Rather than stare at empty shelves, you have two options for distraction: You can don a virtual-reality headset and cavort with dolphins in the "metaverse" or you can trade various forms of phantom wealth that always go up (happy, happy!) because of the Fed.Neither distraction actually solves any real-world problems, a reality we can call the "Revenge of the Real World." We’ve entered a pecu...Read More
Prices for seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellets fell in the week ended Friday November 12, mainly due to decreasing steel mill margins, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao: $111.03 per tonne, down $6.70 per tonne.65% Fe blast furnace pellet, cfr Qingdao: $164.14 per tonne, down $5.55 per tonne.Iron ore pellet premium over 65% Fe fines, cfr China: $52.30 p...Read More
Last night I did my usual grocery run. I don't shop at stores with philosophies. I go for el cheapo places that don't have olive bars and don't play Schubert on the intercom. I just want the stuff I need at the lowest possible prices. Even I was stunned at the 40% increase in my usual bill. I thought I was buying in a minimalist way.Later I looked more carefully at what went wrong. I bought beef a...Read More
Spot prices for hot-rolled coil in China declined on Monday November 15, with market sentiment subdued by the release of bleak property data.Fastmarkets assessed the price of steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China at 4,700-4,750 yuan ($737-744) per tonne on Monday, down by 60 yuan per tonne from Friday.The most-traded HRC contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange extended losses...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange started the week in negative territory, despite further declines in stock levels.The three-month aluminium price dropped back below the $2,700-per-tonne barrier during morning trading on Monday November 15. It was most recently trading at $2,679 per tonne, down from $2,700 per tonne at the 5pm close on Friday.It has traded in a range of $2,641-2,714...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices decreased on Monday November 15 after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the data for October's housing industry development.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,700-4,730 yuan ($736-741) per tonne, down by 100 yuan per tonneNewly constructed housing in area terms totaled 1.67 billion square meters in the first 10 months of this year in China, down by 7.7...Read More
Glencore International has signed a cobalt metal supply contract with battery cell producer Freyr, the companies announced on Monday November 15.The Swiss trader-producer will supply up to 1,500 tonnes of high-grade, cobalt cut cathode produced from partially recycled cobalt at its Nikkelverk operation in Norway for battery cell production at Freyr's planned Mo i Rana facility in the country. Thi...Read More
China's domestic magnesium prices rebounded above 30,000 yuan ($4,702) per tonne on Friday November 12 after dropping toward 28,000 yuan per tonne earlier in the week, according to sources.Fastmarkets' assessment of magnesium, 99.9%, exw China was 32,000-33,000 yuan per tonne on Friday, an increase of 1,000 yuan per tonne, or 3.2%, from 31,000-32,000 yuan per tonne a week earlier. Domestic spot t...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 alloy grade, in-whs...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...Read More
This year's price rally in the European ferro-silicon market is showing increasing signs of weakness, with the market falling for the second consecutive week on Friday November 12, trade sources told Fastmarkets.Moreover, some traders and steelmakers said standard grade was being offered at well below ?,?4,000 ($4,577) per tonne for delivery in the first quarter amid persistently weaker prices in...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in China on Friday November 12.Key drivers Following a weeks-long decline in the Chinese silicon price that brought it close to production costs, producers refused to lower their offers further. Many...Read More
Global Atomic (TSX: GLO; US-OTC: GLATF) has completed the feasibility study for the first phase of its Dasa uranium project in Niger's Tim Mersoi Basin. The company says the study confirms that the project is economic even at a price of US$35 per lb. uranium oxide, thanks to an estimated all-in sustaining cost of US$21.93 per pound.The Global Atomic board has given the okay to proceed with the pro...Read More
Yukon-focused explorer Whitehorse Gold (TSXV: WHG) is making steady progress assessing a development path for its high-grade district-scale Skukum property in an advanced, brownfield camp, 88 km south of Whitehorse.Led by an experienced management team and board with Kevin Weston as CEO, Whitehorse Gold recently completed a $15.3 million equity financing to fund the 2021 resource expansion and upg...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Exchange rose 26.92 points or 2.73% to finish the trading week at 1,012.06. Spot gold jumped US$47.20 per oz. or 2.60% to US$1,865.20 per ounce.Eskay Mining rose $1.15 to $3.28 per share. The company released assay results from its 2021 diamond drill program at its 100%-controlled Consolidated Eskay project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle, about 70 km northwe...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 227.64 points or 0.63% to finish the Nov. 8-12 trading week at 36,100.31 and the S&P 500 dropped 14.68 points or 0.31% to 4,682.85. Spot gold rose US$47.20 per oz. or 2.60% to US$1,865.20 per ounce.Shares of Alcoa advanced US$4.06 to US$51.92 per share. The company announced that its Portland Aluminium joint venture plans to restart 35,000 tonnes per year of...Read More
The S&P/TSX Composite index rose 312.70 points or 1.46% to finish the November 8-12 trading week at 21,768.50. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 5.97 points or 6.12% to 103.55 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index increased 9.32 points or 5.68% to 173.44. Gold climbed to US$1,865.20 per oz., up US$47.20 per oz. or 2.60%.Shares of Agnico Eagle Mines and Kirkland Lake Gold climbed during the...Read More
Canadian explorer Trailbreaker Resources (TSXV: TBK, US-OTC: APRAF) is focused on discovering gold in underexplored regions of North America.The company holds a portfolio of four gold properties throughout British Columbia and the Yukon Territory and has "a track record of effective grassroots exploration and successful project generation using the latest scientific methods and technologies," sa...Read More
The proposed 'merger of equals' between Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) and Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) have received a second proxy advisory firm recommendation to proceed, the companies announced on Monday. The all-scrip deal, announced In late September, is expected to create the largest Canadian gold miner with an implied market capitalization of around US$24 bil...Read More
Australia-based PYX Resources (NSX: PYX; LSE: PYX) has taken up a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange to give more investors access to the zircon market while providing the company more firepower with which to advance its development strategy. The dual listing comes at a time when the zircon market telescoped with the June closure of Rio Tinto's (ASX: RIO; NYSE: RIO; LSE RIO) Richards...Read More