Export sales of flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to Turkey and Asia continued at low prices during the week ended Tuesday April 14, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $360-370 per tonne on Tuesday, narrowing downward from $360-375 per tonne a week before.Russian producers sold lar...Read More

Editor's Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see our COVID-19 hub. To subscribe to Mining Journal, click herePeru had earlier extended its initial 15-day period of emergency measures from March 26 to April 12, then last week pushed this out to April 26 as the global pandemic con...Read More

Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices increased again on Tuesday April 14 because of the limited supplies coming from Europe and the United States, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $257 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $262 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $267 per tonne cfr.Another steel mi...Read More

Turkish domestic ferrous-scrap prices have continued to increase during the week to Monday April 13, in line with rising imported steel-scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey was 1,515-1,700 lira ($224-252) per tonne on Tuesday April 14, up from 1,380-1,515 lira per tonne last week.Steel producers a...Read More

India will extend the lockdown intended to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic until May 3, instead of the original end-date of April 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday April 14.In his address, Modi added that each district would be evaluated in a week's time to see if restrictions could be eased."Until April 20, every town, every police station, every district, every st...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices inched upward on Tuesday April 14, during an active day of trading at Chinese ports amid persistent worries about supply and an improving steel demand outlook.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $87.02 per tonne, up by $1.42 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $88.74 per tonne, up by $1.48 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingd...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices rebounded in Turkey in the working week ended Thursday April 9 amid tight supply in the United States and Europe, but Asian buyers mostly refused to pay the higher prices. Turkey import scrap prices rocket. Tight supply raises US export prices but low local demand reduces domestic rates. Vietnam looks to Japanese market after US offer prices rise. Taiwan raise...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices dropped on Tuesday April 14, with trading activity restricted to the Chinese market while key spot buyer - India - announced an extension to its nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $130.59 per tonne, down $2.70 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $138.63 per tonne,...Read More

Fastmarkets MB proposes to discontinue the publication of its ferrous trade logs. The publication of the following five trade logs will cease from April 24: Flat Steel Products Trade Log Long Steel Products Trade Log Semi-finished Steel Products Trade Log Steelmaking Raw Materials Trade Log Ferrous Scrap Trade Log There is no change to the publication of prices related to...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 42 points in pre-opening trade.JP Morgan gained $1.69 to $99.88 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter Net Interest Income.Johnson & Johnson advanced $4.89 to $144.66 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter earnings. The company also raise its dividend.Wells Fargo advanced $0.47 to $31.90 a...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices edged up further on Tuesday April 14 amid what was described by market participants as "good and steady" demand. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,470-3,500 yuan ($492-496) per tonne, up by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,410-3,440 yuan per tonne, up by 10 yuan per tonne Buyers actively procured cargoes during the day, which gave prices a slight upward pus...Read More

The uncertainties surrounding cobalt supply and demand in the near term amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic has led more Chinese salts smelters to take on tolling business to mitigate risk.The virus has had an unprecedented effect on the global economy with manufacturing sectors around the world forced to slow in attempts to halt its spread, a dynamic which eventually dented buying interest for...Read More

Stainless steel prices in the United States fell in April while surcharges declined and market participants reported sharply lower demand. Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for stainless steel 304 cold-rolled sheet, fob mill US fell by 2.5% to $117 per hundredweight on Monday April 13 from $120 per cwt previously, while that for 304L cold-rolled sheet fell by 2.5% to $119 per cwt from...Read More

Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has become the third major mining company to suspend its dividend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Peru-focused gold mining company's announcement follows Glencore's (LSE: GLEN) decision on March 31 to defer its decision on whether to proceed with the proposed cash distribution of US20 ? per share (about US$2.6 billion) in 2020, and Freeport McMoRan's (NYSE: FCX) annou...Read More

With Quebec Premier Fran??ois Legault's announcement on Monday declaring mining operations in the province an essential service, mines will be allowed to start back up on April 15, with additional health and safety precautions.In response, several miners have issued press releases announcing plans to restart their operations.The Canadian Malartic open pit gold mine, jointly owned by Agnico Eagle M...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesAustralia-based junior IronRidge Resources takes big picture approach in AfricaSPONSOREDironridge resources As humans, we are all subject to proximity bias, only paying attention to, or...Read More

Less than a month after National Bank Financial said it was terminating a $75 million bought-deal financing deal with SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE-AM: SLV) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mining company announced it would raise the same amount of money and possibly more through a non-brokered private placement.SilverCrest announced on April 13 that it would issue 10 million common shares a...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesAustralia-based junior IronRidge Resources takes big picture approach in AfricaSPONSOREDironridge resources Rarely, if ever, has then been such a clear demarcation between what was and...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has inked two earn-in agreements in as many days on projects in the Dominican Republic and Argentina.The gold major is earning a 70% stake in Precipitate Gold's (TSXV: PRG) Pueblo Grande project, adjacent to Barrick's Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic, and is earning a 70% stake in Golden Minerals (TSX: AUMN; NYSE-AM: AUMN) El Quevar project in Argenti...Read More

This week's episode features veteran mining recruiter Erik Buckland, senior client manager at Lincoln Strategy International. Buckland describes how the mining industry has held up relatively well compared to the rest of the economy, with mining jobs still in high demand. He also explained how new protocols have been developed to enact social distancing on mine sites, and how there has been an inc...Read More