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

Since early July, I've told my subscribers in the precious metals markets to take a Katusa Free Ride on all our gold stocks. Thus, all but one stock in our portfolio Continue...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 27EuropeThe European ferro-silicon spot price climbed almost 2% over the week, marking an over 10% jump in November while low levels of availability in Europe have met with renewed demand from steelmakers and traders.One producer reported offering around 100 tonnes of standard grade at ?,?1...Read More

Hyperloop systems currently under development could use advanced steels to increase their efficiency in the future, ArcelorMittal researchers said in a paper released by the steelmaker this week."Advanced steels offer high resistivity and less overheating, which is important for systems such as the Hyperloop, which uses a maximum-efficiency design approach," the researchers said.Hyperloop systems...Read More

China imported 5.90 million tonnes of coking coal in October, an increase of 3.6% from 5.69 million tonnes a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed.Last month's imports are down by 12.2% month on month, however.Coking coal imports in October were valued at nearly 3.8 billion yuan ($578 million), down by 22.5% year on year and 10.4% lower month on month, according to the customs data.Of the 5.90...Read More

Responsible homeowners and landlords insure their property against fires, floods and violent storms. Sensible motorists insure their vehicles against inadvertent fender benders and costly collisions. Prudent investors own precious metals to protect financial assets from currency debasement, stock market meltdowns and economic collapse.Reducing risk and avoiding financial loss is the purpose of ins...Read More

It might have been tempting to thinkthat the recent move lower in the U.S. Dollar Index would serve to push goldhigher, as it usually does according to the traditional pattern. But these areextraordinary times and there are too many external factors weighing negativelyon the price of the yellow metal.As if the previous vaccine announcementsweren’t enough, the latest vaccine trials from Astra...Read More

Peter Krauth explains why he believes Biden could become silver's best friend. It may seem like an unlikely match.But there are some big reasons why Biden could become silver's best friend.The main force behind this thesis is that we can expect stimulus. A lot of stimulus.More specifically, Biden is likely to do his utmost to bring on more general support for the economy through increased borrowin...Read More

Import prices for flat-rolled steel continued to rise in South America during the week ended on Friday November 27, with Chinese mills presenting higher offers and clients rushing to settle the last deals for January-shipment cargoes.The prices on products from all origins also edged up, and lower availability supported those higher prices, according to market participants.Buyers were now bracing...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger examines the charts for commodities like soybeans and the components used in handheld electronic devices, and reflects on what they say about the future prospects of those who hold mortgages and invest in precious metals. As I peruse my favorite website in search of technical patterns for various commodities and stocks, I am reminded of the soon-to-be-immortal words...Read More

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Cristina Belda and Declan Conway contributed to this...Read More

Vaccines are coming. But so is the debt crisis. What does it imply for gold?COVID-19 cases are still rising at an alarming rate in the United States. As the chart below shows, the rolling 7-day average of new daily infections stays above 160,000. It means that the immediate economic outlook is rather dark. The short-term economic slowdown is good information for the gold market.But there is also b...Read More

Global ferrous scrap prices continued on an upward trend due to supply tightness and strong demand by steelmakers in the week ended Friday November 27.Strong demand in Turkey to feed domestic, export marketsLimited transactions in US because of Thanksgiving holidayStrong demand in Vietnam on supply shortageContainer shortages in Taiwan support import pricesIndian prices move upward once more.Turke...Read More

When making decisions regarding thegold mining stocks sector, some will choose to follow price actions whileothers will use indicator tools. The Gold Miners Bullish Percent Index ($BPGDM)is one such tool, essentially being a gauge of overbought and oversoldconditions for the gold mining sector with readings plotted on a range between0 and 100. Anything below 30 suggests oversold conditions while r...Read More

Copper's three-month price was the star performer on Friday November 27, rising by nearly 4.5% from Monday's closing price, with most other base metals managing to set fresh year-to-date highs. Copper's 5pm closing price was $7,499.50 per tonne on Friday, rising by 1.3% day on day and up 4.48% from Monday's closing price of $7,117.50 per tonne.Earlier in the day it&nb...Read More

Our advanced Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) modeling system is showing some interesting future trends for both Gold and Silver. The rally in precious metals has really just started if our ADL system is accurately predicting future price trends.Over the past two years, we’ve highlighted a number of ADL research posts that have proven to be incredibly insightful regarding future market price...Read More

            It was only afterhe entered politics that President Donald Trump began to fully grasp the bias, dishonesty,and fakeness that runs throughout the so-called mainstream media.Butgold bugs and sound money advocates have long known to distrust the reportingof establishment news sources.Journalists’anti-gold and anti-Trump biases c...Read More

With just 35 days remaining until the United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union, the country's potential departure from the EU single market could see its domestic aluminium scrap market face business-critical trade barriers that, according to market participants, would send the UK's scrap industry hurtling backwards.The EU's import duties range from 3% to 6% for aluminium products from non...Read More

Copper's three-month price was the star performer on Friday November 27, rising by nearly 4.5% from Monday's closing price, with most other base metals managing to set fresh year-to-date highs. Copper's 5pm closing price was $7,499.50 per tonne on Friday, rising by 1.3% day on day and up 4.48% from Monday's closing price of $7,117.50 per tonne.Earlier in the day it&nb...Read More

Iron ore prices increased further on Friday November 27, supported by declining port inventories and strong demand for steel, sources told Fastmarkets,Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $129.62 per tonne, up $1.23 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $129.84 per tonne, up $1.74 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $121.38 per tonne,...Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices across the board remained relatively flat on Friday November 27, with trading active in the fob market, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $101.07 per tonne, down $0.47 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $164 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $90.03 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $154.11 p...Read More