EUR?The prices of both grades antimony in Europe have stabilized recently after a previous rally over the past month-and-a-half. For antimony trioxide metal, the range widened but the mid-point was unchanged.?EUR?Antimony standard grade 2, usually used in...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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...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...Read More
China's cobalt metal prices declined this week in response to weak demand and cautious downstream buyers - diverging from the international trend for higher benchmark prices.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt 99.8% Co min, ex-works China was 395,000-410,000 yuan ($61,806-64,153) per tonne on Wednesday October 27, down by 2,000 yuan per tonne from 397,000-410,000 yuan per tonne on October 22...Read More
One of the unexpected repercussions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was the impact it had on global supply chains, pushing up the price of commodities and resources across the board, including within the mining industry. The cracks in the supply chains also highlighted broader geopolitical issues affecting world economies, including the reliance on limited means of extracting certain minerals and...Read More
ArcelorMittal has raised its offer prices for long-term contracts to the automotive industry and other large steel-consuming sectors, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 28.Several market sources told Fastmarkets that its offers for the first quarter, first half and full year of 2022 for hot-rolled coil are ?,?1,080 ($1,253) per tonne ex-works while those for hot-dipped galvanized coil ar...Read More
This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil from London-based Appian Capital. In a webcast, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman discussed the deal and the company's broader strategy on green energy metals and developing a 'climate change resilient' business. What follows is a transcr...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) Canada's largest diversified miner, said this week that while construction of its massive Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) expansion project in Chile is two-thirds complete, costs are anticipated to be up to 5% higher than the original US$5.3 billion estimate. Delivering results for the third-quarter, in which Teck recorded a profit of US$816 million,...Read More
Miners are almost blind to demand trends in the largest consumer of metals and minerals.I don't know how many Northern Miner readers celebrated October 23 as Mole Day. For those that didn't, it was not in honour of the near-blind Talpidae mammal, and nor was it a celebration of a breakwater, a spy, a hot Mexican sauce, or a benign tumour.What was celebrated on October 23, between 6.02 a.m. and 6.0...Read More
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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently Tweeted that "Hyperinflation is going to change everything. It's happening."Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics, told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, that the term "hyperinflation" is not being used correctly in this case. "People play fast and loose with language and words like hyperinflation," he said. "What [Dorsey] was trying to express, I think...Read More
Dear Outsider,It was three in the morning when I got the phone call...Now, anytime you get a phone call in the dead of night, you immediately panic. Something has to be very wrong: a car accident, a friend in jail, or maybe even an untimely death. This particular call thankfully had to do with none of these things.In this case, it was simply an overflowing toilet. I was renting my lovely home in...Read More
Gold prices dropped dramatically in trading today, making an intraday low of $1772.40. As of 3:25 PM EDT, gold futures are fixed at $1784.80. Today's selloff was predicated by dollar strength, with the dollar index gaining 0.90%, taking it to 94.165.That is the primary market force that made both gold and silver prices lower on the day. Gold is currently trading down by 0.98%, and the dollar is cu...Read More
(Kitco News) - Altcoins lead the charge in this week's crytpo marketaction, with Ethereum hitting an all-time high on Friday. Other notablementions include SHIBA INU, and Squid Game, a new token inspired by the hitNetflix series "Squid Game."Ben Samaroo, CEO of WonderFi, discusses with David Lin,anchor for Kitco News, why the markets are up this week and what futureadvances in DeFi will do for th...Read More
Mr. Quentin Yarie reportsRED PINE ANNOUNCES UPSIZE TO PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED A BOUGHT DEALAPRIVATE PLACEMENT OF FLOW-THROUGH SHARES TO C$7.3 MILLIONRed Pine Exploration Inc. has amended the terms of its previously announced bought deal private placement to increase the size of the offering to $7.3-million.Under the terms of the upsized offering, Haywood Securities Inc., as sole underwriter and bookr...Read More
(Kitco News) The persistent inflation narrative is forcing markets to price in more aggressive central banks, with next week's key announcements from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England on everyone's radars.All of the gold's gains above $1,800 an ounce continue to be capped. After breaching this key resistance level this week, the precious metal once again saw renewed selling pressure as p...Read More
An anonymous director reportsGOLDMINING COMPLETES US$20 MILLION NON-DILUTIVE FACILITY WITH BANK OF MONTREAL Further to its news release dated Oct. 21, 2021, Goldmining Inc. has entered into and closed an agreement for a $20-million (U.S.) loan facility with Bank of Montreal. The facility is available for general corporate purposes, acquisitions and to continue to advance company projects, includin...Read More
Editor's Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today's must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - It's another Friday, so you knowwhat that means: another day and week where gold prices have been unable to push above $1,800 an ounce. For those of you keeping scoreat home, gold prices have tested a...Read More