Restrictions on steelmaking in China that are more stringent than had been expected meant that both iron ore demand and prices were reduced on Tuesday September 24.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.83 per tonne, down by $3.29 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.22 per tonne, down by $3.29 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $88.84 per tonne,...Read More
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Bearish sentiment continues to grip the seaborne coking coal market, where prices fell to a three-year low this month.Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $128.19 per tonne, unchangedPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $153.98 per tonne, down $1 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $122.50 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $132.76 per tonne, unchangedLow-vol PCI, fob DBCT: $98...Read More
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U.S. equity indices moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news that U.S./China trade negotiations will resume on October 7thBlackberry dropped $0.81 to $6.70 U.S. after reporting lower than consensus fiscal second quarter revenues.Autozone added $0.30 to $1,147.56 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter...Read More
Ongoing steelmaking restrictions continued to support prices for hot-rolled coil in China on Tuesday September 24.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,660-3,670 yuan ($515-516) per tonne, narrowing upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,600 yuan per tonne, unchangedSpot prices remained largely at Monday's levels amid optimism due to the emergence of more details surrounding steelma...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices continued their upward on Tuesday September 24 amid sustained bullishness. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,700-3,730 yuan ($521-525) per tonne, up 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,590-3,630 yuan per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneShort-term production restrictions in Hebei province's Tangshan city and in Shandong province continued to provide support to s...Read More
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange increased during morning trading on Tuesday September 24, with the price climbing against a fresh cancellation of over 21,000 tonnes while the rest of the complex declined amid light turnover.Copper's three-month price was recently at $5,805 per tonne, climbing up by just 0.2% from Monday's close at $5,778 per tonne but breaching nearby res...Read More
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were largely in negative territory during the morning trading session on Tuesday September 24 after renewed concerns about a weak global economy dampened investors' appetite for commodity investment. These concerns were reignited following the release of disappointing manufacturing data from across Europe on Monday."The euro area manufacturing pu...Read More
Dear Rich LiferLast week, I explained why Elizabeth Warren's plan for Social Security - while philosophically flawed - at least made more sense than Andrew Yang's "freedom dividend" plan.But let me tell you, Beto O'Rourke's plan to forcibly buy back all the AR-15 and AK-47 rifles in the United States takes the cake as the most outrageous proposal we've heard from a Democratic candidate.It doesn't...Read More
Belgium-based battery-materials manufacturer Umicore has reached a multi-year supply agreement with South Korean battery maker LG Chem for nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathode materials, Umicore said on Monday September 23. Under the agreement, Umicore will supply LG Chem with a total of 125,000 tonnes of NCM cathode materials over several years, starting from 2020. The companies did not reveal t...Read More
A continental effort to limit the of single-use plastics is already encouraging an increase in European aluminium can production, Elval executive director Constantin Catsaros said at Fastmarkets' International Aluminium Conference in Athens on Tuesday September 24. "The ban of single-use plastics is a big move," Catsaros said. "Can makers are building out in Europe; I know of at least eight new ca...Read More
White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsLean mining and the fourth industrial revolutionSPONSOREDdassault systemesShares have been flying off the shelf ever since a report - albeit commissioned by the company - outlined compe...Read More
White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsLean mining and the fourth industrial revolutionSPONSOREDdassault systemesFittingly, circular-economy advocates refer to industries as having ‘value cycles,' not ‘value chai...Read More
The downward trend in the European ferro-vanadium market continued in the week to Friday September 20, reflecting thin spot buying and continuously bearish sentiment European ferro-vanadium price slips on aggressive offers V2O5 prices follow alloy market lower Chinese ferro-vanadium export price stable in quiet spot market. US prices slide amid pressure from overseas declinesFastmarkets' price ass...Read More
Hundreds of thousands of youth around the globe protested last week against government and corporate inaction on the climate crisis.They congregated in cities on every continent - from Johannesburg to Nairobi, New York to San Francisco, Berlin to Warsaw, Lahore to New Delhi, Melbourne to Brisbane - making their voices heard in a world run by adults they say aren't doing nearly enough to curb green...Read More
Falco Resources' (TSXV: FPC) Horne 5 project contains 7 million oz. gold. It might contain just as many questions.Perhaps the biggest one is whether or not Falco will secure a fair operating agreement with Glencore (LON: GLEN), which operates the Horne smelter next-door, and essentially acts as a landlord on Falco's land package through various property agreements.Both parties met in July and agre...Read More
This episode features Miles Welch, manager of diamond secondary industry development, Government of Northwest Territories, who presented at The Northern Miner's annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium at the TMX Broadcast Centre, in Toronto, on June 20, 2019. Miles goes in-depth on the challenges of mining in the Northwest Territories, including its prohibitive costs and small workforce, and what the...Read More
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) has created a project development platform called North Spirit Discovery Group, and it hopes the resource development and finance company's first asset will be Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) and its Cariboo gold project near Wells, British Columbia.The gold-focused royalty company is offering Barkerville shareholders 0.0357 of a common share of Osisko...Read More
Drill results from Wesdome Gold Mine's (TSX: WDO) Kiena complex in Quebec have confirmed high-grade gold mineralization in the Kiena Deep A zone.The 65-sq.-km Kiena complex, 10 km from the city of Val-d'Or, includes a fully-permitted mine, a 930-metre shaft and a 2,000-tonne-per-day mill.Wesdome operated the Kiena mine from August 2006 to June 2013, during which time it produced 1.8 million ton...Read More