FT Opinion – Commodities Note: Iron ore comes of age
Article from the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/302df889-4d6c-48cb-a385-c31961dd489c by Julien Hall and Fiona Boal Once in a generation a new graduate joins that elite circle of globally recognised and traded commodities. Now widely viewed as the second most important commodity behind oil, the evolution of iron ore has mirrored the transformation of China. One of the least volatile commodities in […]
FT Article – China turns to steel to galvanise post-Covid economy
Thomas Hale in Hong Kong and Neil Hume in London The coronavirus pandemic is putting China on course to dominate global steel production to an even greater extent than before, accelerating a trend that has gathered pace for more than half a century. In April, a locked-down UK produced less than half of 1 per […]
Tungsten Outlook 2018: Will Supply Disruptions Continue? – Tungsten Investing News
Excerpt from article by Priscila Barrera, first published Dec 21, 2017 What is the tungsten outlook for the year ahead? Market participants discuss what happened in 2017 and what could be next in 2018. This time last year, analysts believed tungsten could see a recovery in prices, and their predictions turned out to be correct. The metal’s price rebounded […]
SQM’ New Deal – Positive for the Markets and Critical to the Adoption of EV’s – Kiran Morzaria, Cadence Minerals #KDNC
Aerial view shows brine pools and processing areas of SQM lithium mine on the Atacama salt flats Last week Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (“SQM”) announced (SQM, 2018) that it had ended its long-running dispute with Corporación de Formento de la Producción (CORFO). The associated agreement, which terminates in 2030, will allow SQM to […]
British Fluorspar in UK mining revival. Fluorspar market upturn projected for 2018 – Tertiary Minerals #TYM
In the wake of Tertiary Minerals #TYM landmark deal with German commodities giant Possehl Erzkontor, an article on Industrial Minerals forum Imformed.com provides further evidence of an upturn in the global Fluorspar market. Excerpt from Imformed.com British Fluorspar’s rejuvenation of the Milldam Mine in Derbyshire, UK is one of several industrial mineral developments which have […]
Roskill Fluorspar: Tertiary Minerals #TYM secures strategic tie-up with global commodities group Possehl
Tertiary Minerals #TYM of the UK has signed a memorandum of understanding with Possehl, which will see the German-based Possehl take at least 70% of commercial grade acidspar produced at Storuman in Sweden; Lassedalen in Norway; and MB in Nevada. Possehl will provide funds to develop the deposits and for any acquisitions Tertiary may make […]