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Airbus seeks titanium sources beyond Russia to safeguard production ramp-up – Sovereign Metals #SVML
Airbus SE is searching for alternative sources of titanium to ensure a lack of access to the lightweight metal doesn’t interfere with the planemaker’s plan to increase production.
The planned ramp-up to a rate of 65 A320-family narrow-bodies per month by mid-2023 is the number one priority for the group, European sales chief Wouter Van Wersch said in an interview. Airbus relies on Russia for about half its supply, creating the potential for disruption if shipments are interrupted.
“We are looking into it very closely to see how we can ensure it doesn’t impact our supply chain and our ramp-up,” Van Wersch said on the sidelines of the Airlines for Europe meeting in Brussels. “For now, there’s no issue.”
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Technology Minerals – Recycling Blueprint for the EV and Battery Industry a Racing Certainty?
By Arjun Thakkar and Alan Green
Along with Christmas parties, the most oft discussed topic in 2021 was almost certainly the COP26 conference, net zero carbon neutrality, sustainability, climate change and other aspirational matters pointing to an internal combustion engine free world. There’s plenty of awareness of the issues surrounding climate change and the environment, but the simple facts are that the leading economies around the world (never mind the developing nations) are woefully underprepared to tackle these issues and create the circular economy required to support sustainability.
Mining.com – Iron ore price extends rally as market focus shifts to output reports
Iron ore prices in Asia pushed higher on Monday as strong global steel demand buoyed sentiment, and as Chinese steel mills continued to ramp up output despite the government’s scrutiny of their compliance with stricter anti-pollution rules.
“Booming steel production continues to support the iron ore market,” analysts at ANZ told Reuters.
The metal price hit a 10-year high last week, with Benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China (CFR Qingdao) changing hands for $178.43 a tonne on Friday.
The most-traded September iron ore on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange ended the daytime trading session on Monday 0.8% higher at 1,060 yuan ($162.70) a tonne, rising for a third consecutive session.
“Increased scrutiny on emissions is forcing steel mills to use higher-grade iron ore, which is well compensated by strong steel margins,” ANZ analysts said.
Global steel demand will rise by 5.8% this year as economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Steel Association said last week, though it painted a cautious outlook for 2022 as the impact of stimulus spending diminishes.
On the supply side Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP are due to report production data this week as well as give market outlooks.
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Mining Dot Com – Iron ore price bounces back after sharp fall
Iron ore prices bounced on Wednesday after analysts at Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley offered bullish forecasts for the steelmaking raw material.
According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China (CFR Qingdao) were changing hands for $152.65 a tonne, up nearly 2% from Tuesday’s trade.
Iron ore reached its highest level since September 2011 in mid-January, but has since declined 12% on expectations of normalizing supply from Vale, the world’s top producer, and a cooldown in record-setting demand from China.
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Mining.com – Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high
Lithium prices are soaring in China on the back of heavy demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a new report by battery supply chain research and price reporting agency Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows.
Benchmark’s battery grade lithium carbonate midpoint price (EXW China, ≥99.0% Li2CO3) in January surged by over 40% compared to the same month last year to 61,000 yuan per tonne (~$9,450 a tonne), the highest level since June 2019. Price came close to $25,000 a tonne at the start of 2018 but has been in steady decline since then.Mining.com Research Article Suggests There Is Up To $6bn in Private Capital Ready to Invest into Mining. Minexia’s NR private Market platform provides internally vetted mining investment opportunities
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$6 billion private capital ready to invest in mining
Private capital tracker Preqinsays in an report, that contrary to expectations, 2018 was another bumper year for the industry, particularly for natural resources investments.
Fundraising by unlisted funds for investment in natural resources – oil and gas, timberland, farmland, water and mines – set a fresh record in 2018, totalling $93 billion, and is likely to top $100 billion as more data becomes available.
Preqin’s analysis shows energy-focused funds (really only oil and gas as investments in coal have dried up) accounted for almost all of the year’s activity as 77 funds raised $89 billion. The vast majority of these funds target North American oil and gas plays.
Capital raised for investment in mining and metals was up significantly compared to last year – outstripping the money raised for farmland and timberland combined, but still makes up only a small percentage of natural resources private capital.
THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR INVESTORS ALLOCATING ASSETS TO NATURAL RESOURCES IS NOT TO SEEK HIGH ABSOLUTE OR RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS, BUT RATHER TO FIND UNCORRELATED ASSETS AND DIVERSIFICATION FOR THEIR PORTFOLIOS
Four metals and mining funds closed and raised $2.5 billion with the bulk of the funds destined for North America. Encouraging for the sector is that over half (57%) of natural resources funds exceeded their targets in 2018, “indicating that investor appetite outstripped fundraising capacity,” says Preqin.
As of June 2018, the latest data available, natural resources managers hold a record $238 billion in so-called dry powder (funds ready to be invested).
Mining and metals fund managers hold $6 billion in dry powder. These funds also hold $16 billion of investments in the sector that still has to be exited.
There are 13 funds are in the market currently targeting the mining sector, seeking a combined $4.6 billion capital from so-called limited partners which include sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension funds, foundations, family offices and other entities.
Preqin, which has been tracking global private capital flows since 2003, counts 50 active fund managers focused on metals and mining (compared to 751 focused on oil and gas).
If all the firms seeking fresh capital are successful in obtaining capital commitments from investors (unlisted funds that closed last year took on average 17 months to do so), 2019 could equal 2012, which was the peak year for mining fundraising.
Some of money secured by the 22 funds in the market classified by Preqin as diversified natural resources funds may also end up being applied for mining and metals projects.
Source: 2019 Preqin Natural Resources report
Uncorrelated, diversified
Returns from natural resources have averaged just under 7% per annum between 2005 and 2015 compared to 10%–12% for the other asset classes. At the same time Preqin says, the risks entailed in investing in natural resources funds – as measured by the standard deviation between fund returns – place it on a par with real estate and private equity.
Mark O’Hare, CEO of Preqin, says performance in absolute terms for the natural resources sector “has undeniably been disappointing for several years,” but “the primary motivation for investors allocating assets to natural resources is not to seek high absolute or risk-adjusted returns, but rather to find uncorrelated assets and diversification for their portfolios.”
In addition, says O’Hare, returns from private natural resources funds “compare favourably with public indices, and investors accordingly express the intention to allocate more to the asset class.”
Of the investors surveyed, 28% are looking to commit more capital to natural resources funds in 2019 than they did in 2018, and over the longer term, 29% intend to increase their allocation to the asset class. As for performance, 77% of investors surveyed believe 2019 performance will be better than or the same as 2018.
Source: 2019 Preqin Natural Resources report
Alternative assets
Private capital includes traditional private equity such as buyout, venture capital and turnaround funds, distressed debt and direct lending, private real estate, infrastructure and natural resources funds, and sovereign wealth and hedge funds. Investors in these funds include foundations, public pension funds, family offices, insurance companies, endowments and other institutions.
The global private capital space has experienced rapid growth over the last decade, and last year 1,733 private capital funds raised an aggregate of $757 billion, down from the record $925 billion raised in 2017.
Dry powder across all strategies now totals an eye-popping $2.1 trillion. Preqin forecasts further growth of alternative assets; from $8.8 trillion in assets under management in 2017 to $14 trillion in 2023.
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