Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap for December deliveries but only at a slow pace due to the limited demand for finished long steel products, with prices holding steady, sources said on Wednesday November 20.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo on November 20, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $261 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bonus...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices saw a slight uptick on Wednesday November 20, while some market participants are bracing for production restrictions due to bad weather and heavy pollution levels in north China.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.33 per tonne, up $0.53 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.36 per tonne, up $0.53 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumin...Read More

Steelmaking in electric arc furnaces (EAF) is already a good example of a waste-free circular economy since more than half of global steel output is being recycled, even if higher-quality materials are still produced from virgin materials and fossil-fueled processes, the president of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) said at a workshop in Bergamo, northern Italy last week. Carl de Mar...Read More

China continued to account for the bulk of the transactions in the seaborne coking coal market, with cargoes being traded in a tight price range.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $132.29 per tonne, up $0.38 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $144.07 per tonne, down $0.07 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $120.70 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingta...Read More

The three-month price of aluminium traded on the London Metal Exchange was little changed during the morning session on Wednesday November 11 despite aninflow of 13,725 tonnes of the metal into exchange warehouses as of 9am on the same day. The LME three-month aluminium price traded up a marginal 0.4% from the previous day's close at $1,738 per tonne this morning despite the stock inflow, which wo...Read More

Aluminium premiums in Europe and the United States declined further in the week ended Tuesday November 19, with the market under increasing pressure from weak demand and the backwardation in London Metal Exchange spreads. Rotterdam duty-paid premium at lowest since FebruaryUS premium holds at 20-month low after end-of-week fallLow buying interest keeps premiums in Brazil steady MJP premiums uncha...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices continued to climb on Wednesday November 20 amid sustained demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,660-3,700 yuan ($521-527) per tonne, up 10-40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,670 yuan per tonne, up 50-60 yuan per tonneIn Shanghai, HRC was sold at 3,660-3,670 yuan per tonne in the morning, but sellers raised these in the afternoon on seeing how strong...Read More

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly up during the morning trading session on Wednesday November 20, with the complex finding slight support from improved investor confidence following reports that China's central bank will loosen monetary policy to support economic growth. Market sentiment was somewhat upbeat this morning following overnight reports that the Chinese cen...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday November 20. Key drivers  Both titanium scrap turnings prices fell in the past week amid slow trading in the alloys business.  There are persistent differences reported between northern and southern European markets, with estimates below $0.80 per lb for low tin content grade from some sources. Both assessments fell by mor...Read More

Copper smelters will slow capacity expansions if market terms for copper concentrates fall to reflect a potential market deficit, Jiangxi Copper's Yuanfeng Xu said at Fastmarkets' Asia Copper Conference in Shanghai on Wednesday November 20."Right now [smelting] capacity is still increasing, so the future potential risk may come from the supply from the ore mining side," Xu, who is vice president o...Read More

In our view, the price of Gold has been systematically manipulated for years-particularly recently. We have seen sales of paper contracts being "dumped" thus boosting a false belief that gold and precious metals offer little if any potential for capital gains. Simply stated, it is a scam and a deception. Let's just suppose for a minute what would have happened if Germany had demanded immediat...Read More

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Sampson took over the CEO role in May 2018. At the time, the company was focusing on the 2 billion tonne Kola deposit in the former French colony.Read More

"We believe that the Western Australian energy and mining sectors can become world leaders in digitalisation," resources lead for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Ann Burns said. "Crucial to this is a focus on what we refer to as ‘triple zero': ideas, design and technologies that help achieve zero harm to workers and machines, zero loss across the value chain, and zero waste for sustaina...Read More

Greenstone struck an agreement with the Aroland First Nation, Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek and Ginoogaming First Nation.Greenstone GM Eric Lamontagne hailed the pact as an important milestone.The agreement formalises the partnership's commitment towards protecting the environment and supporting the local First Nations social and cultural practices, and provides for environmental monitor...Read More

The era of the internal combustion engine is ending.It's not over yet.But it is ending.By every estimate, sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles are set to continue increasing for the next decade or so.That's due to the general increase in global energy demand driven by a growing world population, increased urbanization, and economic development in second- and third-world nations.But b...Read More

U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) is a U.S. focused, junior gold exploration and development company, with two flagship assets: The Copper King gold-copper-silver-zinc project, located in Southeast Wyoming, with a robust PEA showing $178 million NPV, and IRR of approximately 33%; and Keystone and Maggie Creek - early stage exploration properties on the Cortez and Carlin Trends in Nevada. We learned f...Read More

We learned from Anthony Milewski, Chairman, and Justin Cochrane, President and CEO of Conic Metals Corp. (TSXv: NKL) that they were spun out of Cobalt 27 at the end of October, with an 8.56% joint venture interest in the Ramu Nickel Cobalt operation, in Papua New Guinea, as well as a portfolio of 11 nickel and cobalt royalties on some world-class exploration and development projects, in both Canad...Read More

David HaggithConsider this a travelogue in pictures (graphs and charts really) that presents a rather striking and comprehensive image of a nation journeying into recession. Our decline is steeper now than it was even in my retelling of economic turns during the summer and early fall.While the stock market has continued to rise (and I never said it wouldn't rise this year until and unless rece...Read More

Gary Christenson, The Deviant Investor You know the monetary drill:Commercial bankers and central bankers create more digital dollars from nothing, inject them into the economy, dollars devalue and prices rise. They issue press releases claiming they are doing a great job.Commercial and global central bankers are counterfeiting (legally). This benefits the financial and political elite. Don't e...Read More