According to a Mineweb article, Scotiabank economist Patricia Mohr said in her monthly analysis that coking coal is set for further rises as world steel production in March at 120.3 million tons surpassed the previous peak in March 2008 of 119.9 million tons and a 30.6% increase on just one year ago. Spot prices rose [...]
For those of you finding yourself enthralled by Mother Earth’s latest hiccup, Eyjafjallajokull (and boy am I glad this is a blog post and not an on-air news summary in which I had to pronounce that), we thought we’d share some interesting facts we have stumbled upon during this past week, specifically around the carbon [...]
Canadian miner Stans Energy Corp. is carrying out grade and feasibility assessments at their Kutessay II deposit in Kyrgyzstan in the belief it could be the first major heavy Rare Earths deposit outside of China. For those of you, like me, who had to reach for the atlas to see exactly where Kyrgyzstan is here [...]
Tin is not a large market compared to copper or aluminum or indeed most of the other base metals. Nor is it as tied to the major industrial activities such as automotive or construction some 60% goes into solders and for tin plate. It is however, along with copper, the oldest metal traded on the [...]
by Lisa Reisman on April 26, 2010
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Category: Commodities, Exchange Traded Funds, Non-ferrous Metals, Precious Metals, Product Developments
Keywords: Gold, Non-ferrous Metals, Palladium, Platinum, Precious Metals, Silver
Every week or two I receive a “random inbound email from someone who happens to be passing through Chicago and would like to set up a meeting. Since many of these emails involve software or services outside our core business, I tend to ignore most of them. But when I had the opportunity to meet [...]
As we said back at the beginning of March in a MetalMiner article, ferrochrome prices are being squeezed by a tight supply market limited by power shortages in South Africa, the largest producer. Even though there have been and will continue to be substantial re-starts around the world, HSBC estimates a 26 percent increase in [...]
Today, I had the pleasure of giving a metals market outlook to the members of Prime Advantage, a co-op largely comprised of metals buyers, in Birmingham AL. On the way down, I couldn’t help but listen to a few folks gripe about Spirit Airlines’ new carry-on baggage fees going from nothing to $50 per bag [...]
“The trucks are almost an elegant affectation. Artist Lawrence Weiner was referring to his and his wife Alice’s three-story house in West Village, New York, which embodies five stainless-steel truck bodies from 18-wheelers in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Namely, they compose the large windows of the facade. And while the windows can be overlooked, [...]
