Vale Canada - subsidiary of Brazilian multi-metal miner Vale - and Australian zinc producer New Century Resources have failed to reach an agreement in the latter's 95% acquisition of Vale New Caledonia (VNC), the former announced on Tuesday September 8.The announcement brings the exclusivity period under which the prospective sale was being negotiated between the two entities to an end after negot...Read More

Share this articleGlobal mining deal value, suffering from an unanticipated shock from the COVID-19 pandemic, fell by over US$18bn when compared to the first half of 2019 to US$46.6bn in the first half of 2020. An expected slump in the global economy, steered by a series of challenges, has kept investors away from long-term financial instruments, resulting in a 12.7% y-o-y fall in the capital rais...Read More

It's getting ugly out there today. The tech wreck of 2020 is underway. If you look at today's heat map of stocks, there are only a few that are up.Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced that its parks are full to capacity and gained a couple of points. General Motors (NYSE: GM) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) are also bucking the trend.The big high-flying stocks are down. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has fallen some 30%...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, as US markets corrected, the Index finally followed its recently weakening RSI momentum indicator. The INK CIN tumbled 31.71 points or 3% to 1039.80.MACD sunk 3.93 points to -7.95. RSI fell 18.03 points to 45.63.Support is now at 1040.77 (lower Bollinger) and 1022.49 (20-day mo...Read More

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for discontinuation of four steel-sector price assessments in Argentina following a long period of low liquidity and an inactive spot market.The prices proposed for discontinuation are as follows:- MB-STE-0003 Steel hot-rolled coil, monthly assessment, domestic, exw Argentina, $ per tonne- MB-STE-0001 Steel cold-rolled coil, monthly assessment, dome...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe were expected to continue to rise, supported by long lead times and reduced output from EU mills as well as a lack of import offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 8.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?467.95 ($553.32) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?0.56 per tonne day on day...Read More

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for discontinuation of four steel-sector price assessments in Argentina following a long period of low liquidity and an inactive spot market.The prices proposed for discontinuation are as follows:- MB-STE-0003 Steel hot-rolled coil, monthly assessment, domestic, exw Argentina, $ per tonne- MB-STE-0001 Steel cold-rolled coil, monthly assessment, dome...Read More

CIS-based producers of steel wire rod and rebar have continued to raise their offer prices for foreign customers, with support from rising raw materials costs and finished long steel prices in competitors' markets, particularly Turkey, as well as a supportive domestic market in Russia.Demand in the major outlets has not, however, been strong enough to drive full acceptance of the new round of pric...Read More

The price of steel rebar imported to the United Arab Emirates increased this week because of high production costs, market sources said on Tuesday September 8.Domestic rebarSince August 17, producers in the UAE have been offering rebar at 1,800-1,830 dirhams ($490-498) per tonne ex-works for September production, with deals heard over the past week at 1,730...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday September 8 that are worth another look.Japanese blast furnace (BF)-based steel mills have been using more scrap in their basic oxygen furnaces in recent weeks due to a rise in steel production and high costs for iron ore, market participants told...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico rose during the week ended Friday September 4, with most steelmakers announcing widespread increases in buying prices amid steady demand and a positive trend in markets in the United States.Price gains were reported across all grades both in the region near northern Monterrey city and in the central Bajio region, although the amount of the increases va...Read More

?>>?Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases with support from firm demand for long steel products in the country, sources said on Tuesday September 8.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $302 per tonne, shredded at $307 per tonne and bonus at $312 per tonne cfr late on September 7.The cargo breakdown was not yet fixed by t...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like the movies, he moved on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps, having attained the rank of Lieute...Read More

Sure enough we came back from the Labor Day Weekend Holiday and gold was down, but then it did an upside reversal and it's up nearly $12 per ounce. Just like Craig Hemke said it would. And the reasons are quite clear, real interests rate which have been negative are getting even more negative, with no end in sight. But according to Craig, if you're a precious metals investor or mining stock invest...Read More

Links to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/infla...Maria A.4 days ago-Besides gold and silver, how do you prepare for hyperinflation?Canyon Amarys3 days ago-How does gold protect you from deflation?Kel Warn4 days ago-What's to stop the FED pumping the gold price down while buying out all the physical at the other end, to use as the reserve value for their digital dollar?Joyce Koc...Read More

The crazy stock market rally since the March lows has received all the media headlines, but what about real estate? What impact is the coronavirus having on that market?One of the most successful real estate investors we know, Ken McElroy, says that covid-19 is accelerating and exacerbating a bust cycle that was already in the making. He predicts massive upheaval in 2021.Full description and comme...Read More

http://financialrepressionauthority.c...Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May 2005, Of Two Minds now attracts some 200,000 visits a month. Charles also contributes to AOL's Daily Finance site and has wr...Read More

The Federal Reserve has been managing the economy through "monetary manipulation," causing malinvestment, and the over-accumulation of debt, said former congressman Ron Paul.The end result is an overinflated stock market that could see a "violent correction", as well as a monetary system on the brink of collapse, Paul said."I happen to believe it's the biggest financial bubble in the history of mo...Read More

Rather than confining our youth for a cold that might not even spread in its asymptomatic form, perhaps its time to start confiningContinue...Read More