During the 9 to 5, 40 hour a week working life, there's not a lot of time for your passions. Between work and family obligations, you're lucky to fit in a few hours to relax and flex your creativity on the weekends.Once you retire, though, you've suddenly got an ocean of time to fill. You can totally indulge in your hobbies, and if you like, you can even use them to make some extra side cash.If yo...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices increased up over the past week in response to rising imported scrap values, sources said on Monday October 21.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was TRY1,380-1,505 ($239-261) per tonne on Monday, up from the TRY1,300-1,430 per tonne of last week.The upturn in the assessment came following rising b...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials.Latest transactions: iron oreIron oreRio Tinto, tender, 170,000 tonnes of 61% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, traded at $83.68 per tonne cfr China,...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices continued to retreat on Monday October 21 to just above $85 per tonne cfr China amid pessimism about prices and margins.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.40 per tonne, down by $0.96 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.05 per tonne, down by $0.35 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $84.24 per tonne, down by $0.69 per...Read More

Trading activity in the seaborne coking coal market was muted on Monday October 21, following last week's prices increases.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $151.77 per tonne, up $1.04 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $164.76 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $129.92 per tonne, up $4.42 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $142.29 per tonne, u...Read More

Seaborne iron ore concentrate prices fell last week, with narrower discounts, while pellet prices continued to edge upward despite pressure from rising port stock levels in China.ConcentrateThe weekly Fastmarkets index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao, stood at $95.32 per tonne last Friday October 18, down by $4.56 per tonne week on week.The daily Fastmarkets index for iron ore 65% Fe...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were mixed on Monday October 21, with those in the eastern region gaining some stability while the market in the north weakened further.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,500-3,510 yuan ($494-496) per tonne, narrowing upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,480 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneMills in northern China lowered their offer...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged on Monday October 21 despite falling futures, with steady demand providing some stability to the market. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,580-3,610 yuan ($506-510) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,550-3,590 yuan per tonne, unchangedOctober's mild weather makes it a seasonally strong month for the rebar market when it comes to demand. The retur...Read More

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during the morning trading session on Monday October 21, with a rebound in the dollar exerting some downward pressure on the complex.The US currency has recovered following a decline in the British pound after the UK parliament forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to an October 31 deadline for Britain's departure from th...Read More

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Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday October 18. ChinaKey drivers The Chinese export price for silicon was unchanged at $1,370-1,420 per tonne over past week, with sporadic deals heard within that price range.The strength in the domestic market has continued in China, with increases of around 100-200 yuan ($14-28) per tonne from last week in both the southern...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday October 18. China Key drivers  The high end of the antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China price range continued to rise after domestic suppliers increased their offer prices on lingering bullish sentiment.   Trading activities waned after some consumers retreated from the market after completing st...Read More

A wave of nationwide protests has shaken Ecuador and investor confidence in the emerging mining jurisdiction.As part of President Lenin Moreno's US$4.2-billion financial deal with the International Monetary Fund to fix the oil-exporting nation's strained finances, the Ecuadorian government announced on Oct. 2 a package of austerity measures, including an end to four-decade-old fuel subsidies.Witho...Read More

The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.30% to 542.43 during the trading week. Spot gold finished at US$1,489.60, up 80 ?.Novo Resources jumped 33 ? to $2.80. The company recently reported positive coarse gold recoveries from a bulk sample at its Egina project in Western Australia, and said the results "further confirm" its view that "surface gravels covering the vast erosional terrace at Egina have th...Read More

Cobalt sellers held firm with their offer prices last week when a round of smaller-tonnage consumer purchases made up the spot market. Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt, standard grade in-whs Rotterdam stood at $17.75-18.10 per lb on Friday October 18, narrowing from $17.70-18.15 per lb a week earlier. The assessment for cobalt, alloy-grade in-whs Rotterdam was unchanged week on week a...Read More

The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.23% to 16,377.10. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index lost 1.29% to 73.48 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index dropped 0.60% to 96.86. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.71% to 210.71, and spot gold remained relatively flat at US$1,489.60, up 80 ?.First Majestic Silver's shares jumped $1.28 to $13.46 on the back of third-quarter production results. The company...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.17% to 26,770.20, while the S&P 500 Index rose 0.54% to 2,986.20. Gold stayed relatively flat at US$1,489.60 per oz., up 0.05% for the week.Agnico Eagle Mines gained $1.96 to $54.18 per share. The gold miner recently announced commercial production at the Amaruq satellite deposit, 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank mine in the Kivalliq district of Nunavut. De...Read More

The tungsten market remained cautiously bullish in Europe and China in the week to Friday October 18 due to lingering positive sentiment and tightening concentrate supply in China. The Chinese ammonium paratungstate export price rose by 4.3% week on week in response to continued strengthening in the Chinese market, but some market participants said they expect further uptrend momentum to be limite...Read More

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