"The person they hired to investigate the lab for the WHO perspective is the guy who gave the money.""So NIH gave the money to EcoHealth. The head of EcoHealth - they got him to investigate whether Wuhan was doing anything inappropriate in their lab. But if they were then wouldn't he be culpable?" Continue...Read More

"Industrial demand is probably the main reason why we've seen silver outperform gold, as it has over Continue...Read More

Question 1: 1:02Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that the department may run out of ways to prevent a default this summer if the president and Congress fail to reach a deal to raise the legal limit on the national debt. Do you think the government will default?Question 2: 2:17When inflation and hyperinflation hits currencies, a lot of countries have redenominated their currencies by lop...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 13 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.Nornickel resumed ore...Read More

Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.The LME three-month nickel contract ended the official trading session on Wednesday at $17,942 per tonne, up by $680 per tonne from $17,262 per tonne on April 28.DomesticStainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm gra...Read More

Outcrop Gold Corp. reported high-grade drill results from La Ivana in its Santa Ana project in Colombia that included intercepts of 0.7 meters of 8,584 g/t silver equivalent and 1.0 meter of 2,731 g/t silver equivalent. Outcrop La IvanaOutcrop Gold Corp. (OCG:TSX.V; OCGSF:OTCPK; MRG1:DE), in a news release announced the results of "five holes from continuing delineation drilling in La Ivana and...Read More

Magna Gold Corp. reported that it made a US$5 million payment and issued a US$2.675 million promissory note payable over four months to finalize the purchase of the San Francisco Mine. Magna Gold Corp. (MGR:TSX.V; MGLQF:OTCQB) announced in a news release "the payment of US$5,000,000 to Argonaut Gold Inc. (Argonaut) in relation to the acquisition of the San Francisco Mine."The company stated that...Read More

We recently completed some interesting research related to one of our newest Custom Indexes – the Commodities to Smart Cash Index (C2SC Heat Index) – weighted by the US Dollar and VIX.  We’ve been reviewing this new index for months watching it to see how it reacts to various trends in Lumber, Gold, Treasury Yields, the Smart Cash Index, and other weighted values.  Rece...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 13 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.Nornickel resumed ore...Read More

Selling continued on the London Metal Exchange throughout Thursday May 13, leading to lower prices at the close, after higher-than-expected inflation readings from the United States triggered concerns of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.Nickel's three-month price was most affected on Thursday, with a decrease of 2.6% to $17,323 per tonne from Wednesday's $17,797 per tonne.Meanwhile, the three-...Read More

Europe's domestic prices for hot-rolled coil have continued to surge, propelled by strong demand amid a persistent material shortage, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday May 13.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?1,090.71 ($1,320.36) per tonne on May 13, up by ?,?32.58 per tonne from ?,?1,058.13 per tonne on May 12.The index was also up by ?...Read More

Italian domestic steel scrap prices increased substantially in the month to Thursday May 12 on support from limited availability of some grades of material and rising international prices, market sources told Fastmarkets.Market sources said that the shortage of semiconductor chips has had a negative effect on car manufacturing and, as a result, new scrap availability.In addition, scrap suppliers w...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 13 that are worth another look.Export prices for Chinese stainless steel increased sharply on Wednesday May 12 due to the the removal of China's 13% export rebate and the rising nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange.Nornickel resumed ore...Read More

Selling continued on the London Metal Exchange throughout Thursday May 13, leading to lower prices at the close, after higher-than-expected inflation readings from the United States triggered concerns of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.Nickel's three-month price was most affected on Thursday, with a decrease of 2.6% to $17,323 per tonne from Wednesday's $17,797 per tonne.Meanwhile, the three-...Read More

Hang on tight as the Silver Knights rip apart the Silver Rigging Operations!by Bix Weir of Road to RootaThe Silver Riggers need to issue a "cease and desist" letter to all their members telling them to STOP ADMITTING THEY ARE RIGGING THE SILVER MARKET!! Hang on tight as the Silver Knights rip apart the Silver Rigging Operations! Read More

Base metals prices on both the LME and SHFE were mainly weaker this morning, Thursday May 13, this after some choppy trading in recent days and the greater-than-expected pick-up in the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday.US CPI rises 4.4% year on year in April, and was up 0.8% month on month Asia-Pacific equities weaken on Thursday US treasury yields rise and forward curve steepens Base met...Read More

Diamond market restrained due to supply bottleneck as Covid-19 spike in India curbs manufacturing. Trading shifting to Antwerp and other centers. Surat production focusing on larger goods as factories struggle with absenteeism and social distancing rules. Steady interest in 1 to 2 ct., D-J, VS-SI diamonds. Good US demand; April jewelry sales +255%, Mastercard reports. China seasonally quiet. Rough...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company has unearthed a 138-carat rough diamond from its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola, it said Thursday.The company found the stone at the site's Mining Block 46 portion of the mine, which is adjacent to the area where Lucapa is conducting its exploration for the primary source, or mother lode, of the deposit's diamonds. The stone is the seventh over 100 carats Lucapa ha...Read More

RAPAPORT... Petra Diamonds has agreed to pay $6 million (GBP 4.3 million) to settle violence claims at its Williamson mine in Tanzania.Some 71 anonymous claimants brought accusations of human-rights breaches at the site over several years. UK-based nonprofit Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) documented at least seven deaths and 41 assaults by security workers at Williamson since...Read More

Steel wire rod producers in Southern Europe were largely staying away from the market and holding back new offers, while scarce deals were heard done at substantially higher prices during the week amid a surge in the scrap and global long steel markets, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday May 12.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Southern Europe,...Read More