The price of seaborne low-grade manganese ore managed to tick upward in the latest assessment period, which ended on Friday November 15, amid a revival in buying appetites.Fastmarkets' manganese ore index, 37% Mn, cif Tianjin, rose by 3 cents week on week to $3.28 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on November 15, the first rise recorded since late August, when the price was $5.04 per dmtu.Fastmarke...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") will release financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2019 after market close on Wednesday November 20, and host a conference call with investors on Thursday November 21, 2019 at 11:00 AM EST (8:00 AM PST).Details of the conference call:Date: Thursday November 21, 2019Time: 11:00 AM EST (8:00 AM...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce a purchase order for $950,000 has been received from a US distributor servicing cellular carriers, first responders and commercial fleets.Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile, commented, "This purchase order from a top US distributor demonstrates the growing acceptance of th...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai in the week to Friday November 15.ChinaKey drivers China's ammonium paratungstate (APT) export market softened in line with weakness in the domestic market and a depreciation of yuan. Thin inquiries in response to muted demand abroad has caused China exporters to cut their offer prices to attract business. China's domestic tungsten concentr...Read More
"We will not have any more crashes in our time." John Maynard Keynes (1927), British Economist; 1883-1946 "There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash." Irving Fisher, Sep 5, 1929, U.S. economist, statistician, inventor, progressive social campaigner; 1867-1947 "It doesn't matter whether it comes in one year or four. If you don't start preparing now,...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 15.ChinaThe domestic spot alloy price in China remained steady with producers continuing to report limited supply of 75% grade material but that demand also remains weak. The export alloy price was similarly unchanged after major Chinese suppliers refused...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday November 15. China Key drivers The antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China price fell for the second consecutive week after some of the country's suppliers slashed offer prices further to secure business amid scant inquiries from consumers. Chinese antimony consumers either procured on a hand-to-mouth...Read More
The price of seaborne low-grade manganese ore managed to tick upward in the latest assessment period, which ended on Friday November 15, amid a revival in buying appetites.Fastmarkets' manganese ore index, 37% Mn, cif Tianjin, rose by 3 cents week on week to $3.28 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on November 15, the first rise recorded since late August, when the price was $5.04 per dmtu.Fastmarke...Read More
Turkish scrap import prices have increased once again on news of a European cargo being sold at the beginning of the week, although mills were still worried about soft demand for finished long steel products, sources said on Monday November 18.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo, comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (75:25), 7,500 tonnes of a mixture of HMS 1 and plate and...Read More
Domestic auto bundle scrap prices in Turkey have increased in line with rising imported scrap values, with local ship scrap prices expected to follow soon, sources said on Monday November 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was 1,455-1,640 Turkish lira ($253-286) per tonne on Monday, up from 1,455-1,560 lira per tonne last week.Th...Read More
Now under the leadership of Tom Wendt Jr, the family owned and operated Wendt Corp has served the scrap metal recycling industry for over 40 years. Bette Kovach asks him about the growth of the business founded by his father, now chairman, in 1977 and company strategy to supply ever more demanding markets.Wendt CorpWhile still in high school, Tom Wendt accompanied his father, Thomas Wendt Sr, to a...Read More
For over a century, there's been one sector that has completely dominated the energy market: electricity.And it looks set to dominate for another hundred years.The global energy system is under transition. Finite and polluting energy resources are being replaced with new sources and solutions.But the demand for the electricity those new sources produce is ever-growing.According to a new report by...Read More
Large-scale cobalt supply from recycled electric vehicle (EV) batteries is yet to come, Tiger Pan, vice general manager of GEM Co Ltd, told Fastmarkets in a recent interview. Shenzhen-headquartered battery materials producer GEM has established 16 recycling industrial parks in over 10 provinces in China. The company recycles about 5,000 tonnes per year of cobalt, and about 10,000 tpy of nickel. In...Read More
Weeks of slow spot buying from consumers comfortable working with low stock levels has brought cheaper offers into the spot cobalt market so far in November. Competitive negotiations for 2020 long-term contracts, macroeconomic concerns and cautiousness around the pace and timing of an uptick in cobalt usage by the battery sector have also created more reserved sentiment, market sources told Fastma...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. After its 3.9% run-up over the prior two weeks, the INK CIN added a further 15.2 points or 1.3% to close at 1158.71, achieving a new 52-week closing high.RSI rose 8% or 6.2 points to strike 80 on the button. MACD fell 2 points to 3.6.Support moves up to 1140 and 1150. Resistance rises to...Read More
Export prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil from the Commonwealth of Independent States have increased in line with the global uptrend, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday November 18.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel HRC, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $390-405 per tonne on November 18, up from $375-385 per tonne fob a week ago.Several sales of Russia-origin material were made to Turk...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in Asia continued to gain last week, forcing buyers to restock after several months of hesitation. Fastmarkets' assessment for steel HRC import, cfr Vietnam, which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm re-rolling-grade SAE1006 HRC and equivalent products sold into Vietnam, was $443-445 per tonne cfr for the week ending Monday November 18, up $5-13 per tonne from a week earlier.India...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices regained more upward momentum on Monday November 18 on a drop in supply.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,610-3,630 yuan ($515-518) per tonne, up 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,570 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneTrading activity in both northern and eastern China remained robust during the day, with buyers still restocking amid short supply,...Read More
More rebar producers in Egypt have increased their prices with effect from Sunday November 17, following the moves of other mills that announced higher prices last week, Fastmarkets has learnt.Egyptian rebar producer Garhy Steel is now offering rebar at E ?10,000 ($619) per tonne ex-works, up from the previous E ?9,600 per tonne ex-works, including 14% VAT.El Marakby Steel's rebar price is now E ?...Read More
Import prices for rebar sold into Singapore maintained their upward trend in over the past week amid China's strengthening market.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis - was $430-435 per tonne on Monday November 18, up $5-10 per tonne from a week earlier.Qatari r...Read More