The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe and China.To view the latest price assessments, follow the links below:Europe- Ferro-vanadium basis 78% V min, 1st grade, ddp Western Europe, $/kg V- Vanadium pentoxide 98% V2O5 min, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb V2O5China- Ferro-vanadium 78% V min, fob China, $/kg V- Vanadium pentoxide 98% V2O5 m...Read More

April's UG2 chrome ore price rally was capped in the week to Friday May 1 after China's major stainless steel mills all raised their ferro-chrome tender prices by a lower-than-expected amount, while the charge chrome assessment ticked up slightly. Fastmarkets' South Africa UG2 concentrates index, basis 42%, cif China held at $147 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from the previous week. The inde...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF | FRA:WK3D) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce the Company has partnered with TASSTA, a global mission critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) software provider and end-to-end solution for critical communications. The initial opportunities to work together are in Southeast Asia.TASSTA has integrated its MCPTT application...Read More

Bluestone had announced the bought-deal offering at $1.75 per share last month and said on Friday the over-allotment option was exercised in full.Read More

Christine Keener has been appointed Alcoa's vice president of operations for Europe and North America, in a new role combining the two operating locations, Fastmarkets understands. The consolidation, effective from Friday May 1, will streamline the management of operating Alcoa's assets and ensuring alignment among common markets, the company said. Keener replaces Jean Francois Cyr and...Read More

Gold will remain firm on restarting US China trade tensions. Pre USA presidential drama has started. Trump has started blaming china for corona virus. Trump has restarted the trade war. The trade war is a political drama by Trump to divert mass attention from late reaction to CVOID crisis. There will be more such politically motivated things by Trump. Gold will remain firm till November. There c...Read More

Key data from the pricing session in Europe in the week to Friday May 1.Key drivers European antimony prices down slightly on continuing weak spot demand, despite supply-led increases in China. Over the week, only small volumes - no higher than 5 tonnes - for standard grade II material were sold close to $5,850 per tonne, with offers...Read More

The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market opened the week quietly on Monday May 4 after an expected drop in prices late on Friday May 1, sources told Fastmarkets.On Friday, a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo comprising 17,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $236 per tonne cfr, and 7,000 tonnes of bonus at $246 per...Read More

With the Chinese company to have less than a 10% stake and no board seat, AVZ won't have to get Foreign Investment Review Board permission for the deal. Yibin Tianyi will pay 4.Read More

Turkish domestic ship scrap prices went down over the past week on falling imported scrap values, sources said on Monday May 4.Deep-sea scrap import prices weakened once again on May 1, with the news of a fresh European cargo deal.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, was $242.42 per tonne on May 1, down from $258 per tonne on April...Read More

A short working week for many countries in the global scrap market, coupled with the continuing Covid-19 restrictions, resulted in a dip in demand and falling prices in the week to Friday May 1. Turkey books lower cargoes on reduced output and demand Market in United States remains flat on lack of trading Vietnam market quiet due to public holiday Demand for Taiwan scrap dips India deman...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 4 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices were mostly stable week on week in South America on Friday May 1, after deals became scarce and negotiations for June-shipment cargoes finished with low interest from clients.The European Commission's (EC) antitrust authorities granted Europe's largest copper smelter...Read More

Last week's weaker tone in the metals has flowed through into morning trading on Monday May 4, with the three-month base metals on the London Metal Exchange down by an average of 0.6%, led by a 0.9% fall in copper to $5,061 per tonne. With Japan and China closed trading volumes are thin.Market participants likely to focus on European purchasing manager's index (PMI) data and US factory orders. Bas...Read More

Today is Monday, May 4, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA), Montage Resources Corporation (NYSE: MR), and Earthstone Energy (NYSE: ESTE).Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA)Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA) is a $12.73 billion company today with a one-year return of -38.05%. Let's look at...Read More

The coronavirus epidemic has created fertile ground for scams.And it's already costing Americans tens of millions of dollars.A March memo from the U.S. Department of Justice reads:As you know. we have seen an unfortunate array of criminal activity related to the ongoing COVID~19 pandemic. Capitalizing on this crisis to reap illicit profits or otherwise preying on Americans is reprehensible and wil...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 4 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices were mostly stable week on week in South America on Friday May 1, after deals became scarce and negotiations for June-shipment cargoes finished with low interest from clients.The European Commission's (EC) antitrust authorities granted Europe's largest copper smelter...Read More

Exporters of flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were calm during the week ended Monday May 4 due to the large gap between offers and the workable level for buyers, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS was $350-365 per tonne on Monday, down by $5 per tonne from $355-370 per tonne a week befor...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK CIN rallied 39.79 points or 4.7 points to close at 884.85 for a gain of 4.7%.MACD rose 1.51 points to 11.21. RSI bolted higher, climbing 4.87 points to 55.73 (at one point reaching a multi-week high of 61.8).Support is at 846.78 (20-day moving average) and 800. Resistan...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in both Northern and Southern Europe dropped over the week ended Friday May 1 due to supply exceeding demand.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was ?,?425.63 ($467.04) per tonne on May 1, down by ?,?17.50 per tonne week on week and down by ?,?46.87 per tonne since the start of April.Friday's index was calculated b...Read More

The price of steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow was slightly lower week on week on Monday May 4 due to slow demand due to the extended Covid-19 lockdown, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Trading activity in the region has been severely hampered by the measures imposed to combat the Covid-19 virus and Russian public holidays.On April 28 Russia'...Read More