0:00 - Intro1:02 - The Early 70s2:20 - Gold Business Events3:49 - Money Printing & Debt4:42 - Runaway Gold Market7:06 - Last Gold Rush Ever8:51 - Gold Vs. Silver10:16 - Confiscation Risks12:15 - Swapping Gold/Silver14:39 - Investor Activity17:04 - Mainstream Interest17:31 - Numismatic HypeBill Haynes is the owner and President of CMI Gold & Silver. Read More

No changes were reported in the premium for direct-reduced (DR) iron ore pellet for the fourth quarter of 2020, although sources told Fastmarkets they expect growth in the first quarter of 2021 on strong demand.Fastmarkets' iron ore DR-grade pellet premium to 65% Fe fines index, Middle East reference was $24 per tonne on Monday November 30, unchanged month on month.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore,...Read More

American billionaires haven't been just immune to the pandemic, they have been thriving in it, drastically increasing their collective wealth.Continue...Read More

CNN has just published the first of what might be a series of reports on a cache of new documents purporting to prove that the information disseminated Continue...Read More

The export price for steel slab from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) increased again during the week to Monday November 30, mainly because of the continued uptrend in the hot-rolled coil market, Fastmarkets has heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $525-535 per tonne on November 30, up from $485-495 per tonne a week earlier.Slab off...Read More

James Kwantes of Resource Opportunities outlines the latest news from this Canadian junior miner. The market reaction was muted when Genesis Metals Corp. (GIS:TSX.V; GGISF:OTC) hit 8.73 g/t gold over 21.35 meters in a late 2017 drill hole at its Chevrier gold project in Quebec. It was a sign of the times: The high-grade intercept, announced on Jan. 22, 2018, came during a grinding bear market for...Read More

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. shares traded 12% higher after the company reported it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Alcoa Warrick LLC from Alcoa Corp. in a transaction valued at $670 million. After U.S. markets closed for trading yesterday afternoon, specialty aluminum products manufacturer Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (KALU:NASDAQ) announced that "it has entered into a definitive agreement...Read More

Vox Royalty Corp. has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a royalty over a portion of Bushveld Minerals Ltd.'s Brits Vanadium Project located in South Africa. In a news release, precious metals mining royalty and streaming company Vox Royalty Corp. (VOX:TSX.V) announced that "it has entered into a binding agreement with Sable Metals and Minerals Pty. Ltd. pursuant to which Vox will acquir...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Key ferro-alloy forecast highlights for the coming months:?EUR? A strong recovery in both bulk and noble alloys is expected in 2021 but the markets are unlikely to return to the levels seen before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have seen a quicker-than-expected recovery across various regions amid the economic fal...Read More

Although the apparent results of the 2020 election are still being contested, members of the global ruling elite are already looking forward to a post-Trump era in American politics – and a post-vaccine world economy.They have encapsulated their policy agenda for 2021 and beyond into two words: “Great Reset.”The notion of a Great Reset comes directly from the World Economic Forum...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday November 26 that are worth another look.Italian steel unions have expressed growing concerns over the future of the Taranto steel plant and jobs in the city, with ArcelorMittal Italia expected to soon agree to a deal that would...Read More

China imported 5.90 million tonnes of coking coal in October, an increase of 3.6% from 5.69 million tonnes a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed.Last month's imports are down by 12.2% month on month, however.Coking coal imports in October were valued at nearly 3.8 billion yuan ($578 million), down by 22.5% year on year and 10.4% lower month on month, according to the customs data.Of the 5.90...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday November 26 that are worth another look. British Steel plans...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 1 that are worth another look.The mining industry must apply the correct cultural mindset to its operating principles in order to avoid any repeat of tragic events such as the destruction of one of Australia's...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed over $40 per hundredweight ($800 per short ton) for the first time since 2018 after more buyers chased fewer spot tons at the domestic mills. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $40.44 per cwt ($808.80 per ton) on Tuesday December 1, up by 1.53% from $39.83 per cwt on Monday November 30 and an increase of...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday December 1.Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in the main Mexican domestic markets increased in the week ended Friday November 27, with some companies applying increases in order to secure supply amid low availability and steady demand.Early last week, at least one company in the region near the northern city of Monterrey applied price increases, and afterwards some scrap sellers were able to achieve higher deals with oth...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 1 that are worth another look.The mining industry must apply the correct cultural mindset to its operating principles in order to avoid any repeat of tragic events such as the destruction of one of Australia's...Read More

Now is not the time for Freeport-McMoRan to be thinking about mergers and acquisitions, the mining company's chief executive officer says.According to Richard Adkerson, the company - which is just over half-way through a mega-project to transform its giant Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia from an open-pit to an underground operation - is on the verge of creating huge shareholder value."I jus...Read More

Plans for a London Metal Exchange spot trading platform have sparked intense debate within the aluminium industry. But opponents and supporters don't necessarily fall into the camps that one might expect. For starters, a decision by the LME not to change its futures contract, establish a new green aluminium contract or set thresholds to define what constitutes low-carbon metal is proving key in st...Read More