China's hot-rolled coil producers raised export prices on Tuesday June 25 amid continual gains in the domestic market.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,910-3,920 yuan ($568-570) per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,850-3,860 yuan per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonnePrices rose further during the day with more and more participants becoming more bullish about the market.The...Read More
Turkish steel mills remained silent in the deep-sea scrap markets amid firm offers and reduced material requirements for July, sources said on Tuesday June 25.Turkey's domestic steel producers reduced their deep-sea scrap purchases last week after booking a number of cargoes for July.Producers still need some more scrap for July shipment, however, sources said, adding that this would make supplier...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials.Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreVale, tender, 100,000 tonnes of...Read More
Metallurgical coke prices in China are trending down this month, with market participants expecting further drops in the coming weeks due to steel mills' narrowing margins and ample inventories.Metallurgical coke prices have fallen by 100 yuan ($14.54) per tonne after steelmakers opposed a fourth round of price rises due to shrinking profit margins.East China's Rizhao Iron & Steel and north China'...Read More
Fastmarkets wishes to clarify the specification of the Vietnam steel scrap assessment, which is based on heavy melting scrap 1&2 of 80:20 quality.The name of this price, which from July 5 will have the symbol MB-STE-0783 exclusively associated with it, has been amended to steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20), cfr Vietnam, $/tonne. The specifications for this price are as follows:Assessment: Steel...Read More
Weakness persisted in the seaborne coking coal spot market on Tuesday June 25 with participants in both the China and ex-China segments keeping to the sidelines amid poor demand."End users' interest in seaborne coking coal cargoes is thin amid weakness in the metallurgical coke market," a Chinese trading source said.A second Chinese trader said that offers for premium low-vol hard coking coal rema...Read More
Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumThe company is a force to be reckoned with following a US$380 million recapitalisation at the end of last year led by Pala Investments. Top drawer investors include JP Morgan, BlackRock, Capital Group, CIBC and Red Kite.The action centres on the underground Pumpkin Hollow copper project near Reno, Nevada, in the Yeringto...Read More
Greenland shines brightly in the rare earth spotlightSPONSOREDgreenland mineralsBlack Rock readies for race to graphite productionSPONSOREDblack rock miningE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25Finally, a changed mining tech M&A landscapeSPONSOREDatricoAccording to Orion's bankable feasibility study, released this week, the project has an NPV post-tax of A$408 million (using a...Read More
Fastmarkets' pricing and research team answers some of the key questions raised during our web seminar, discussing recent price moves in the cobalt market and how industry developments might affect the market - and prices.If you missed it, follow this link to listen to the free recording.By what time do you estimate current excess cobalt supply to be absorbed? We expect this will happen by 2023-20...Read More
Northern China's domestic rebar prices continued to rise on Tuesday June 25 amid surging futures, though the eastern Chinese market held steady.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,900-3,950 yuan ($567-574) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,770-3,800 yuan per tonne, up 30-40 yuan per tonneTraders in Shanghai kept prices flat despite rising futures in an attempt to secure more sales.B...Read More
Ferro-silicon prices in China were stable in the week ended Friday June 21, extending a steady run in the market for a fifth consecutive week against firm Chinese futures prices and relatively limited availability in the physical market.In Europe, the market has fallen due to weak spot demand and an increasing number of quarterly deals done below ?,?1,000 ($1,139) per tonne, which has dragged down...Read More
Chrome ore prices dropped again in China and alloy prices weakened globally in the week ended Friday June 21 due to poor demand. Ore prices down for seventh week runningCharge chrome import prices weaken in ChinaAlloy prices dip in Japan, South KoreaEuropean alloy prices slumpUS market flat once again UG2 chrome ore prices in China slid for the seventh consecutive week on Friday after some suppli...Read More
For over four years on both the www.Montrealanalyst.com and www.Canadianmineanalysis.com sites, we have stated repeatedly that the brokerages and bankers have been manipulating the price of gold down to keep it down. Yes, it is illegal and if we or you engaged in the same manipulation, we would be sentenced to prison (the "Big House") for a long "stretch." We also have advised again and again...Read More
Ivanhoe said the combined proceeds of US$514 million (C$679 million) from the CITIC and Zijin Mining investments positioned it to fully finance its $550 million share of capex to bring the Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo into commercial production. The company had announced in April that CITIC would take its investment in Ivanhoe to about US$1 billion with a second inve...Read More
OPEC as we know it is dying.Don't weep - it had a good 54-year run, didn't it?Its history was fraught with infighting, backstabbing, and more cheating than you can imagine. In fact, breaking production quotas had become so commonplace within the oil cartel that it was hard to take its numbers seriously - especially given how closely members guarded their field data.Production doves like Saudi Arab...Read More
Osino Resources Corp. (TSXV: OSI) (FSE: RSR1) is actively advancing a range of gold discoveries, prospects and targets across its 7,400km 2 ground position, located within Namibia's prospective Damara mineral belt, mostly in proximity to and along strike of the producing Navachab and Otjikoto Gold Mines. We learned from Heye Daun, who is CEO, Co-founder and Executive Director of Osino Resources, a...Read More
- Stewart Thomson 1. To view what may be the most important chart in the history of markets, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Gold is breaking out of a massive inverse H&S bull continuation pattern, and that pattern itself may be the head of an even more massive pattern that targets the $3000 price area.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this...Read More
- Richard (Rick) Mills North American stock markets continued to rise on Friday, as more investors took the opportunity to jump into equities on the back of a clear signal from the US Federal Reserve that interest rates are likely heading down. The S&P 500 hit a new record on Thursday, finishing 249 points higher, or 0.9%, to 2,954. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded on Wedne...Read More
- Gary ChristensonEvery 30 - 40 years the world goes crazy, takes a deep dive into a shallow pond, dances with the devil, and resets gold internationally.In 1913:A corrupt congress created the Federal Reserve and reset gold's status. Paper currency units (bad money) eventually drove gold (good money) out of the financial system. Add WWI, the IRS, and League of Nations.In 1944 - 1949:The Bretto...Read More