Daniel Hisshion has left his role as Asian sales director and strategic supply director at 5N Plus, Metal Bulletin has learned.His last day at the company was March 7, 2018. At 5N Plus, Hisshion was in charge of raw material supply of selenium, tellurium, bismuth and indium, and the...Read More
An overview of China's minor metals markets in the week of March 5-9 and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
The following Metal Bulletin minor metals prices changed on Friday March 9:Minor metals Bismuth MB free market, $/lb: $5.10-5.40 per lb from $5.20-5.40 Bismuth MB China domestic, yuan/tonne: 70,500-71,000 yuan per tonne from 71,000-72,000 yuan Cobalt MB free market high grade,...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Friday March 9. The exception is nickel, where prices are up by 0.2%, while the rest are lower: Zinc (-1%), tin (-0.9%), aluminium (-0.5%), lead (-0.3%) and copper prices are off by 0.5% at $6,792 per tonne.Volume has been high with 13,023 lots traded as of 07.10am London time - high volume and weak prices d...Read More
Domestic stainless steel prices in China have fallen further over the past week following losses in the nickel market. Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless CRC in the major market of Wuxi was 14,600-15,300 yuan ($2,304-2,415) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Thursday March 8, against 14,700-15,300 yuan per tonne from a week earlier. Nickel prices on the Londo...Read More
The following Metal Bulletin non-ferrous European free market scrap prices changed on Friday March 9:Aluminium scrap Floated Frag: ?,?1,270-1,300 per tonne from ?,?1,280-1,310...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for ferrous scrap products. ...Read More
Unionized workers at Antofagasta's (LON:ANTO) Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile voted to strike Friday after rejecting the company's latest offer for a collective labour agreement."Around 99% of the voting workers voted in favour of a legal strike," Federaci??n Minera de Chile treasurer Dino Saltori said in a statement (in Spanish), adding the union has 447 members.The stoppage will be the first...Read More
Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) said Friday it expects to lose about 200,000 tonnes in coal output due to an almost two-month interruption at its Elkview coal mine in British Columbia.The Vancouver-based miner, which confirmed the restart of the mine's drying complex, said repairs will cost less than $10 million, in line with previous estimates.F...Read More
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala will take longer than expected to decide whether precious metals miner Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO)(NYSE:TAHO) can resume operations at its Escobal silver mine, the company said.While Tahoe has not yet received the formal resolution, it said the delay is in part because the judge requires certain information that has to be provided within 15 business days b...Read More
Smart glass windows made with vanadium are capable of saving more energy by stopping thermal radiation from escaping and, thus, preventing heat loss during the winter, and by avoiding infrared radiation from the sun from entering the building during the summer.This is according to a compilation of studies made public today by VanadiumCorp Resource (TSX-V:VRB). The Vancouver-based company owns 100%...Read More
As U.S. President Donald Trump signed proclamations Thursday imposing 25 per cent tariffs on steel imports and 10 per cent for aluminium for almost every country but Mexico and Canada, other nations have expressed their desire to join the lucky duo.European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said that the EU was a close ally of the United States and should also be exempt from metals tariffs.On t...Read More
http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/Timmins, Ont.-based junior Lake Shore Gold was acquired by Tahoe Resources in 2016 in a friendly, all-stock deal valued at close to $1 billion.For Tahoe, which already had mines in Guatemala and Peru, the merger brought new gold production, exposure to a low-risk jurisdiction in an established gold camp, and diversification."The combination with Lake Shore Gold...Read More
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