Tsingshan Group has lowered its tender price for September-delivery ferro-chrome to 9,995 yuan ($1,543) per tonne, the Chinese stainless steelmaker said on Wednesday August 25.The tender price is 800 yuan per tonne (7.41%) lower than what the eastern Chinese mill - the country's largest ferro-chrome buyer - had sought for August-delivery material.While lower than the previous month's 13-year high,...Read More

A new way to control the motion of bubbles from researchers at New York-based Columbia Engineering might one day help separate valuable metals from useless dirt using much less energy and water than today.When mining for metals such as copper, used in most electronics, and the lithium used in many batteries, only a tiny fraction of the mined material is useful metal, with the vast majority just us...Read More

GR Silver Mining (TSXV: GRSL; US-OTC: GRSLF) delivered the first 43-101 compliant resource estimate for its Plomosas project in Sinaloa, Mexico.The resource estimate at Plomosas includes two areas - the former Plomosa mine and San Juan. The estimate included 80 new drill holes from surface and underground drilling this year, as well as 476 historic drill holes representing a total of 100,672 m...Read More

Great Bear Royalties (TSXV: GBRR), which was spun out of Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) in January 2020 and listed in April 2021, has "one of the top 20 gold royalty assets in our coverage universe," according to Canaccord Genuity mining analyst Carey MacRury.The precious metals royalty and streaming company has a 2% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Great Bear Resources' Dixie...Read More

Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's No. 1 copper producer, has broken ground at the US$1.4 billion expansion of the Salvador copper mine, which will extend the productive life of the aging operation by 47 years and increase output by almost 50%. The Rajo Inca project will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an underground mine to an open pit. "Until now this division dep...Read More

Western Australia-based Star Minerals says it is close to launching an initial public offering with the goal of funding the development of the advanced Tumblegum South gold project.According to the company, US$800,000 has already been pledged and the expectation is that capital raising will continue to grow given the most recent performance in the gold market.Tumblegum South is located about 40 km...Read More

St. Anthony Gold (CSE: STAG; US-OTC: MTEHF) has new assays from its St. Anthony gold project in the Kenora-Patricia mining district of Ontario.Drillhole SA21-18 returned the best results. It cut 3.7 metres grading 42.68 grams gold per tonne from 327.3 metres downhole, including 314 grams gold per tonne over 0.5 metre from 327.3 metres. It also cut 1 metre grading 109.6 grams gold per tonne start...Read More

Prices for containerized steel scrap imported into Taiwan remained flat on Wednesday August 25, but sources said the outlook in the market was shaky for the coming month.Taiwan buys containerized scrap at $440 per tonne in recent dealsWide bid-offer gap cfr China scrap persistsDeal at lower price heard for shredded scrap to IndiaTaiwanThere were transactions concluded at $440 per tonne cfr Taiwan...Read More

Slower spot activity prevented any changes to the US Midwest aluminium premium although deals were still concluded at high end of Fastmarkets' assessment range on Tuesday August 24.While a lack of market liquidity combined with slow demand kept European and Asian premiums static, Brazilian premiums rose slightly thanks to higher offers.US Midwest market flat after reaching record highPremiums in E...Read More

Participants in the seaborne alumina market have an increasingly bullish outlook for prices amid operational disruptions at the Jamalco refinery in Jamaica following a fire on Sunday August 22.The fire started at refinery's separate powerhouse, which produces the energy needed for the refining of alumina at the plant.Though a full assessment of the damage has yet to emerge, market participants are...Read More

Gold stocks have underperformed so far this year but the group's fundamentals remain attractive as inflationary pressures continue to build and monetary policy remains dovish. Additionally, the increase in coronavirus case counts increases the chances of more stimulus. Finally, gold tends to outperform during periods of economic and political turmoil as we seem to be going through now. Below, w...Read More

The TSX offers a decent selection of strong, generous, and stable dividend stocks, offering a broad spectrum of yields at any given time. A strong yield, while not the only “factor” you should consider in a dividend stock, is usually the deal maker or breaker. The sustainability of yield and growth potential (yield and capital) are also essential factors to consider when picking from s...Read More

Dear Outsider,Have you ever talked with someone really important, and they made you feel really small? Well, I recently had the most ridiculously exaggerated version of that encounter that you could imagine. Not only was the man I met with a millionaire businessman, a global icon, and a fixture on television... He was also seven-foot-one.That's right, I just spent an afternoon with Shaquille O'N...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday August 26 that are worth another look.Fastmarkets has plotted the locations of the continuing and proposed projects for the decarbonization of the European steel sector.The striking workers union at...Read More

Brazil's Companhia Brasileira de Alum?-nio (CBA) expects to finish a feasibility study for its Rondon bauxite mine by year-end 2022, but will need a strategic partner for the operation's start-up, the aluminium company said on Thursday August 26."We expect this process to develop for around 18 more months, or until the end of next year," chief financial officer Luciano Alves said in a press confer...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesAug 26, 2021"People in a cult don’t know they’re in a cult. But everyone else can tell." Oliver Markus Malloy Results of the study: COVID-19 vaccines designed to elicit neutralising antibodies may sensitise vaccine recipients to more severe disease than if they were not vaccinated.We are in the midst of the largest assault on liberty in the history of the...Read More

Commodities merchant IXM, wholly owned by China Molybdenum Co Ltd (CMOC), is close to announcing its acquisition of warehousing and logistics firm Access World from Glencore, people familiar with the matter told Fastmarkets.The situation is still fluid - there are other bidders for the business - but a deal is expected to be announced imminently, the people said.Glencore, which declined to comment...Read More

Commodities merchant IXM, wholly owned by China Molybdenum Co Ltd (CMOC), is close to announcing its acquisition of warehousing and logistics firm Access World from Glencore, people familiar with the matter told Fastmarkets.The situation is still fluid - there are other bidders for the business - but a deal is expected to be announced imminently, the people said. Glencore, which declined to commen...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price movesDalila Ouerghi and...Read More

A summary of Chinese battery materials producer GEM's financial and production results for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as released by the company on Thursday August 26.In brief GEM's annual capacity of ternary precursor materials totaled 130,000 tonnes at the end of June, unchanged from the end of last year. The company has shifted production focus to nickel-rich ternary precursor material...Read More