Jul 29, 2020 Guest(s): Mike McGlone The Federal Reserve has pumped trillions of dollars to stabilize the U.S. economy and financial markets devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. With that trend expected to continue for the foreseeable future, one market strategist said the best way not to fight the central bank is by investing in precious metals.In an interview with Kitco News Mike McGlone, seni...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 29 that are worth another look.The United States Department of Commerce has launched anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations - some alleging triple-digit margins - into seamless standard, line and pressure pipe imports from four...Read More

Global tin premiums were flat in the week ended Tuesday July 28, with a rising three-month tin price on the London Metal Exchange and tightening forward spreads being the key deterrents to spot business, while a closed arbitrage window and lack of spot liquidity meant that deals remained rare.US premium holds steady on lack of tradesClosed arbitrage window for most of the past two weeks limits buy...Read More

Exports of standard P1020 aluminium from Canada into the United States in July have declined as demand for value-added products (VAP) resumes and smelters rebalance their production, according to the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC). This makes the potential reintroduction of Section 232 tariffs by the US government not just unnecessary but also penalizing for North American manufacturers and...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesJul 29, 2020If you are a silver bug,Aftermath just did a binding agreement on a project in Southern Peru with a silver 43-101 resource of 126 million ounces. They are paying about $14.5 million in total in USD with a tiny NSR on production. It comes with 771 million pounds of copper in a 43-101 resource for free.Alternatively, if you are a copper nutcase rather than a silver n...Read More

Chairman Jerome Powell said the current economic downturn triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic was "the most severe in our lifetimes"."At the Federal Reserve, we remain committed to using our tools to do what we can, and for as long as it takes, to provide some relief and stability, to ensure that the recovery will be as strong as possible, and to limit lasting damage to the economy," he said.The nu...Read More

It said it had started the protocol on a preventative basis for Barragem 5 at Mina da Mutuca in Nova Lima, and it did not require evacuating the population downstream of the dam.Vale had started relocating about 50 people earlier this month as it expanded the self-rescue zone around several dams at its Fábrica mine at the Paraopeba complex in Minas Gerais.Vale said Barragem 5 was a downstre...Read More

Key information from the pricing session for Fastmarkets' alumina index, fob Australia on Wednesday July 29. Key drivers: Deals concluded on Wednesday at $275 per tonne fob Western Australia for 30,000 tonnes with mid-August loading.  Prior to this, the deal market had been quiet with no spot business since one deal at $280.50 per tonne fob Australia on July 22. Chinese market participants h...Read More

The two are negotiating a potential 50% equity investment in Thiess by UK-based Elliott.Read More

First Quantum Minerals has cut its 2020 production guidance for its Cobre Panama copper project by as much as 105,000 tonnes and further lowered its group copper production guidance for the year due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.The Vancouver, Canada-headquartered company had previously expected Cobre Panama to produce 285,000-310,000 tonnes this year but said it had revised its producti...Read More

Construction at Minera Exar's Caucharí-Olaroz development was suspended three weeks ago after two workers tested positive for COVID-19.Lithium Americas said it had become aware of press reports indicating Jujuy had commenced proceedings related to Minera Exar's implementation of provincial COVID-19 health and safety protocols."Minera Exar and the shareholders take these claims seriously and...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 29 that are worth another look.The United States Department of Commerce has launched anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations - some alleging triple-digit margins - into seamless standard, line and pressure pipe imports from four...Read More

(Denver, Colorado - July 29, 2020) GoldSeek.com is pleased to announce that it will be launching its new website in the coming days. This will be the third major revision to the GoldSeek website over the past 25-years.In the next version of GoldSeek.com, we are excited to announce the following features:Live Gold Prices - streaming live gold prices & charts Mobile Friendly - smartphone &...Read More

Silver has made impressive gains over the past week which resulted from its breaking out at last from the giant Double Bottom base pattern that started to form as far back as 2013, so it's been a long wait for silver investors for this to happen. Over the past week it has done exactly as predicted in the "breakout Souvenir article" posted on the site on the 22nd, running quickly at the strong re...Read More

By Avi GilburtLast week, I put out an article outlining my expectation for a pullback in GLD before we head to the 200+ region. Within the comments section, I outlined my plan as to how I am going to play for a potential pullback. However, that pullback has not yet materialized.For those that have followed me closely for years, you know that I have been heavily long physical metals and mining s...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold has spent 6 days in a row over the upper Bollinger band, this is unheard of. I have seen a 7 day before, this is a sign of great strength! Gold has 18DMA at 1836+ area and rising quickly. Silver had an amazing move. I would be very careful, $4-range in one day! I appreciate your bravery, but I just don't have it. I would avoid leverage futures here:Read More

Gold and silver are firm before the FOMC. There is expectation that Federal Reserve will reiterate of easy monetary policy for a very long time. Federal Reserve and most central banks will tolerate higher inflation for the rest of the year and next year. This is one of the reason why gold and silver prices are rising. I have been saying for quite a while that global economic growth in the third...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Export prices for bulk cargoes of Japanese steel scrap have risen for the third consecutive week amid solid buying interest, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 29.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scrap H2, export, fob main port Japan, was ?25,000-25,500 ($237-242) per tonne on Wednesday, up by ?500 per tonne from ?24,500-25,000 per tonne last week.Japan-origin H1:H2 (50:50...Read More

Turkish steel mills resumed their deep-sea scrap purchases with prices edging up, sources said on Wednesday July 29.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo, comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $273 per tonne and 9,000 tonnes of bonus scrap at $283 per tonne cfr.Another steel mill in the Izmir region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $275 per...Read More