Seaborne coking coal sold to China continued to fetch higher prices on Tuesday January 29 against expectations, sending most buyers to the sidelines. A March-laycan cargo of premium mid-vol hard coking coal was sold at $203 per tonne cfr China to an end user in northeastern China, sources told Fastmarkets during the day."We needed this specific cargo for production so the price [at $203 per tonne...Read More
Precious metals prices have the potential for a strong upside in 2019 alongside weakness in the US dollar and declining US Treasury yields, according to Georgette Boele, an analyst with Dutch bank ABN Amro.Boele told Fastmarkets that there was also casue for optimistic on platinum prices, which were "punished" in 2018 due to lower demand for jewelry in China and because diesel cars lost some marke...Read More
The auction of some Fanya Metal Exchange indium stocks on Tuesday January 29 has failed to attract any bidders, market sources told Fastmarkets. Fanya announced earlier this month its intention to auction a total of 34.64 tonnes of indium stocks it holds in its warehouses. The opening bid was 1,200 yuan ($177) per kg, not including VAT and storage fees. But both Chinese and overseas market pa...Read More
Cobalt consumers are increasing their exposure to the emerging hydroxide spot market in 2019 in response to rising supply volumes of intermediates and differing fundamentals at other points along the supply chain.Traditionally, buyers have signed annual or multi-year contracts with suppliers to secure the supply of cobalt hydroxide. In most cases, payment was negotiated and agreed by both parties...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to launch two reference prices for the cobalt hydroxide market to capture and quantify the standalone fundamentals of the cobalt intermediates market through its emerging spot trade.Fastmarkets will launch a single-figure monthly cobalt hydroxide index, and a twice-monthly cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, both on the basis of min 30% Co, cif China.Cobalt hydroxide, typicall...Read More
Vital Materials has appointed Nick Boulton as its sales and product manager, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday January 25. Boulton, who will be based in the United Kingdom in this role, holds over 30 years' experience in multiple roles across a variety of market segments including petrochemicals, fine chemicals pharmaceuticals and minor metals. Prior to joining...Read More
Higher sales prices brought slight price increases to European high-carbon ferro-chrome and imported charge chrome in China in the week ended Friday January 25 amid low activity prior to the Chinese New Year holiday. Imported charge chrome in China increases by 1.3% Domestic spot ferro-chrome prices in China stable Imported ferro-chrome into Japan, South Korea and US steady Europea...Read More
The domestic ferro-silicon market in China has been steady in the past week, consolidating a small recovery made the week before, amid low-key trading. In Europe, ferro-silicon prices fell to lows last seen in July 2017 when traders cut their offer prices to encourage buying interest amid slow demand. Chinese market holds up with supplies reduced European suppliers cut offer prices on slow demand...Read More
Low-grade manganese ore prices showed signs of recovery in the week ended Friday January 25 while high-grade flattened amid increased liquidity ahead of Chinese New Year in early February. Low-grade manganese ore prices ticked up in China, high-grade holdsPhysical silico-manganese prices hold in China, India, EuropeFerro-manganese holds globallyUS silico-manganese prices edge up Low grade mangane...Read More
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has tabled a feasibility study for its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala that states the project would produce 902,000 oz. gold over an eight-year mine life. It would cost an initial US$196 million and achieve after-tax payback in 2.1 years.The project has a US$241 million after-tax net present value at a 5% discount rate and a 34% after-tax inte...Read More
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE American: GPL) has increased the measured and indicated resource at its Topia silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico's Durango state to nearly 15 million silver-equivalent ounces.Despite mine depletion since the last resource estimate was completed four years ago, Great Panther Silver has boosted Topia's measured and indicated resource by 28% to 475,900 tonnes gr...Read More
"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGolden Mile positioned for successSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesCardinal advances at pace in Ghana SPONSOREDcardinal resourcesRevised Leonora PFS is next for KinSPONSOREDkin miningThe New Year was, by then, in full swing and Mining Journal had people at conferences in Canada and Sweden.Read More
Monetary cost is one immediate aspect of what's happened, and perhaps a minor issue.Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.52% to finish the trading week at 604.56.A new discovery at Goldsource Mines' Eagle Mountain gold project in Guyana sent the junior explorer's shares surging 117% or $0.07 to $0.13 and made it the week's most heavily traded stock. Results from the first two diamond drill holes at the Salbora target returned 6.52 grams gold per tonne over an estimated tr...Read More
British Columbia is known for its coal and copper-gold deposits, with a storied history of mining all three commodities. Now the second largest mining company in the world is hoping to add a BC copper porphyry deposit to its portfolio of development properties.Rio Tinto's (ASX, LON:RIO) Chris Welton said the London and New York-listed mega-miner is scoping out British Columbia for a copper play."W...Read More
Ontario-based Aura Resources (TSXV: AUU) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vancouver-based Minaurum Gold (TSXV: MGG) and its Mexican subsidiary to acquire an interest in the East Taviche property located in Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico.To acquire an initial 80% interest in the project, Minaurum has to issue 100,000 common shares, reimburse all Taviche project concession fees...Read More
Samarco Mineracao SA, the Brazilian mining venture that caused an environmental catastrophe in 2015, disclosed that it has been is in advanced debt restructuring talks just days after it's co-owner Vale SA suffered a similar dam rupture that has killed at least 65 people.The distressed joint venture owned by Vale and BHP Group Ltd. had reached a preliminary deal with creditors to restructure its d...Read More
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has tabled a feasibility study for its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala that says the project would produce 902,000 oz. gold over an eight year mine life. It would cost an initial $196 million and achieve after-tax payback in 2.1 years.The project has a $241 million after-tax net present value at a 5% discount rate and a 34% after-tax internal...Read More
TransCanada Corp. hired RBC Capital Markets LLC to sell a stake in the Coastal GasLink project, which would supply a Royal Dutch Shell Plc-led gas-export terminal, as the pipeline faces mounting opposition.If TransCanada moves forward with the sale, joint venture partners in the C$6.2 billion ($4.7 billion) project could end up owning as much as 75 percent of the pipeline, the company said in a fi...Read More
By 2030, the amount of installed wind power globally will more than double, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Installed solar power will quadruple.And the number of electric vehicles will increase 1,389% - to 125 million from three million - by 2030, and 3,333% in 2040 to 300 million, according to the IEA.Given that each electric vehicle requires 83 kilograms of copper and each...Read More