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Defense Metals in the Media

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Our 2024 Predictions, Part 2

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Our 2024 Predictions, Part 1

January 02, 2023

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What's Next for Gold?

06 June, 2023

Platinum and Palladium

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Transition to Production

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Silver Suppression?!

February 02, 2021

Gold: Year in Review 2020, and 2021 Outlook

January 04, 2021

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

AbraPlata: CMR's full analysis of an Argentina focussed gold and silver junior

May 2020

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

China's APT export prices trend upward, but logistics concerns cloud market

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Exporters of ammonium paratungstate (APT) in China have raised their offers amid a strengthening domestic market, though concerns over logistics as a result of the approaching Chinese New Year is sapping their interest to trade.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for tungsten APT 88.5% WO3 min, fob main ports China was $238-243 per metric tonne unit (mtu) on Wednesday January 20, up by $2-3 per m...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from January 21

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday January 21 that are worth another look.Brazil-based miner Vale and Japanese trading company Mitsui have signed a heads-of agreement to take the first step toward exiting their investment in the Moatize coal mine and the Nacala Logistics Corridor (NLC)...Read More

Cobalt metal price rally loses momentum; alloy grade price flat

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

The price of alloy-grade cobalt was unchanged day-on-day in the assessment on Thursday January 21, breaking a two-and-a-half-week rally, after Chinese buying activity subsided and European demand did not push prices further along.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt, alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, remained at $18.00-18.50 per lb on Thursday. But this price was up by 14.4% from $15.60-16.30 per...Read More

DAILY STEEL SCRAP: Turkish deep-sea scrap prices set to fall further

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Negative sentiment prevailed in the Turkish deep-sea scrap import market on Thursday January 21, with offer prices continuing to slide, sources told Fastmarkets.The most recent deal heard by sources -  a Baltic Sea cargo on Wednesday January 20 - put the HMS 1&2 (80:20) price at $440 per tonne cfr.The number of offers has increased since then and prices have gone down acco...Read More

BANGLADESH STEEL SCRAP: Prices fall after fresh US cargo sales

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

More deep-sea bulk cargoes have been sold to Bangladesh from the United States, with prices easing following the sales, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 21. Three bulk cargoes from the US West Coast were booked in recent weeks within a range of $495-500 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) to a major mill in the country, with sources saying the total quantity of the deals come...Read More

JAPAN STEEL SCRAP: Lower bids from Korea drag down export prices

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

A drop in scrap bid prices from a major South Korean steelmaker led to a weakening in the Japan steel scrap export market in the week to Wednesday January 20, market participants told Fastmarkets. The South Korean mill released bids on Wednesday at ?39,500 ($381) per tonne fob for H2, ?44,000 per tonne fob for plate and structural (P&S), ?45,000 per tonne fob for Shindachi and ?44,000 per tonn...Read More

MORNING VIEW: Base metals prices, broader markets bullish

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board this morning, Thursday January 21, showing dips and pauses are attracting further buying, with tin and nickel leading on the upside. US equity futures and many Asian-Pacific equity indices are setting record or multi-decade highs Base metals Three-month base metals prices on the LME were up by an...Read More

Cobalt metal price rally loses momentum; alloy grade price flat

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

The price of alloy-grade cobalt was unchanged day-on-day in the assessment on Thursday January 21, breaking a two-and-a-half-week rally, after Chinese buying activity subsided and European demand did not push prices further along.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt, alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, remained at $18.00-18.50 per lb on Thursday. But this price was up by 14.4% from $15.60-16.30 per...Read More

Yamana Gold completes acquisition of Wasamac property

January 21, 2021 / www.canadianinvestor.com

Share this articleTORONTO - YAMANA GOLD INC. (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY; LSE:AUY) reported the successful completion of Yamana's acquisition of the Wasamac property and the Camflo property and mill from Monarch Gold Corporation.The addition of the Wasamac project to Yamana's portfolio further solidifies the company's long-term growth profile with a top-tier gold project in Quebec's Abitibi region, a proli...Read More

Neo Lithium raises $30.2 million for Argentina project

January 21, 2021 / www.canadianinvestor.com

Share this articleNeo Lithium Corp. [NLC-TSXV; NTTHF-OTC] has announced a $30.2 million bought deal financing that will be used to fund development of its 100%-owned Tres Quebradas (3Q) Project in Argentina.Specifically, Neo Lithium intends to use the majority of the financing proceeds to advance the construction of the concentration pond system at a commercial scale with a view to accelerating fu...Read More

Investing in LSD

January 21, 2021 / www.energyandcapital.com

I was 17 when I first took LSD.To be honest, I didn't like it.It kind of freaked me out.I was too young and inexperienced to fully understand what this molecule was and how it worked.I tried it again in college and then a few more times in my early 20s.Eventually, I did get to like it.Not to the point where I continued to use it, though.In fact, I haven't taken LSD since the mid-'90s.Of course, I'...Read More

EUROPE HDG: Domestic prices up again but 'peak has passed'

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Domestic European prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil rose in the week to Wednesday January 20, with buyers believing that the price has reached its peak, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?830-850 ($1,006-1,030) per tonne on January 20, up by ?,?20-30 per tonne week on week from ?,?800-830 per tonne.The assessment w...Read More

EUROPE HRC: Demand slows on anticipated price fall

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Activity in the European hot-rolled coil market was low on Thursday January 21 because buyers are holding back from making new deals due to an anticipated price fall, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?713.00 ($864.26) per tonne on Thursday, down by ?,?2.50 per tonne day on day from ?,?715.50 per tonne on...Read More

EGYPT STEEL BILLET, REBAR: Rebar prices fall; billet importers want duties gone

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Rebar prices in Egypt remained unchanged over the week to Thursday January 21, while there was no billet import activity because of the recently imposed safeguard duties, sources told Fastmarkets.Some re-rollers want the duties on billet imports to be removed because they cannot compete with the integrated mills, Egyptian sources told Fastmarkets.Egypt cut the duty to a 13% safeguard duty on the c...Read More

TURKEY LONG STEEL: Domestic rebar prices down on limited demand

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Turkish rebar prices have gone down over the past week amid soft demand for material, sources said on Thursday January 21.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, was 5,450-5,550 lira ($732-746) per tonne on Thursday, down from last week's 5,650-5,720 lira per tonne, including 18% VAT.Read More

TURKEY LONG STEEL EXPORTS: Prices down on soft demand, falling scrap costs

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Turkish export prices for steel rebar and wire rod have gone down over the past week amid soft demand and falling scrap costs, market sources said on Thursday January 21.Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices continued to fall in the latest Baltic Sea transaction heard on January 20.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, was $439.18 per tonne on Wednesd...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from January 21

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday January 21 that are worth another look.Brazil-based miner Vale and Japanese trading company Mitsui have signed a heads-of agreement to take the first step toward exiting their investment in the Moatize coal mine and the Nacala Logistics Corridor (NLC)...Read More

DAILY STEEL SCRAP: Turkish deep-sea scrap prices set to fall further

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

Negative sentiment prevailed in the Turkish deep-sea scrap import market on Thursday January 21, with offer prices continuing to slide, sources told Fastmarkets.The most recent deal heard by sources -  a Baltic Sea cargo on Wednesday January 20 - put the HMS 1&2 (80:20) price at $440 per tonne cfr.The number of offers has increased since then and prices have gone down acco...Read More

BANGLADESH STEEL SCRAP: Prices fall after fresh US cargo sales

January 22, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com

More deep-sea bulk cargoes have been sold to Bangladesh from the United States, with prices easing following the sales, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 21. Three bulk cargoes from the US West Coast were booked in recent weeks within a range of $495-500 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) to a major mill in the country, with sources saying the total quantity of the deals come...Read More

Rick Rule: Gold, Silver, Copper and Uranium Stocks

January 21, 2021 / marketsanity.com

Sprott US Global CEO Rick Rule and Cambridge House CEO Jay Martin discuss how to avoid the penny stock scammers and how to pick winning junior mining stocks. Rick shares his thoughts on investing in gold, silver, copper and uranium stocks, and the best way to exit a position and how to pick the best stocks to buy in 2021. Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd.,...Read More

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