Bill Gates has a theory about green premiums: He wants to eliminate them entirely. The American business magnate and philanthropist calls green premiums the additional cost of choosing a clean technology over one that emits a greater amount of greenhouse gases.In other words, the price that metals and mining companies are starting to charge their customers for producing low-carbon produc...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Ian Murray, CEO of Matador Mining, sits down with Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education to discuss why he came out of retirement to run the company and why he believes Matador is the most undervalued gold company operating in Newfoundland. Matador Mining Ltd. (MZZ:ASE; MZZMF:OTCQX) is the most undervalued gold stock in Canada's hottest jurisdiction of Newfoundland, says Ian Murray. Ian thought so...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger discusses the upsides and downsides of trading cryptocurrencies, precious metals and copper, and also puts numbers on the "multibagger" potential of Getchell Gold. Last week was a gratifying week for a number of reasons but it was also a frustrating one for many of us Ontario-ians that worship the summers out on Georgian Bay. Canadian boating season usually runs fr...Read More

Sierra Madre Gold and Silver is fast out of the blocks with reconnaissance sampling silver values up to 648 grams per ton, and gold values up to 7.43 grams per ton. Sierra Madre Gold and Silver (SM:TSX.V) is a five-week-old public company it began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on April 19 developing the silver-rich Tepic Project located in the mining-friendly state of Nayarit, Mexico.Fiftee...Read More

Export prices for Iran-origin steel billet and slab have slipped in recent sales because demand was only modest in the main outlet markets in Asia and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries.Most customers preferred to take a wait-and-see stance, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday May 26.BilletOne of the country's major billet exporters, Khouzestan Steel, was said to have sold 30,000 tonnes of b...Read More

Robust demand continued to support the high- and low-carbon ferro-chrome markets in Europe in the week ended Tuesday May 25.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, high carbon, 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, narrowed upward by 3 cents (+1.1%) to $1.23-1.50 per lb Cr on Tuesday, from $1.20-1.50 per lb Cr a week earlier.The market was supported by strength in the s...Read More

Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe increased again on Wednesday May 26, with mills continuing to cite higher feedstock costs for raised prices, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?1,250-1,320 ($1,530-1,616) per tonne on May 26, up from ?,?1,220-1,250 per tonne on May 19. Fastmarkets' weekly pri...Read More

As we know, history tends to rhyme.It’s never the same, but when you zoom out, the bigger picture often looks verysimilar. What does it mean for gold?Short-termimplications With gold’s back-and-forth price actionmirroring its behavior from 2012, the yellow metal is likely destined fordevaluation.Back then, gold zigzagged with anxietybefore suffering a material drawdown. In fact, in ear...Read More

The UK government has announced ?166 million funding to drive forward development of green technology and development as part of its Green Industrial Revolution, with UK steelmakers set to receive cash.The funding package will benefit energy-intensive businesses such as steelmaking and manufacturing and falls under the UK Prime Minister's 10 Point Plan for a green revolution, which includes remov...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 26 that are worth another look.The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021,...Read More

Bill Gates has a theory about green premiums: He wants to eliminate them entirely. The American business magnate and philanthropist calls green premiums the additional cost of choosing a clean technology over one that emits a greater amount of greenhouse gases.In other words, the price that metals and mining companies are starting to charge their customers for producing low-carbon produc...Read More

Robust demand continued to support the high- and low-carbon ferro-chrome markets in Europe in the week ended Tuesday May 25.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, high carbon, 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, narrowed upward by 3 cents (+1.1%) to $1.23-1.50 per lb Cr on Tuesday, from $1.20-1.50 per lb Cr a week earlier.The market was supported by strength in the s...Read More

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday May 26. Please click...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 26 that are worth another look.The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021,...Read More

Bill Gates has a theory about green premiums: He wants to eliminate them entirely. The American business magnate and philanthropist calls green premiums the additional cost of choosing a clean technology over one that emits a greater amount of greenhouse gases.In other words, the price that metals and mining companies are starting to charge their customers for producing low-carbon produc...Read More

Market participants expect long-term support for aluminium scrap prices in Europe following growing demand for low-carbon aluminium. According to the European Union's taxonomy for sustainable activities, which serves as a guide to direct investment for sustainable projects, there are fewer criteria to be met for the manufacturing of secondary aluminium to be considered a sustainable project. "All...Read More

What comes next is scary...Patrick Karim with Patrick V. on Silver Bullion TVPatrick Karim: A May or June Monthly Close Above $29 For Silver Signals Imminent Breakout We are joined on Metal Money by Patrick Karim, veteran chart trader and founder of Badcharts.com. We review the relationship between the silver price, US dollar index, gold-silver ratio, and the M2 money supply from data of past deca...Read More

Nickel and aluminium were the stand-out metals during the afternoon session on Wednesday May 26 on the London Metal Exchange, with slight rises for the rest of the base metals - except for zinc - after a start of the week that saw lower prices across the complex. Nickel's price was up 1.5% to $17,288 per tonne on Wednesday, its highest in the past week following a bout of weakness triggered on the...Read More

Base metals prices on the LME and SHFE were mixed - albeit with a slight upward bias - this morning, Wednesday May 26. But the rebounds seem half-hearted, with some erring on the side of caution judging by the lower treasury yields and stronger gold price. While the United States Federal Reserve generally seems to be remaining dovish, the vice chair, Richard Clarida, spoke of a "soft landing"........Read More