The price of austenitic stainless steel scrap prices in Europe moved slightly higher in the week to Friday May 22 on scarce availability despite demand remaining at low levels, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK assessment was ?750-800 ($916-977) per tonne on Friday, up by ?20 per tonne on the low end from ?730-800 pe...Read More

The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India in containers was largely unchanged on Friday May 22, with the country looking to re-enter the market, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated the steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $266.67 per tonne on Friday, little changed from $265.50 per tonne one week before.Trading in the country has been almo...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices dipped slightly on Friday May 22 with the opening of China's twin sessions, in which, for the first time since 1994, no gross domestic product growth target was set by the Chinese government. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $97.65 per tonne, down $0.61 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $100.28 per tonne, down $1.35 per tonne. 58% Fe...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged on Friday May 22 due to mixed news emerging from a meeting of policymakers in Beijing.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,560-3,590 yuan ($500-503) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) - weekly assessment: 3,550-3,600 yuan per tonne, up by 130-140 yuan per tonne Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in the morning that there would not be a gross...Read More

Eastern China's hot-rolled coil prices narrowed downward on Friday May 22 after the Chinese government decided for the first time to drop its gross domestic product growth target for this year.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,560-3,570 yuan ($500-501) per tonne, narrowed downward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,510-3,520 yuan per tonne, unchangedPremier Li Keqiang confirmed at...Read More

A 14,350-tonne fresh cancellation of aluminium in London Metal Exchange-approved Asian sheds, as of 9am on Friday May 22, kept the metal's three-month price above thepsychological level of $1,500-tonne.The light metal's LME three-month contract was trading at around $1,506.50 per tonne during morning trading, down from the previous day's $1,521-per-tonne close.LME aluminium futures breached $1,500...Read More

Broad markets were weaker this morning, Friday May 22, led by a 4.8% fall in the Hang Seng; base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board. Given the dire economic situation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last thing the global economy needs is an escalation in the United States-China trade war that the latter's plans to...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves.Read More

An overview of the Chinese minor metals markets and the reasons for their latest price moves. Read More

The price of stainless steel in Europe was stable in the week to Friday May 22, but mills are expected to announce significantly higher alloy surcharges for June next week after Outokumpu published higher figures on its website this week.Outokumpu, which traditionally is the first to announce new surcharges each month, said its June alloy surcharge for grade-304 flat products will be ?,?1,363 ($1,...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The Covid-19 pandemic and the associated impacts on steel production, mining and manufacturing activity, end-use consumption, and trade and transportation continue to dominate ferro-alloy markets. US steel mills are operating at around 50% of capacity, with similarly low operating rates evident in Europe as well. Chinese ste...Read More

The inter-merchant spot price for light iron scrap in the UK has been steady over past week and unchanged in May, supported by lower scrap arisings and material being delivered into yards amid a slowdown in heavy industry manufacturing, sources said.Market support looks likely in the near term as competition for scrap looks firmer among some major shredders for feed. While there is slower trade at...Read More

Traders dealing in containerized steel scrap are battling expensive freight rates, while holiday banking closures in Pakistan are causing additional concerns in the market.Container freight rates for scrap have continued to increase in recent months due to factors such as a renewed tightness of containers following bottlenecks at ports, together with shipping lines looking to recoup some of their...Read More

Prices for heavy melting scrap (HMS) imports in Taiwan have risen only slowly over the past seven days and may have peaked, sources said in the week to Friday May 22.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized cargoes of steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20), US material import, cfr main port Taiwan, was $230-232 per tonne cfr on Friday, unchanged from Thursday May 21 having widened at the h...Read More

Demand for ferrous scrap imports in Vietnam faded toward the latter part of this week after sellers raised their offers from Thursday May 21 onward.Bids for bulk cargoes of Japanese H2 scrap were at $245 per tonne cfr southern Vietnam this week, with offers at $250 per tonne cfr southern Vietnam at the start of the week.There was a transaction at $248 per tonne cfr southern Vietnam to a Vietnamese...Read More

Retirement should be about comfort and peace of mind. Investors lining a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or other retirement fund should be looking at low-risk stocks to hold for the long term. But which names can offer defensive growth in the current market? Today, we will take a look at two TSX stocks that can go the distance, covering consumer staples and natural resources.The consume...Read More

Across the world, governments have unleashed an historic amount of cash to stem the tide of economic chaos. A flood of freshly printed currency could trigger an issue investors haven’t had to deal with for decades: inflation. Printing moneyAs commercial activity remains suspended and unemployment hits a record-high, governments have launched stimulus programs to support citizens. C...Read More

The recent market rally might have put the stock market crash at the back of investors’ minds.On closer examination, the TSX stock market crash earlier this year saw the TSX index trading about a third lower. Right now the market has only bounced back 27%, which is not even close to the previous high.Although the businesses in parts of Canada, like British Columbia and Alberta are progressiv...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold discusses a company with 33 projects in the Yukon. Recently billionaire Eric Sprott added a multi-million dollar vote of confidence to that of Agnico Eagle and Kinross in the Yukon based amalgamation of all the projects of Shawn Ryan named White Gold Corp. (WGO:TSX.V; WHGOF:OTCMKTS). That now makes an even three entities that actually understand the magnitude of what White...Read More

The move of a lifetime isjust beginning!The senior mining companieshave led this rally for the past year. In the metals sector you get leadershiprotation from bullion, silver, senior miners, and junior miners. Silver and thejunior miners have yet to break out of their 2016 highs, but it's coming. Webelieve the junior miners will be next and break through the elusive $52 level. Once this price is b...Read More