Spot cobalt hydroxide payables edged higher in the first half of the week, supported by tight supply and firm bids.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China rose to 65-67% of the standard-grade metal price (low-end) on Wednesday June 24, compared with 65-66.5% on June 19. Spot liquidity was thin ahead of China's Dragon Boat Festival holiday (June 25-27), though a numbe...Read More

Cobalt continued to trade around 10-month lows in the first half of the week, with sellers happy to take lower prices to keep material flowing through their books. Fastmarkets' price assessments for cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, and cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, both held at $14.15-14.65 per on Wednesday June 24, stable from the previous day, but both down from $14.15-14.75 per...Read More

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The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt...Read More

The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt alloy grade,...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday June 24 pricing session in Shanghai.Key drivers Cobalt metal price in China falls amid persistently weak spot demand, while sentiment was dented following sharp falls in local futures prices so far...Read More

Broader markets were consolidating this morning, Wednesday June 24, underpinned by better economic data, but conversely held back by concerns about how the spread of the Covid-19 is accelerating in some regions; the spread in some mining countries is now a potential threat to supply.Tuesday's flash June purchasing managers' index (PMI) data shows the global economy is recovering at a better rate t...Read More

Pure Gold Mining's (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR) Red Lake mine is expected to pour first gold in the fourth quarter of this year as development progresses ahead of schedule.The company has purchased 95% of the major equipment items for the site and completed 1,285 metres of underground development at an advance rate that is 60% ahead of the mine plan.Pure Gold is focusing on the construction of the main r...Read More

The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors - with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company. The ranking is based on market capitalization as of late-June.1. Ivanhoe MinesUS$4.5 billion market capitalizationWorkers at Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa-Kakula copper project, 25 km west of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of...Read More

Alexco Resource (TSX: AXU; NYSE-AM: AXU) has received a draft water licence from the Yukon Water Board for its Keno Hill silver operation, and is moving forward with plans to produce its first concentrate before the end of the year.While the draft amended and renewed water licence does not include the Lucky Queen and Onek deposits, it does include three of four deposits in the mine plan for the p...Read More

Mining the seafloor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should not start until a full evaluation of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) says.The group of academics and environmentalists believe an international moratorium on deep-sea mining is urgently needed. Otherwise, the...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has started exploration at Forum Energy Metals' (TSXV: FMC) Janice Lake sedimentary copper-silver project in northern Saskatchewan.The major is earning up to an 80% interest in the project from Forum Energy Metals, which has optioned the property from Transition Metals.Crews have begun construction of the 50 person camp on the property at Burbidge Lake.Structural, g...Read More

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