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
With both short interest and borrow fees tumbling, the main catalyst behind the squeeze - namely GME being the most shorted Russell 3000 Continue...Read More
1. This morning, the major stock indexes are trading up a little after being pounded on Friday. The talk of the town is still about these reddit boards or really Wallstreet bets. Now this group is pushing silver as the next great short squeeze. I really dont think this is a great short squeeze play, but I do think silver has all the reasons in the world to go higher eventually anyway. 2. Shortsque...Read More
As you know, we stand at the start of what could be an historic week in the precious metals. There is a growing grassroots movement to tackle the Bullion Banks and put an end, once and for all, to their fraudulent fractional reserve and digital derivative pricing scheme. We'll have more on this current system in the days ahead but, for today, this podcast was recorded with three goals in mind:Cont...Read More
Following extensive market engagement, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for amendments to the specification of its daily price for steel billet, import, cfr Southeast Asia to provide additional time for market participants to submit feedback. The original proposal consultation, which started on December 30 and can be found here, was originally scheduled to end on February 1, but wi...Read More
Peter Epstein of Epstein Research presents his investment thesis for Blue Lagoon Resources, which has three projects. The views expressed in the following article are solely that of its author, Peter Epstein. Any commentary by Mr. Epstein about potential mining activities or resource size are his opinions alone. All $ figures are C$, unless indicated otherwise. "Au" = gold, "Ag" = silver.Blue La...Read More
Independent financial analyst Matt Badiali looks into Heliostar Metal's recent drill results at its Alaska project. I love field season. Over the past fifteen years, I made it a point to get to as many projects as I can. I visited projects in New Guinea, Turkey, Haiti, Yukon Territory, Ireland, Mexico and the U.S. These days, I'm looking for quality projects to visit. And I have my eye on one par...Read More
Ron Struthers of Struthers Resource Stock Report delves into what's going on in the silver market right now and discusses a handful of silver companies on his radar screen. It appears silver is in a new uptrend with support from the longer term up trend channel. Silver should test recent highs, so is doing much better than gold. A close at $29 or higher would signal a breakout. There is a lot of...Read More
The StreetSmart Live! Broadcast on Jan. 26, 2021, focused on metals and why now is a good time for investors to be looking at them and the mining space. John Newell, independent analyst and portfolio manager, and John Feneck, mining sector expert and president of Feneck Consulting, addressed the status of the current metals market. CEOs of the three metals-focused companies comprising the Metallic...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The conequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on energy demand affected oil and gas prices through much of 2020 and weighed on drilling rates and demand for oil-country tubular goods (OCTG) in most regions.These effects were most likely to continue well into 2021 and perhaps longer, according to Fastmarkets OCTG Intelligence Serv...Read More
If you're a close observer of the metals market, you know that the price of silver has taken a tumble during the past several days.Elliott wave analysis was a big help in identifying the price turn, which occurred on Jan. 6.Indeed, here's a chart and commentary from the Jan. 6 issue of our Monday-Wednesday-Friday U.S. Short Term Update, an Elliott Wave International publication which provides near...Read More
As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in January 2021.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases from 2020, see the updates for December,...Read More
The Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) issued three advisories over the weekend to clear ports in the Pilbara region in Western Australia ahead of a tropical low.The PPA said it instructed the ports of Port Hedland and Dampier to be cleared on Saturday January 30, and the Port of Ashburton the following day due to strong winds and heavy rainfall forecast across the region due to tropical low 12U.The Au...Read More
Swedish steelmakers SSAB no longer plans to acquire the Ijmuiden plant in the Netherlands off of Tata Steel, SSAB said on Friday January 29.Tata Steel initiated discussions with SSAB on the sale of its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands and related downstream assets in November 2020. After the announcement, market sources said it would have allowed SSAB to increase its presence in Northern Europe.A...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday February 1 that are worth another look.Chinese nickel sulfate prices have made steady gains since the start of 2021, rising again last week to set the highest level since Fastmarkets began tracking the market in July 2018.More than 67,000 lots of the Singapore Exchange's 65% Fe iron ore swaps...Read More
Hot-rolled coiled prices in the United States held essentially flat to begin February.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $56.56 per hundredweight ($1,131.20 per short ton) on Monday February 1, up by 0.1% from $56.50 per cwt on Friday January 29 and an increase of 2.7% from $55.07 per cwt one week earlier. Inputs were collected in a range of $54...Read More
Fastmarkets publishes trade logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US averaged $56.15 per hundredweight ($1,123 per short ton) for the week ended Friday January 29, up by 0.5% from an average of $55.87 per cwt the previous week. The index wa...Read More
The price of tin on the London Metal Exchange closed above $23,000 per tonne on Monday February 1, while aluminium's forward price was under the most pressure from the rising US Dollar Index, dropping by more than 1% from last week's closing prices.Tin's three-month price rose by 1.4% to $23,103 per tonne from Friday's 5pm closing price of $22,779 per tonne, ending the day above the $23,000 per to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday February 1 that are worth another look.Chinese nickel sulfate prices have made steady gains since the start of 2021, rising again last week to set the highest level since Fastmarkets began tracking the market in July 2018.More than 67,000 lots of the Singapore Exchange's 65% Fe iron ore swaps...Read More
Chinese nickel sulfate prices have made steady gains since the start of 2021, rising again last week to set the highest level since Fastmarkets began tracking the market in July 2018.Fastmarkets assessed the price of nickel sulfate min 21%, max 22.5%, cobalt 10ppm max, exw China at 33,000-33,500 yuan ($5,133-5,211) per tonne on Friday January 29, up by 1,000 yuan per tonne (3.1%) from 32,000-32,50...Read More
The price of tin on the London Metal Exchange closed above $23,000 per tonne on Monday February 1, while aluminium's forward price was under the most pressure from the rising US Dollar Index, dropping by more than 1% from last week's closing prices.Tin's three-month price rose by 1.4% to $23,103 per tonne from Friday's 5pm closing price of $22,779 per tonne, ending the day above the $23,000 per to...Read More