Seaborne iron ore prices continued to gain ground on Monday May 18, after a rise in steel prices over the preceding weekend.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $96.84 per tonne, up by $3.19 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $99.53 per tonne, up by $3.20 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $82.56 per tonne, up by $2.93 per tonne.65% Fe Brazil-or...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices rose slightly on Monday May 18, though most market participants maintained that premium hard coking coal prices would be stable, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $116.31 per tonne, up $0.62 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $124.10 per tonne, up $0.85 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $89.68 per tonne, up $1.12 per t...Read More

Turkish producers continued to book scrap cargoes despite weakening steel demand in the country, while Asian markets registered modest gains over the working week ended Friday May 15.Turkish mills book seven scrap cargoesUS scrap export market expecting dip in Turkish marketVietnam enters market for Japanese and US scrap Taiwanese prices remain rangebound Indian sentiment improves slightly on retu...Read More

Cobalt hydroxide payables rose slightly late last week, with sellers receiving more inquiries, although a stand-off in negotiations saw limited spot trades concluded in the second half of the week. Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, edged up to 62-64.5% of the standard-grade cobalt price on Friday May 15, compared with 62-64% at the midweek assessment. Some Chi...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in the United States, Europe and Asia for the week ended Friday May 15.China A firm domestic price, despite sluggish overseas demand, is supporting the price increase as well as higher offers in the market. The domestic supply of silicon grade-553 is very tight. Hoshine's silicon plant in Xinjiang is only operating at one third of its capacity. Many plants...Read More

Donna Vareha-Walsh, director of sales and global supply chain for Indium Corp, has been elected to serve as vice chair of the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) and take over as chair in April 2021.As vice chair, Vareha-Walsh will work closely with current chairman Simon Boon, and assume his position in April 2021 following the MMTA annual conference in Charleston, United States.Boon has been i...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe in the week to Friday May 15.Key drivers Antimony prices continue to fall on sluggish demand and limited inquiries, with some traders in Rotterdam cutting offers to secure sales. Major producer Shan Twinkling Star's production suspension had fueled recent gains...Read More

The Indian silico-manganese export price range fell 6% last week after export sales have been declining since the start of May when suppliers pushed prices higher, in line with stronger manganese ore prices and after manganese alloys production was slashed in India, Fastmarkets heard. In Europe, high-carbon ferro-manganese and silico-manganese market prices also eased amid quiet spot activity and...Read More

Ferro-silicon prices fell by almost 9% in Europe over the past week, with suppliers cutting their offer prices and doing deals well below the previous market range, sources said.Steelmakers were already rolling over quarterly settlements into the third quarter from the current quarter, suggesting quieter demand and further downward pressure on spot prices in the coming months, trade sources said.F...Read More

In April, Longview Power filed for bankruptcy. The company's main asset is its 700 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, which produces enough electricity to continuously power more than 500,000 homes.The company said the decision was taken "as a result of substantially lessened demand for electricity due to long term power-pricing pressure caused by cheap natural gas, an unseason...Read More

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 3.32% to 508.99 and gold continued to make gains, rising US$39.30 per oz., or 2.26%, to close at US$1,742.20 per ounce.Abitibi Royalties saw its share price jump $1.01 to $22.00 with news of an updated resource estimate for their New Alger royalty. The company has a 1% net smelter return (NSR) royalty at the property, which is owned by Renforth Resources. T...Read More

As decisions about reopening businesses continued to vary from state to state in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.73% to 23,685.42, while the S&P 500 dropped 2.31% to 2863.70. Meanwhile, gold maintained its lustre amid the COVID-19 pandemic as it continued to rise, ending the week at US$1,742.20 per oz., a gain of US$39.30 per oz., or 2.26%.Franco-Nevada continued to gain market v...Read More

After starting the May 11-15 trading week with some gains, the S&P/TSX Composite Index closed down 2.24% to 14,638.90. Spot gold continued to rise, ending the week at US$1,742.20 per oz., a gain of US$39.30 per oz., or 2.26%, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index advanced 4.86% to 370.32. The S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index fell 3.57% to 75.88, while the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 2.84% to...Read More

Market focus is on the annual sittings of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or "twin sessions", later this week, with the fate of ferrous supply chain prices depending on its aftermath. The annual gatherings of China's national legislature and top political advisory board are the major risk events market par...Read More

Stocks were on a tear in April, almost clawing back everything they lost in March.Much of that rally has been pinned on the hopes that lockdowns would be over and the coronavirus would be sorted in short order.But the more we hear from medical experts and more fundamentally, from the rising numbers ofRead full newsRead More

Pure Gold Mining Inc. (TSX-V: PGM, LSE: PUR) ("PureGold" or the "Company") is pleased to report mine construction activities at its PureGold Red Lake Mine in Ontario are on schedule for first gold pour before the end of the year.Work to date has proven we have a clear and precise understanding of theRead full newsRead More

"San Marco Resources is very pleased to announce it's new Strategic Investor, The Augusta Group, lead by Richard Warke, which has an industry leading track record of value creation totaling over C$ 4.5 Billion in exit transactions since 2011! Read more: https://t.co/YumSlADJhW"Read full newsRead More

Top TSX stocks at large have surged more than 30% from their 52-week lows in March. The ongoing market rally is indeed notable as the stocks have stayed strong despite recession concerns and rising tensions on the pandemic front.Interestingly, some of these top stocks could turn weak going forward while the rally could continue for some. I will cover two such TSX stocks that appear well placed in...Read More

Visible gold from Eastern Gold Zone mineralization at Perron Credit: Amex Exploration. Amex Exploration has released drill results from the Eastern Gold zone (EGZ) and Grey Cat zone (GCZ) at its wholly owned Perron property in Quebec.At the EGZ, Amex drilled a wedge hole off of a prior intercept; this drillhole returned 19.7 metres of 5.36 g/t gold starting at 805 metres downhole and includes hi...Read More

A haul truck placing ore on the leach pad at Fiore Gold's Pan gold mine in Nevada. Credit: Fiore Gold.Fiore Gold (CVE: F) has released an updated resource estimate for its wholly owned Golden Eagle project in Washington, within the past-producing Republic/Eureka mining district.Measured and indicated resources are now at 45.4 million tonnes grading 1.38 g/t gold and 6.44 g/t silver for a total o...Read More