Cobalt producers Huayou and Glencore are founding members of a new body aiming to develop artisanal and small-scale miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The objectives of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) include supporting the professionalization of site management and instilling best practice across the artisanal mining sector to develop health and safety, and minimize the environm...Read More
Outright cobalt hydroxide prices edged upward over the past fortnight, but spot trading has generally slowed while consumers exercise greater caution in restocking the material.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide index 30% Co min, cif China rose to $11.82 per lb on Friday August 21, up by 1.6% from $11.63 per lb two weeks earlier. Consumers are still looking to top up their raw materials inventories in...Read More
An article published by The Associated Press over the weekend claims there is good evidence that businesses influenced state reopening plans. It reads:Thousands of pages of emails provided to The Associated Press under open-records laws show that governors across the U.S. were inundated with reopening advice from a wide range of industries - from campgrounds in New Hampshire to car washes in Washi...Read More
Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe increased further over the week to Friday August 21, supported by significant offer increase announced by some European mills.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?433.75 ($513.83) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?14.58 per tonne week on week and up by ?,?26.08 per tonne month on mont...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index could not break past 1090 and slipped modestly. It fell 2.68 points to 1066.90.MACD fell 3.5 points to -2.14. RSI backed off 9.59 points to 66.77.Support is now at 1049.90 (20-day moving average) and 1033. Resistance is at 1084 and 1100.As far as performance goes, the...Read More
The domestic price of hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe jumped day-on-day on Monday August 24, supported by the absence of competitive imports and reduced domestic output, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?443.75 ($523.40) per tonne on Monday, up by ?,?10.00 per tonne from ?,?433.75 per tonne on August...Read More
Following a consultation period, Fastmarkets will change the minimum tonnage of its weekly price assessments for steel hot-rolled coil for export, fob main port Turkey, to a minimum of 2,000 tonnes (with no set maximum), from the current 500-1,000 tonnes, with effect from Monday August 24.The price subject to the change is MB-STE-0107 Steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonn...Read More
Special bar quality (SBQ) steel prices in the United States have declined once again due to persistent demand weakness and lower raw material costs, according to market sources. On the hot-rolled side of the market, Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel bar hot-rolled special bar quality (SBQ) 1-inch round 1000 series (carbon), fob mill US slipped to $31.25 per hundredweight ($625 per sh...Read More
Declining ferrous scrap costs pushed the price of cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod lower, while the price for high-carbon wire rod was unchanged, Fastmarkets learned. Fastmarkets' assessment for steel wire rod cold-heading quality, ddp settled at $35.50 per hundredweight ($710 per short ton) on Friday August 21, down 2.7% from $36.50 per cwt last month.The cost of steel scrap No1 busheling, del...Read More
Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in the week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers doubt the scale of increase the market can actually accept, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday.Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in a week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers...Read More
The Turkish steel producers have entered a third consecutive week with no deep-sea scrap bookings due to the still-weak finished markets for long steel products, sources said on Monday August 24.After booking some US and Baltic Sea cargoes at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) on August 7, the steel mills in Turkey went quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets.In the past two weeks, the Turk...Read More
The steel recycling division of Tata Steel has announced it is launching a mobile app for sourcing steel scrap in India, the company said on August 19.The app - named FerroHaat - claims to be a world first and aims to source steel scrap from traders in India. The app is a step toward organizing the currently disorganized Indian scrap supply chain,while also providing a reliable source of scrap met...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices eased for the second consecutive trading session on Monday August 24 amid limited trading activity, according to trade sources.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $125.23 per tonne, down by $2.15 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.78 per tonne, down by $1.93 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $111.21 per tonne, dow...Read More
There's been a lot of questions and concerns regarding the next most likely outcomes for us both socially and economically. And while I can't tell you exact what's going to happen, I can definitely prepare you for the top 3 scenarios. So today I'm going to show you how to protect yourself from inflation, deflation, and even confiscation.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at...Read More
0:00 Introduction1:43 Buffett believes gold price going higher?6:23 Significance of Buffett selling bank stocks?8:19 Timing a new junior gold stock position10:30 Still playing the M&A game?14:39 Gold-ounce-in-the-ground valuation metric16:21 Bulk-tonnage, high-capex gold projects to see positive production decisions this cycle?19:49 Gold market topping indicators23:30 Copper bull market after gold...Read More
Easy money is a curse for capitalism.Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and...Read More
When we last spoke with Andy he warned of a looming precious metals shortage in the fall, due to the near global mine shutdown caused by Covid 19. "We are at roughly 8 times normal sales at Miles Franklin." Federal indictments against JP Morgan metal traders in March make Andy believe that it's changed landscape. Silver went from around $12 to nearly $30. Gold went to $2000. Bottom line is that pr...Read More
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In America, power and profit are the only values, and fear is used to maximize them. It seems the bulk of the population never catches on.Continue...Read More
Topics discussed:The uniqueness of the 2020 financial crisisHow the Federal Reserve has been aggressively manipulating the bond marketsThe Wealth Effect' vs free marketsThe current retail stock market 'mania'The only group who can bring bond markets down: The Bond Market VigilantesThe scale and risk of the Federal Reserve's borrowing and money printingImplications of the recent, wild price swings...Read More