The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, at $13.75-14.05 per...Read More
Share this articleTORONTO - Shares in Alamos Gold Inc. are trading lower after the miner announced it would proceed with a $514 million expansion of its Island Gold mine in northern Ontario.It says the decision is based on a study of several options that concluded the best path forward was to proceed with a mill upgrade and shaft expansion to increase ore extraction to 2,000 tonnes per day by 20...Read More
The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed cobalt...Read More
The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency...Read More
So, has anything interesting happened to Tesla lately?Unless you've been living under a rock, which might be a possibility given the pandemic climate we find ourselves trading in today, it's a safe bet that you've seen a story or two regarding the world's best hype man.Tesla's stock move recently was nothing short of spectacular:Was the move justified? Of course not.The sentimental valuation spike...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil have moved upward in Northern Europe, supported by a lack of competitive import offers and a slow revival of demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 15.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?405.43 ($461.00) per tonne on Wednesday, up by ?,?2.43 per tonne from ?,?403.00 per tonne on July 14....Read More
"Throw out the old rulebook," advises Christophe Ollari, founder of Ollari Consulting. In a Real Vision interview Tuesday, he makes the case that we have entered a period of no turning back for central banks. He argues that normalization will not be possible, and I agree. We were assuming as much when we suggested in our market report Monday that we were approaching a period of helicopter money....Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 15 that are worth another look.Polish coking coal miner Jastrzebska Sp??lka Weglowa (JSW) is looking for financial aid to support operations badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the company said on Wednesday July 15.Part of the Nchanga copper mine in Zambia collapsed during the morning of July 15, as operator Konkola Cop...Read More
The price of steel H-beams in Europe was unchanged week on week on Wednesday July 15, with the market slowing ahead of the traditional summer lull, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel beams, domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?520-550 ($591-625) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.Producers have been pushing for price increases of ?,?20 pe...Read More
The price of hollow steel sections in Northern Europe remained unchanged on Wednesday July 15 with the seasonal summer slowdown beginning, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560 ($614-638) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.The market was described as quiet this week, with some market...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 15 that are worth another look.Polish coking coal miner Jastrzebska Sp??lka Weglowa (JSW) is looking for financial aid to support operations badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the company said on Wednesday July 15.Part of the Nchanga copper mine in Zambia collapsed during the morning of July 15, as operator Konkola Cop...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices observed rangebound movements on Wednesday July 15 amid uncertainty surrounding the near-term demand on steel because of the flooding caused by heavy rainfalls in southern China.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $112.30 per tonne, down $0.18 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $114.11 per tonne, down $0.15 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grad...Read More
Prices for bulk cargoes of Japan-origin scrap have increased over the past week on strong demand from buyers in South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, market participants told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 15.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scrap H2, export, fob main port Japan, was ?23,000-23,500 ($214-219) per tonne on Wednesday, up by ?500 per tonne week on week.One cargo of Japanese H2 scr...Read More
Steel traders in China have defaulted on contracts to supply their customers with some 200,000 tonnes of July-delivery Tangshan-origin steel billet as a result of high spot prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets this week.Buyers affected by the defaults have had to seek out cargoes in the spot market to meet their immediate needs, they said."Buyers can buy seaborne cargoes that will arrive in C...Read More
Craig HemkeThere was a time when the total U.S. fiscal deficit and debt seemed to matter. Apparently, that time has passed.Oh, my goodness. The good old days. I'm old enough to remember 2009 and all the rage about "exploding deficits" and "stealing our children's future". Heck, I even flew a Gadsden Flag for a while and attended a "Tea Party" rally near my home.Back then, as the U.S. struggled t...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsOne of our colleagues recently wrote an open letter to Ted Butler. The point was that Monetary Metals gold leasing is a different kind of activity than what is called "gold leasing" in the institutional bullion market. We make it possible for gold owners to lease their metal to gold-using businesses, and thereby earn interest in gold. Today, I want to discuss someth...Read More
Gold will break free from the recent consolidation phase and form a new range. Silver is bullish. Copper and crude oil are in a neutral zone to bullish zone. Better to remain on the sidelines today. A weaker US dollar will ensure that all metals rise before close. Trump has ended special status to Hongkong. (to me Hongkong is a part of China just like Palestine belongs to Palestinians and not to...Read More
TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:-We're not coming out of this.-Dumb money coming into this stage of the market.-Millennials pouring into market at bubble territory.-Baby boomers are dumb money. Millennials will be beneficiaries of this financial system.-Tech stocks will fair well early, but will crash 70-80%.Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author,...Read More
Wells Fargo Bank announced bad earnings for Q2 2020: Wells Fargo loses $2.4 billion in 2Q, first loss since 2008 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-...However, Wells Fargo's new CEO tried to spin things saying that things will improve in the quarters to come. Wells Fargo Hits Rock Bottom. Can It Get Worse? https://www.yahoo.com/news/wells-farg...New Christopher Whalen article: Banks: Value Tease...Read More
"I think the dollar will be destroyed by year end, and the price of gold and silver is infinity. . . . I think the banking crisis could start in a month. Look what's happening to their balance sheets. . . . I think the collapse is likely to be so rapid that in the absence of any other information, the best thing to do is to hold on to gold and silver as an insurance policy just in case I am right....Read More