The price of nickel ore in China was unchanged in the week to Friday October 23, supported by an already tight market and concerns of disrupted supply from the Philippines due to the latter's upcoming rainy season, market sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets assessed the price of laterite ore with 1.5% Ni content, cif China, at $73-75 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from a week earlier and at its h...Read More

Limited availability and a solid outlook for electric vehicle (EV) demand have given annual contract negotiations for cobalt hydroxide a kick start, but discussions for cobalt metal may evolve over a longer period, market sources told Fastmarkets.While Covid-19 has hit global economies and dented consumer sentiment, it also put low-carbon economies at the forefront of government policy and expecte...Read More

Vancouver, BC - LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX.V : LEAF) ("LEAF" or the "Company") provides the following update regarding its proposed acquisition of East Side Games (the "Acquisition"), previously announced on October 7, 2020.Resulting Issuer Board and ExecutivesUpon completion of the Acquisition, it is intended that Darcy Taylor will remain as CEO, Mark Leung will remain as CFO, and Brian Wideen will re...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW ) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Peter Goldstein to its Board of Directors. With over 30 years of diverse and global entrepreneurial, client advisory and capital market experience, Mr. Goldstein has a successful track record in leading and building companies in the capital markets.Mr. Goldstein has...Read More

AFC deferred its second US$28.5 million investment at the end of March, saying it wanted to allow for the stabilisation of global markets.Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 26 that are worth another look.Major iron ore miners are racing to boost their output amid recovering demand and ahead of traditional mid-financial year reporting due by December, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.Uncertainty about next year's aluminium fundamentals and consumer hesitance...Read More

Domestic auto bundle and ship scrap prices in Turkey have remained stable over the past week despite rising imported scrap values, sources said on Monday October 26.The mills' buy prices for ship scrap remained steady on Monday at $280 per tonne delivered.So Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, melting scrap from shipbreaking, domestic, delivered Turkey, was $280 per tonne on Mond...Read More

Oct 25, 2020 Guest(s): David Erfle Kitco News Contributor At a panel hosed by the International Monetary Fund earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that 80% of central banks around the world are exploring the idea of issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC), although the U.S. Fed has not made a decision to follow suit at this time. Powell's statement echoes a research r...Read More

There was a surge in buying activity in the Chinese copper scrap market in the second half of October after the release of a long-awaited announcement that the purchase of high-purity scrap will be permitted as a recyclable copper material from next month. "Everyone has returned to the market to buy [non-ferrous scrap] since the announcement," a trader source said. With overseas copper scrap more...Read More

Fastmarkets' research team took the number one spot on the base metals predictions leaderboard for the third quarter of 2020 with a 98.83% accuracy score while ED&F Man Capital Markets' Edward Meir clinched the top spot for precious metals predictions over the period with a 93.31% accuracy rating. For steel raw materials, ABN Amro's Casper Burgering was number one with an accuracy score of 89.47%....Read More

Silver is usually reserved for second place. But of the four precious metals - gold, silver, platinum, and palladium - silver is actually the least precious.Silver is the most common of the four precious metals for starters. Some estimates put silver at over 60 times more abundant than gold in the Earth's crust. And silver's chemical and physical properties are simply not as special as gold, plati...Read More

The lithium market has grown to a stage where it can support a futures contract, especially in the context of significant price moves in recent years and forecasts of further growth, Robin Martin, head of market development at the London Metal Exchange, said during a Fastmarkets conference on Monday October 26. "In terms of size, [lithium] is now at a level where it can support an actively traded...Read More

While the initial appetite to hedge exposure to volatile lithium prices came from automakers expanding their electric vehicle (EV) fleets, an appreciation for short-term pricing and risk management tools has since filtered upstream, delegates heard during Fastmarkets' virtual Lithium Supply & Markets conference on Monday October 26. "Lithium often came up [in conversations with carmakers] because...Read More

Lithium spot prices are starting to change direction upward but it will take time for a rebound across the whole lithium complex, Fastmarkets head of battery raw materials research and base metals William Adams during a panel discussion at the Lithium Supply & Markets conference on Monday October 26. "We're starting to see a move up [for spot prices] and by the end of next year will start to see a...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index jumped 12 points, or 1%, to 1108.90.MACD retreated 1.22 points to -0.51. RSI edged 2.97 points, or 5%, higher to 62.18.Support is now at 1089 (20-day moving average) and 1080. Resistance is at 1110 and 1129 (upper Bollinger band).As far as performance goes, the INK Ca...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed for the eighth consecutive business day while tight supply continued to bump up against rising demand.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $34.10 per hundredweight ($682 per short ton) on Monday October 26, up by 1% from $33.76 per cwt on Friday October 23 and 2.1% higher than $33.39 per cwt a week ago on...Read More

ArcelorMittal has restarted the No3 blast furnace at its Tubar??o facility in Brazil's southeastern Esp?-rito Santo state, on Sunday October 25, the company announced.The equipment has an output capacity of 2.8 million tonnes per year of crude steel and has been halted since April because of the adverse economic situation from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic."The decision aims to supply client...Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe were fairly stable over the week to Friday October 23, but the mills were expected to increase their spot-market offer prices soon.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?496.67 ($588.80) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?0.84 per tonne week on week and by ?,?9.06 per tonne month on month...Read More

Domestic steel rebar prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow remained broadly stable this week, despite producer attempts to raise prices for November deliveries, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday, October 26.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia was 40,000-41,000 roubles ($526-539) per tonne on October 26, incl...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices dropped slightly on Monday October 26 on high, but declining, inventories. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,700-3,730 yuan ($554-558) per tonne, down by 10 yuan per tonneChina Iron & Steel Association reported that rebar stock in China's major markets was about 6.33 million tonnes in mid-October, down by 6.2% from earlier in the month...Read More