The inter-merchant spot price for light iron scrap in the UK was unchanged in the week ended Friday November 29, based on a steady increase in European export prices to Turkey and regular demand from major British shredders, trade sources told Fastmarkets.In the near term, year-end holidays in the UK and across Europe, as well as winter conditions, were expected to underpin or possibly raise scrap...Read More
Austenitic alloy steel scrap prices in the UK domestic market were largely stable this week because low demand was matched by dwindling supply, sources said on Friday November 29.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel scrap 316 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, was ?1,170-1,250 ($1,512-1,615) per tonne on November 29, widening upward by ?20 per tonne and returning to the level...Read More
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The export price for Brazilian steel slabs continued its uptrend during the week ended Friday November 29 with more expensive offers to North America starting to be accepted, market participants told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, at $360-380 per tonne on Friday, narrowing upward from $355-380 per tonne a week before. The midpoint was at it...Read More
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Indian domestic secondary billet prices continued to be subdued during the week ended Friday November 29 with makers of long steel products reducing their purchases of semi-finished material.The price of steel billet domestic, exw India, assessed by Fastmarkets on November 29, dropped by 100 rupees per tonne week on week to 26,000-26,200 rupees ($364-367) per tonne, compared with 26,100-26,300 rup...Read More
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Prices in the CIS export billet market continued to climb in the last week of November, supported by the continuing uptrend in the international scrap market.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $390 per tonne fob Black Sea on Friday November 29, against $384 per tonne on Monday.Offers of CIS-origin billet were scarce because mills' allocations for December rollin...Read More
The Canadian company accomplishes this by completing the requisite expenditures and drilling on the property. Aben's Forrest Kerr Gold ProjectAben Resources Ltd. (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) announced in a news release it completed the drilling at the Forrest Kerr project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle required by a 2016 option agreement and, thereby, earned full ownership of the property.The...Read More
The hit is in a previously untested area, north of the existing resource estimate. Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTC; 35D:FSEQB) drilled the highest grade gold intercept so far at its Wicheeda rare earth elements (REEs) project near Prince George, Canada, it announced in a news release. That result was an interval of 4.43% light rare earth oxides (LREOs) over 83 meters (83m) of drill co...Read More
This is the first step in planning a 2020 exploration program for the asset. Black Tusk Resources Inc. (TUSK:CSE; BTKRF:OTCMKTS; 0NB:FSE) announced in a news release that it began compiling data on McKenzie East north of Val d'Or, Quebec now that its acquisition of the project closed. The company is reviewing the results of the past exploration work on McKenzie East, which was limited, to develop...Read More
The mineralization is extended downdip. Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TXG:TSX) reported in a news release drill results from the Sub-Sill deposit at its El Lim?n Guajes complex in Mexico.Four intercepts are highlighted from the most recent batch of results. Hole SST-156 returned 35.1 grams per ton (35.1 g/t) gold over 6.1 meters (6.1m). Hole SST-139 showed 21.6 g/t gold over 3.5m. Hole SST-139 demon...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 29EuropeThe European ferro-silicon spot price climbed by about 2.5% over the week after jumping by more than 7% in the previous week - supply worries have boosted trading activity. One deal for 500 tonnes was reportedly sold to a consumer by a trader at ?,?960 per tonne although deals at th...Read More
The price of grade-304 stainless steel flat products in Europe widened downward this week in anticipation of much more substantial decreases in December, when mills were expected to bring into effect significantly lower alloy surcharges, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 29.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade-304, transaction domestic, delivere...Read More
Monthly European alloy steel surcharges have plunged for December because of lower nickel and molybdenum costs, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 29.Fastmarkets' December range for the stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, alloy surcharge, domestic, Europe was ?,?1,579-1,608 ($1,738-1,770) per tonne, down by ?,?114-122 per tonne from the November values. December...Read More
U.S.-China trade tensions remain highStocks took a hit in today's low-volume, holiday-shortened session to close out November. The Dow shed more than 121 points at its session lows, as investors unpacked the latest U.S.-China trade tensions and the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season. Despite today's drop, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all posted solid weekly wins. And on top of that,...Read More