Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold 1706.20 support, swingline in gold's favor. 18-dma at 1728 area:Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.The U.S has increased tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods to 25%, from 10%, impacting a number of metals. Commentary below comes from the Wood Mackenzie metals team:Copper By Wood Mackenzie Senior Consultant, Yanting Zhou"Previous...Read More

Sibanye-Stillwater is in talks to buy the Santa Rita nickel and Serrote copper mines in Brazil from affiliates of funds advised by Appian Capital Advisory LLP, the company said.The South African miner is predominantly a precious metals company, although it produces nickel and copper as by-products and has copper exploration projects in Canada and Argentina."Sibanye-Stillwater hereby advises its sh...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices rose on Friday February 23 following gains in the futures market. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,900-3,950 yuan ($614-622) per tonne, up 30-40 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 4,000-4,040 yuan per tonne, up 50 yuan per tonne Traders raised their offers following gains in the futures market, but they concluded very few transactions since...Read More

Austria Metall AG (AMAG) has committed to carbon neutrality by 2040 and has called for politicians to create a framework for the stable supply of green energy at competitive prices in good time.The company laid out its strategy to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, which will focus on increased recycling, energy efficiency and the replacement of fossil fuels.Like its peers in the metals and mining...Read More

Tin flows into the London Metal Exchange late in May and June are beginning to put pressure on tin premiums basis the regions we follow, with the US ingot premiums narrowing downward on Tuesday June 4. An additional influx to LME Baltimore warehouses pressured US premium down.  European premiums hold with futures prices closer to today's.  Chinese premiums extend lengthy flatline trend....Read More

The rapid and significant falls in manganese ore prices in 2019 and 2020 have created "frozen stocks," which are believed to have acted as a buffer for the ore market while also demonstrating some different characteristics over both years, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin ended 2019 at $3.92 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu), a decline of $2.19 per dmtu...Read More

The stronger currencies of China and South Africa pushed prices of UG2 chrome ore higher last week. UG2 chrome ore tick up alongside stronger yuan and randAlloy prices hold steady in ChinaAlloy prices weaken in Japan and South Korea European price range widens Alloy prices climb in US UG2 chrome ore prices rose in China on Friday February 1 due to the strengthening of the yuan and the ra...Read More

MustGrow Biologics Chief Executive Officer Corey Giasson joined Steve Darling from Proactive to reveal the signing of an ...Read More

Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More

To subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisaderadio.comOur panelists discuss what it's like to be in a resource bull market and what is required to start the next significant market upturn. They all agree that a massive catalyst is needed. Mike Beck says, "In a bull market, if you didn't make a million dollar by lunchtime, it meant somebody didn't like y...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.As oil price stumbles, outlook for welded markets weakensIn February, oil prices, already hit by the economic slowdown in Asia, turned lower on the failure of OPEC+ to reach an agreement on production cuts. This was enough to shake oil markets, but the collapse of global demand due to the pandemic has driven Brent below $30/...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in the major global markets remained firm during the working week from Monday April 30 to Friday May 4, with single exception of the United States.Although Turkish steel producers halted their deep-sea scrap purchases at the end of last week, suppliers have kept their offers strong this week.But the decreases in Turkish import prices seen in previous weeks have only now been r...Read More

Stakeholders across the copper value chain need to collaborate to drive widespread adoption of responsible production and consumption, participants at a panel discussion said at the Fastmarkets Copper Seminar on Thursday March 11.Speakers at "The green transition: Responsible copper production" panel on Thursday highlighted the great strides made in consumer and investor interest in responsible pr...Read More

The macro has moved through a time of moderately rising inflationary concerns when economies were cycling up, many commodities were firm and risk was ‘on’. Contrary to the views of inflation-oriented gold bugs, that was not the time to buy gold stocks.As I have belabored again and again, the right time is when the inflation view is on the outs, gold is rising vs. stock markets, the eco...Read More

Recent mill price hikes have continued to drive up high-carbon wire rod prices in the United States, while rising ferrous scrap costs have boosted cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod prices.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel wire rod (high carbon), fob mill US, rose to $35 per hundredweight on Friday December 20, up 2.9% from $34 per cwt one month earlier.Over the same pricing period, Fastmarkets'...Read More

Proudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsAzure's Andover nickel shapes as a Pilbara NovaSPONSOREDazure mineralsMcDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesTSXV-listed Sigma is out to win the race for the most ESG aware company in the battery su...Read More

When credit is too much of a good thing … What does credit do after it has finished the job it was designed for? The supply of credit ought to stop at funding productive activity. But the reality is different. Surplus credit fuels dangerous asset price inflation and funds profligate governments. – ReutersDominant Social Theme: A new kind of credit danger! And a new solution!Free-Market...Read More

Daily Reckoning, Released on 3/21/23You've heard about the recent incident in which two Russian fighter jets buzzed a U.S. drone (the MQ-9 Reaper) over the Black Sea near Russian Crimea.Continue... Rickards: Pentagon Lied About the Drone added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Peter Megaw, Exhibits Chair, talks about the Tucson Gem and Mineral ShowThis special episode of the Arizona Mining Review gives a sneak peek at the treasures displayed at the 2014 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Peter Megaw, exhibits chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, describes the incredible specimens of gold, silver, diamonds and gems presented for the show's 60th Anniversary. Visitors c...Read More