China's domestic rebar market picked up amid rising futures on Monday September 2, but export prices dropped on expectations of higher production this month due to looser steelmaking restrictions in Tangshan. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,590-3,620 yuan ($501-505) per tonne, up 30-50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,580-3,600 yuan per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneRebar futures increa...Read More
Diamond miner De Beers has provided a grant of €288 999, or R4-million, to a Limpopo-based company called Erada Technology Alliance to aid in its development of a technology focused on reducing the global malaria burden.Erada is pioneering work on the world’s first-ever saliva-based rapid test for diagnosing and identifying malaria – known as Saliva-based Malaria Asymptomatic and...Read More
Domestic prices for auto bundle steel scrap and shipbreaking scrap in Turkey have decreased because of poor demand, sources said on Monday September 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was TRY1,520-1,770 ($260-303) per tonne on September 2, widening downward from last week's TRY1,580-1,770 per tonne.A number of steel mills have dec...Read More
Physical iron ore prices surged on Monday September 2 on news that Chinese mills were likely to face 'looser' production restrictions in the September-October period.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.58 per tonne, up by $5.92 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.97 per tonne, up by $5.93 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $87....Read More
Iron ore miner Tacora Resources (Tacora) shipped its first iron-ore concentrate cargo from its Scully Mine from the Port of Sept-Iles in Quebec, Canada, the company announced on Friday August 30.The MV Rio Tamara was loaded with 69,770 tonnes of high-grade iron ore concentrate - branded "Tacora Premium Concentrate" - which has more than 65% iron content, the company said.The shipment will be deliv...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices were stable on Monday September 2, after a month of sharp decreases in August. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $154.01 per tonne, unchanged Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $167.54 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.01 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $153.75 per tonne, unc...Read More
While nickel is in the spotlight, the rest of the base metals are still being pulled and pushed by the combination of higher tariffs on US imports of Chinese goods and China’s plans to support its economy with further spending on infrastructure.Chinese manufacturing data also showed mixed results with the official purchasing managers index (PMI) falling to 49.5 from 49.7, while the Caixin man...Read More
White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpBack then, Continental Gold was an early-stage exploration company yet to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange and access to the artisanal Centena mine where the Buritica project began either entailed aRead More
Seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet prices continued to fall last week amid a general decline in prices across the iron ore market.ConcentrateFastmarkets' weekly index for iron ore 66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao was at $89.25 per tonne on Friday August 30, down $3.87 per tonne from the previous week. The price movement was based on the visible market activity detailed below, w...Read More
China Minmetals Rare Earth Co Ltd has won 18,661 tonnes of antimony ingots held by the defunct Fanya Metal Exchange in an auction that ended at 10am Beijing time on Sunday September 1.As the only bidder at the auction, it came as no surprise that China Minmetals won the auction of the entire antimony stock at a price of around 546 million yuan ($76.28 million), according to the official auction re...Read More
Key data from the Friday August 30 pricing session in Shanghai and London. Key driversCobalt hydroxide payables rose in the second half of August following news that Glencore will close its copper-cobalt Muntanda mine by the end of this year.Demand increased when consumers intended to secure units before the hydroxide price...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai in the week ended Friday August 30. China Key drivers The Chinese export silicon price moved up for the second consecutive week in response to tight supply in domestic market due to increased buying from Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers who are ramping up production before China's National Day holiday (October 1-7) when prod...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue five of its precious metals prices to focus attention on our core markets. The prices being proposed for discontinuation are as follows:Platinum min 99.9% Europe Free Market $ per troy oz in warehousePalladium min 99.9% Europe Free Market $ per troy oz in warehouseRhodium min 99.9% Europe Free Market $ per troy oz in warehouseIridium ingot min 99.9% Europe Free...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe during the week ended Friday August 30.ChinaKey drivers The price for antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China, continued to soften over the week after some domestic suppliers slashed their offer prices further to encourage sales amid sluggish demand. A few Chinese antimony producers, which refused to make a further compromise on the prices...Read More
QUESTION: Hello Marty,I have a question about Gold & Silver in other currencies – namely GBP.Accepting your rational, with evidence I must say, that precious metals are a reflection of the confidence people have in their countries currency, you can see from the price of gold & silver in GBP and EURO that leading up to the Brexit referendum until now confirms this.When you look at the...Read More
Theta's triumphant return to forgotten South Africa gold rush siteSPONSOREDtheta gold minesAmani Gold fires up ambitious growth moves in CongoSPONSOREDamani goldWhite Rock ready to roll with NSW gold projectSPONSOREDwhite rock mineralsThickened tailings deposition for closureSPONSOREDsrk consultingThe biggest winner among Australia's nickel producers was Western Areas, which added A39c (15.7%)...Read More
As a recession seems to be on everyone's lips, allocation to bonds and cash keeps growing and while Institutional investors are moving further away from equities, retail investors are splurging on stocks, supported by stock buybcacks.Read full newsRead More
"BMO #nickel 2020-2024 market deficit forecast updated for the Indonesian ore export ban announcementBefore the announcement: avg. 2 ktpa deficit for 2020-24After the announcement: avg. 174 ktpa deficit for 2020-24Says BMO:Read full newsRead More
Indonesia will enforce a complete ban on the export of raw nickel ore from Jan. 1, two years earlier than planned, as the nation seeks to lock in supplies for dozens of smelters that are under construction and buttress a drive to build out local processing capacity, an official said.Read full newsRead More
[BEIJING] Goldman Sachs expects nickel prices to reach US$20,000 a tonne in three months, a level not seen since May 2014, after Indonesia said it would expedite a ban on nickel ore exports by two years to the end of 2019. Read more at The Business Times.Read full newsRead More