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
If and when the powers-that-be decide to move on from their pandemic narrative, lockdowns won't be going anywhere. Instead it looks like they'll Continue...Read More
Here's a breakdown of the numbers fresh off the presses...from the Silver Institute:(November 15, 2017 - New York City) At the Annual Silver Industry Dinner hosted by the Silver Institute, Johann Wiebe, Lead Analyst in the GFMS team at Thomson Reuters presented the GFMS / Silver Institute Interim Silver Market Review, which includes provisional supply and demand forecasts for 2017. The following a...Read More
Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country's coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 12.On March 11, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree tightening the Italian lockdown from the conditions set out in a previous decree on March 9. While...Read More
The commodity super cycle looked evident early this year. All the major commodities were in high gear on the back of stimulus packages coupled with economic reopenings. However, things are not that promising today as they once seemed, even as we move closer to the end of the pandemic. So, should you jump on board and play TSX commodity stocks? Will they really be worth the risk?TSX stocks and the...Read More
For a market analyst there is an irresistible temptation to seek out one or more historical parallels to the current situation. The idea is that clues about what's going to happen in the future can be found by looking at what happened following similar price action in the past. Sometimes this method works, sometimes it doesn't.Assuming that the decline from the January-2018 peak is a short-term...Read More
By Frank HolmesPresident Donald Trump's proposed tariff on imported steel and aluminum, at 25 percent and 10 percent, is much more than a shot across the bow. Indeed, this could be the official kickoff of the trade war we all anticipated. The protectionist trade policy, announced last week as the president met with metals executives, raised fresh inflation worries and had an immediate impact on...Read More
Former Deutsche Bank analyst David Liew told a Chicago jury he learned how to manipulate gold and silver prices from the two successful senior traders he admired and worked with for about three years. As Bloomberg reports, Liew "said he wanted to be a team player and make money after joining the bank's Singapore office, so he began doing "spoof" trades the way he was taught by Cedric Chanu and Jam...Read More
* China retail sales growth slows, industrial output rises * Nickel touches fresh 11-month low * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices, Lead and zinc balance)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Base metals held steady onWednesday as weak retail sales data from top consumer China tookthe shine off upbeat industrial output and investment figures inthe country.Benchmark co...Read More
RAPAPORT... Online retailer Blue Nile has begun offering larger and pricier lab-grown diamonds, including for engagement rings.The e-tailer, which Signet Jewelers acquired in August, lists synthetic diamonds ranging from under 1 carat to more than 4 carats on its "Design Your Own Ring" page, with prices running from about $800 to $36,500 as of press time. At last count, there were over 4,400...Read More
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday April 27:Noble alloys Molybdenum US canned molybdic oxide, $/Ib $12.30-12.50 per Ib from $12.00-12.30 Tungsten European free market APT, $/mtu: $327-336 per mtu from $325-328 Ferro-tungsten basis 75% W Rotterdam duty unpaid, $/kg: $39.30-40.50 per kg from $39.50-40.50 Ferro-vanadium basis 78% min, free deliver...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comSep 1, 2020 While most of the Corona news is “baked” into the gold price, when the dust settles, $2000-$2500 is likely to be the new floor. Please click here now. The $1000 floor for gold took time to establish and the process involved significant pain for gold price enthusias...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices continued to rise on Tuesday July 10 on supply concerns in the country's steelmaking hub of Tangshan in the northern region.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,230-4,250 yuan ($639-642) per tonne, up 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,110-4,120 yuan per tonne, narrowing upward 10 yuan per tonneHRC prices rose following the circulation of a document...Read More
In a few days July 4th will be upon us. We will hear endless nonsense from insouciant speakers and editorialists about what a great democracy we are, having wonContinue...Read More
"We saw that the situation out there improved in June compared with the beginning of the quarter," Hedblom said this week. "However, the situation is still fragile. We have guided that we still believe there will be an impact on orders and revenues in the near term as well."She said Epiroc achieved an adjusted operating margin of 18.7% - "good under the circumstances" - due to job cuts and other c...Read More
Zinc price extend to fresh lows Zinc prices came under increasing downside pressure across the past week, reflecting risk-off sentiment across wider markets. The LME three-month price has extended to a fresh multi-month low of $2,230.50 per tonne on Monday, August 12, the lowest since October 2016. Zinc demand may be set for seasonal up tick... At the same time, however, stock flows support our vi...Read More
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys and ores prices changed on Wednesday August 22:...Read More
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Slow demand will remain as the main challenge for European hot-rolled coil producers and will keep adding pressure to domestic coil prices in the third quarter of 2019, market sources told Fastmarkets this week. Slow demand will remain as the main challenge for European hot-rolled coil producers and will keep adding pressure to domestic coil prices in the third quarter of 2019, market sources told...Read More
Tom welcomes Adrian Day back to the show. They discuss the lag in economic consequences as a result of rate hikes and ...Read More