Brazil's domestic flat-rolled steel prices dropped in early June due to weak demand and currency volatility in the country.Flat-rolled steel producers have been open to negotiate prices, backpedaling on recently announced increases in order to keep volumes flowing during a time of weak economic performance.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment of the Brazilian domestic hot-rolled coil price fell to...Read More
Import prices for flat steel in South America declined last week amid a lack of deals and a weakening of the Chinese market.The Fastmarkets MB import price assessment for hot-rolled coil in the region was $535-550 per tonne cfr on Friday June 7, widening downward from $540-550 per tonne a week earlier.Import prices for cold-rolled coil in the region were assessed at $580-590 per tonne cfr, down $5...Read More
Brazilian import volumes of both flat and long steel products increased in May 2019 amid increased shipments from China and Turkey.Imports of flat steel products rose by 11.64% in May, compared with the corresponding month last year, to 129,759 tonnes from 116,235 tonnes, according to figures from the Brazilian economy ministry.Flat steel imports in South America...Read More
A further weakening of China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices on Monday June 10 led overseas buyers to bid lower for the product, resulting in sparse trading.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,810-3,830 yuan ($551-554) per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,740-3,750 yuan per tonne, down 50 yuan per tonnePrices continued to drop during the day amid losses in the futures...Read More
Steel slab import prices in Asia fell slightly over the past week because of a slowdown in parts of Southeast Asia related to the end of Ramadan, while activity in East Asia was limited by weakness in the downstream hot-rolled coil market.Market participants in the key Southeast Asian import market of Indonesia were away on June 3-7 due the Eid al-Fitr public holiday to mark the end of the Is...Read More
Russian steelmaker Metalloinvest will build a terminal for the transfer of hot-briquetted iron (HBI) and iron ore pellets at the port of Ust-Luga, the largest and deepest port on the Baltic Sea, in response to growing demand.Ust-Luga lies west of St Petersburg, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, close to the Russian border with Estonia."Metalloinvest aims to satisfy the growing global d...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone down sharply, which was expected after the mills in the country failed to sell finished long steel products to the United States, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday June 10.Two steel mills in Turkey booked three US cargoes over the weekend.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo on June 8, comprising 12,500 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) at...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have inched upward over the past week because of the recent uptick in imported scrap prices, sources said on Monday June 10.Three steel mills in the Izmir region increased their buy prices for auto bundle scrap due to the rising cost of imported material.Long steel mill Habas increased its buy price for auto bundle scrap to TRY1,715 ($294) per tonne delivered,...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices edged up on Monday June 10 amid positive buying activity and gains in the futures markets.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $101.51 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.91 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $100.31 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.91 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $105.20 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.16 per tonne. MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $92.61...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, Global Ore, 170,000 tonnes of...Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market resumed trading on a relatively quiet note on Monday June 10 with lackluster demand keeping prices largely unchanged.A shipment of mid-vol premium hard coking coal was offered at $203.50 per tonne cfr China during the day while a cargo of premium low-vol materials was offered at $206 per tonne cfr China, according to various sources.Both are scheduled for loadi...Read More
The onset of the monsoon season in India has forced a major steelmaker to offload rebar to Singapore at prices below those offered by competitors from Turkey.The weekly Fastmarkets MB import price assessment for rebar in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis - was $486-487 per tonne cfr for the week to Monday June 10, down $9-13 per tonne...Read More
The London Metal Exchange is partnering with Fastmarkets to promote the uptake of a transparent and representative global lithium price, the exchange said on Monday June 10.The partnership will pave the way for the LME to launch a lithium futures contract."In recent years there has been unprecedented price volatility in the lithium market, driven particularly by explosive electric vehicle (EV) bat...Read More
Fastmarkets - a leading source of pricing information for the global commodity markets - announces that it has been selected by the London Metal Exchange (LME) as its partner to develop the lithium price benchmark. This global strategic partnership will develop a definitive roadmap aimed at providing a pricing mechanism for lithium that can be utilized throughout the supply chain and will support...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday June 7.ChinaDomestic antimony price in China stabilizes after antimony branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) called on domestic producers to reduce output at a June 1 meeting. Most Chinese antimony suppliers either kept their offer prices unchanged or refrained from offering in response to t...Read More
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Bob Moriarty ArchivesJun 11, 2019When we first started 321gold back in 2001 I went to a lot of shows and met most of the players in the resource business. Many of the other writers felt there was something special about silver and it was going to go up far more than gold. My response was that it was a commodity and like every other commodity it would go up and it would go down. Actually when the s...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJune 11, 2019 A lot of Americans getting a myriad of government entitlements thought that President Trump would recreate the 1950s for them. If Trump had eliminated the PIT (personal income tax), capital gains tax, and corporate income tax, I’ve estimated that around $100 trillion i...Read More
Two Germany-based institutions are putting in $10 million at 9.3c per share, and are underwriting the $5 million non-renounceable rights issue set to be undertaken.Read More
I had the pleasure of talking with Rick Rule about the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium that will take place in Vancouver on July 30 - August 2nd, 2019. There will be top-notch speakers, and the living legend panel, made up of people who have built multi-billion-dollar natural resource based businesses from scratch. Each of almost 80 public company exhibitors at the conference is an issuer that i...Read More