Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) plans to ship its first cargo of the high-grade iron ore concentrate product from its Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in Western Australia by mid-2022.The project will be able to produce iron ore at a rate of 22 million wet metric tonnes (wmt) per year or 20 million dry metric tonnes (dmt) per year once it reaches full capacity within the 12 months to mid-2023, the miner...Read More

Physical iron ore prices were range-bound on Thursday April 4 after spikes earlier in the week, with China entering a long weekend from Friday to Sunday for the Tomb Sweeping Festival.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $92.90 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $92.02 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $95.53...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices were steady on Thursday April 4 ahead of a holiday in China.On the Global Coal trading platform, a May-laycan cargo of premium hard coking coal in the premium segment was offered at $205 per tonne fob Australia during the day, while bids were made at $195 per tonne fob. A day earlier, a similar cargo was traded at $198 per tonne fob Australia. Elsewhere, a...Read More

The official end of the winter heating season in China - the world's largest iron ore consumer - a few days ago has coincided with a pick-up in market interest in the price spreads between different grades of the steelmaking raw material.On Monday April 1, a total of 350 lots of the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) 65% Fe iron ore cfr China futures contract were cleared and traded. The following day, 2,...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil exporters maintained their offers amid domestic price gains on Thursday April 4, despite low demand among overseas buyers.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,890-3,900 yuan ($580-581) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,840-3,860 yuan per tonne, up 50 yuan per tonneDomestic prices continued to receive support from the strengthening iron ore market ups...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange edged lower during morning trading on Thursday April 4, hindered by poor risk appetite among European investors while a slump in German industrial production continues to indicate economic uncertainty. Over the March period, German industrial orders fell by 4.2% which is the sharpest fall since January 2017. Concerns over the health of the German eco...Read More

Zinc prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange outperformed with an increase of 1.1% during morning trading on Thursday April 4 amid optimism over US-China trade talks and the metal's solid fundamentals.Hopes of an imminent trade deal between the United States and China had boosted sentiment across commodities markets, including those for the base metals, on Wednesday. "Sentiment in the base metal s...Read More

With the annual Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) conference kicking off on Tuesday April 9 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fastmarkets looks at the price moves in the minor metals complex since last year's conference. There is a general bearish mood in the minor metals complex heading into the conference this year in contrast to last year's multi-year highs set in most of the markets. Most of the min...Read More

Cobalt market participants have been keeping an eye out for potential non-industrial buying, such as stockpiling from China's State Reserve Bureau (SRB), since global metal prices slid to two-year lows at the beginning of this year.A spotlight has been cast on the Chinese bureau ever since it carried out extensive research into major Chinese producers' products and output in the first quarter of t...Read More

Cobalt trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per lb on an in-warehouse basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for standard-grade cobalt, in-warehouse, $ per lb Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for alloy-grade cobalt, in-warehouse, $ per lb In light...Read More

Metals traders in Switzerland are feeling the brunt of a pullback from trade financing activities by banker Credit Suisse, after a 2018 deal turned sour and left the bank less keen to be exposed to the high-risk, low-margin commodities business.The Zurich-based bank is a principal supplier of financing to Switzerland's commodities trading community, from crude oil to copper concentrates to alumini...Read More

China's stainless steel sellers cut their prices over the past week following the reduction of the country's value-added tax rates. Fastmarkets MB's domestic price assessment for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,400-14,800 yuan ($2,145-2,205) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Wednesday April 3, down 100 yuan per tonne from a week earlier.The VAT...Read More

Most refined cobalt used in the electric vehicle market is produced in Asia, but First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC FTSSF) intends to start refining the metal into battery-grade cobalt sulphate at its refinery in Ontario, after positive test results at SGS's lab in Lakefield that replicated the refinery's circuits and flowsheet.The product, refined in a single batch in the lab, assayed 20.8% cobalt,...Read More

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While a casual glance at lists of stocks trading at 52-week lows usually comes up with at least a few metal and mining stocks, this one industry seems to dominate today's list of low-flying tickers, with a slew of miners trading at year-long lows. The following TSX index stocks represent some of the bigger cap miners with moderate to strong sell signals.Two big-name precious metals stocks are goin...Read More

Between 1973 and 2008, just prior to the U.S. housing crisis, the price of a barrel of crude oil rose from under US$3 to over US$160, marking a gain of 5,200%Yet science continues to show us that the consumption of fossil fuels is doing irreparable damage to our ecosystems and the environment, and with billions of dollars being directed at clean energy technologies, some experts are forecasting th...Read More

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Bob Moriarty ArchivesApr 5, 2019Anaconda seems to release a barn burning set of drill results about once a month. They get ignored every other day. Go figure. . . Latest results came out on April 4, 2019showing 42.85 g/t gold over 3.8 meters and another intercept of 9.83 g/t gold over 3.5 meters.From a technical point of view, assays such as that are called BFD results. One day down the road some...Read More

Ncondezi will put around US$1.5 million into the sector through a joint venture, funded with $2.48 million placing and subscription in London.The company said the JV with GridX was complementary to its eponymous coal project."The company … believes the move into the [commercial and industrial] solar and battery storage sector represents a significant opportunity for the company to complemen...Read More