Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in London on Friday September 25.Key drivers Antimony prices in Europe were supported by concerns about tight ore availability in China and reports of limited raw material stocks at plants, resulting in rising replacement costs for traders in Europe and the United States, especially for trioxide-grade material. Some market participants reported an uptick...Read More
The slowdown of the roll-out of fifth generation technology (5G) is continuing to weigh on the tantalum market with the concentrate price falling to a year-to-date low on Friday September 25. Fastmarkets assessed the price of tantalite, basis 25% min Ta2O5, cif China at $56-57.75 per lb on Friday, down from $57-59 per lb a week earlier and down from its year-to-date high of $65-68 per lb in May. T...Read More
The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it...Read More
The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
Key data from the Friday September 25 pricing session in London.Key driversCobalt hydroxide market steady; distributors anticipating some restocking ahead of or shortly after China's upcoming Golden Week holiday (October 1-8), and are therefore declining to...Read More
China's imports of cobalt metal hit a historical high in August after importers in the country looked to take advantage of noticeable arbitrage opportunities.A total of 1,130 tonnes of cobalt was delivered to China in August, an increase of 245% from the prior month and 421% higher than the same month of last year, according to Chinese customs data. August's volume is the highest ever in a month.T...Read More
Portside prices for both low- and high-grade manganese ore in China continued to fall in the week to Friday September 25, after ore traders cut their offer prices further in response to disappointing pre-holiday restocking activity among alloy smelters, market sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' manganese ore port index, base 37% Mn, range 35-39%, fot Tianjin, China, was 34.20 yuan ($5.01) per d...Read More
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has reported assays that returned broad intervals of near-surface gold mineralization from ten drill holes along the LP fault at the company's wholly owned Dixie gold project, in Ontario's Red Lake district.The company continues to hit gold on 50-75-metre sections along a 5-km strike of the 18-km LP fault zone at Dixie.Drill highlights include 40 met...Read More
Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO; US-OTC: LOMLF) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Tuvatu alkaline gold project in Fiji, which suggests a high-grade, 1,000-tonne-per-day underground operation.The proposed five-year mine would generate an average of 77,969 oz. gold annually, at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$713 per ounce. With an initial capital co...Read More
Australian junior Piedmont Lithium (ASX: PLL) has confirmed it has signed a sales agreement with Tesla to supply the electric car maker with high-purity lithium ore for up to ten years.Piedmont accidentally released the announcement last week, following the hyped Tesla Battery Day, but the Australian Stock Exchange said it would not publish it then.The initial five-year agreement will see Piedmont...Read More
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) is buying "substantially all" of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal's (NYSE: MT) operations in the United States in a US$1.4 billion deal that will make it North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer.Under the transaction, Cleveland-Cliffs will pay about US$505 million in cash and US$873 million in common and non-voting preferred shares.The boards of both companies...Read More
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital expenditure guidance for its Chapada copper and gold mine in northern Brazil after a power outage caused damage to all four of the operation's SAG and ball mill motors.The company said that the operation, 270 km northwest of the capital Brasilia, suffered a power outage on the morning of Sept. 27. When power was res...Read More
Central Asia Metals (LSE: CAML) has been fined ?,?65,000 (US$75,757) for a tailings breach at its Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia on Sept. 14 that leaked an estimated 8,000 cubic metres into the Kamenica River.The company estimates that 3,000 cubic metres of the spill into the 14-km-long river consists of the dam wall, with the fines and water making up the remaining 5,000 cubic metres. The...Read More
China's domestic ferrous scrap prices dropped at more rapid pace over the past week than the preceding week on a weakening finished steel market, though demand for the steelmaking raw material was stable.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap heavy scrap domestic, delivered mill China was at 2,590-2,740 yuan ($379-401) per tonne last Friday September 25, down by 80-100 yuan per tonne...Read More
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