Export prices for steel billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States surged on Tuesday February 23, with several cargoes sold at higher prices to Turkey.Turkish customers accepted price increases for billet because of the continuing uptrend in the sector, based on import scrap and local billet prices.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turk...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed, although copper prices on both exchanges remain strong this morning, Tuesday February 23, while tightness on the LME dominates.There are cross currents flowing through the market; sentiment is strong while people look forward to a super-charged economic recovery once vaccines allow a return to a more normal w...Read More
Charter Communications (CHTR), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $593.09 extending an intermediate downtrend.Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $735.64 completing a double top pattern.Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $84.61 extending an intermediate downtrend.MercadoLibre (MELI), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $1,700.00 completing a double top patter...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have continued to strengthen in line with increased demand and rising freight costs, market sources said on Tuesday February 23.The most recent transaction was on February 20, when a steel producer in northern Turkey booked a US cargo at prices of $440 per tonne for shredded and $445 per tonne cfr for bonus.The transaction raised the daily scrap indices by more...Read More
A summary of production figures and financial results from Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020, as stated in its earnings report published on Monday February 22.In brief Power shortages and the stoppage of the No2 blast furnace at the Presidente Vargas mill (UPV) until mid-November drove slab output down during the fourth quarter. Sl...Read More
A sustained rally in oil prices has contributed to a recent spike in freight rates for bulk shipments of steel products, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 23.Brent crude oil prices have risen by 74.5% since late October 2020 and even surpassed $65 per barrel on February 22, making the fueling of a vessel an increasingly expensive task.Waning bulk vessel availability is exacerbating the...Read More
Iron ore prices went into reverse on Tuesday February 23 amid a correction after the surge on Monday, sources told Fastmarkets, but robust demand means prices should not fall much further.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $173.05 per tonne, down $2.91 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $173.52 per tonne, down $2.46 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qi...Read More
Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in both the fob and cfr markets fluctuated on Tuesday February 23, while most market participants, uncertain where prices will go, adopted a wait-and-see attitude, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $138.78 per tonne, up $1.73 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $220.28 per tonne, down $3.11 per tonne Hard cokin...Read More
Major steel producer and importer China is more interested in importing steel billet compared with ferrous scrap this week, market sources told Fastmarkets on February 23."Many Chinese buyers are in the market bidding for steel billet rather than ferrous scrap, especially with lingering concerns over whether the next few cargoes scheduled to discharge in Chinese ports can clear customs checks," a...Read More
- Company expands its outreach in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the CK Gold Project- Opens a new office in Cheyenne in effort to start a long-term engagement aimed at economic and employment benefits for the communityCHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) (the "Company"), a gold exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the opening of its office in...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices softened on Tuesday February 23 amid falling futures, weak demand and destocking pressure. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,600-4,620 yuan ($712-715) per tonne, narrowed downward by 20 per tonne Buyers submitted lower bids for rebar during the day and only bought from sellers who were under pressure to sell due to high stock levels.An industry analyst noted that ma...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed, although copper prices on both exchanges remain strong this morning, Tuesday February 23, while tightness on the LME dominates. There are cross currents flowing through the market; sentiment is strong while people look forward to a super-charged economic recovery once vaccines allow a return to a more normal...Read More
Latest analysis from recent activity on the CME Group's cobalt metal futures contract, cash-settled against Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam. Key data February 16, 2021, 20 tonnes (5 tonnes July, 5 tonnes August, 5 tonnes September, all at $23.10 per lb; a further 5 tonnes for August at $24 per lb) February 10, 2021, 30 tonnes (5 tonnes each for July to Dec...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs...Read More
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has released an initial resource estimate for the Ormaque deposit within its Lamaque operation in Quebec. The deposit, halfway between the operating Lamaque-Triangle mine and the Sigma processing facility, includes 2.6 million inferred tonnes at 9.53 grams gold per tonne, and contains 803,000 gold ounces. Ormaque is also next to an ore haulage decline that is un...Read More
Toronto-based gold and copper producer Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) has announced the results of a prefeasibility study on its Timok gold project in Serbia, as well as the decision to go ahead with a feasibility study.The latest engineering study outlines an 8-year, approximately 6,925 tonne-per-day heap leach open pit mine, producing an average of 80,000 gold oz. annually in its first six ye...Read More
Copper was already trading near eight-year highs in January but prices for the red metal surged again in mid-February, with March contracts reaching US$4.12 per lb. on Feb. 22 - nearing an all-time high of US$4.58 per lb. in 2011, as investors bet that supply tightness will increase as the world gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. Natalie Scott-Gray, a senior metals analyst at StoneX...Read More
The U.S. state of Nevada is the new most attractive region for mining investors, replacing iron ore-rich Western Australia in the 2020 survey of resource and exploration companies released today by the Fraser Institute.The new version of the think-tank's popular ranking is based on answers from 276 participants, which provided sufficient data to evaluate the overall investment attractiveness of...Read More
This week's episode features Rio Tinto's conference call with new CEO Jakob Stausholm, who outlines his vision for the company after 'a year of extremes' in 2020. The call also includes Interim Chief Financial Officer Peter Cunningham, who gives an update on the fundamentals of the world's second-largest miner. This week's Mining Minute features Micromine's Derek Cooper, General Manager for North...Read More