Key data from the pricing session in London on Wednesday May 13. Key drivers  Market sources are indicating a slight uptick in inquiries for summer or fourth-quarter delivery, although the spot market remains relatively thinly traded. Weak demand is keeping...Read More

**Today's editorial comes from Abe Cambridge, CEO and Founder, The Sun Exchange.Investing in African solar in this time of global financial volatility and decline can yield solid, steady and long term returns. With new solar investment innovations, it is now possible to own solar assets through vehicles that suit any investor, business or homeowner. -- Abe Cambridge, CEO and Founder, The Sun Excha...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 13 that are worth another look.China's Sichuan province is to implement an inspection regime to ensure steelmakers comply with the nationwide policy requiring the increased use of alloys to improve the quality of any rebar produced in the region.Glencore, Anglo American and Vale have been excluded from Norway's oil fund while...Read More

Today is Wednesday, May 13, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,703.40. It's up 0.35% from yesterday and up 29.9...Read More

Today is Wednesday, May 13, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC), Bonanza Creek Energy (NYSE: BCEI), and WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX).HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC)HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) is a $4.651 billion company today with a one-year return of -31.2%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings...Read More

Yesterday on INK Ultra Money we heard Raoul Pal's bearish outlook for markets. Today, we get an entirely different perspective. Fund manager Kyle Bass is also bearish, but primarily on China and Hong Kong, a city he sees as a victim of aggressive Chinese policy action. On America Bass is upbeat.In a free video summary and report, we also look at a gold miner entering the INK Canadian Insider Ind...Read More

Think you have it rough right now?You're certainly not alone in that sentiment. The masses are getting restless and, quite frankly, I'm not too sure how much longer Americans can go before their cooped up frustrations hit the breaking point.We're close.But here's one little secret:Things can be much, much worse.Close your eyes for a moment and think of how your time being locked down at home would...Read More

Europe's domestic prices for heavy steel plate have dropped again over the past week due to poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 13.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel domestic plate, 8-40mm, exw northern Europe was ?,?470-490 ($509-531) per tonne on May 13, widening downward by ?,?10 per tonne from ?,?480-490 per tonne on May 6.The assessment is based on off...Read More

For your weekly reading, we bring you the week's most popular stories from Energy and Capital and our sister site, Wealth Daily... Investing in the Return of U.S. ManufacturingWas COVID-19 spawned in a wet market or in a biotech lab in Wuhan? Was it released into the world intentionally or was it an accident? Energy and Captial editor Jeff Siegel discusses the possible origins of COVID-19...Meat...Read More

Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil in Europe have fallen further over the week despite limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 13.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel CRC, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?500-520 ($542-563) per tonne on May 13, compared with ?,?500-525 per tonne a week earlier. The assessment, however, was down by ?,?30-40 per tonne sin...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 13 that are worth another look.China's Sichuan province is to implement an inspection regime to ensure steelmakers comply with the nationwide policy requiring the increased use of alloys to improve the quality of any rebar produced in the region.Glencore, Anglo American and Vale have been excluded from Norway's oil fund while...Read More

Brazilian flat and long steel producer Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) has started procedures to halt the No2 blast furnace at its Usina Presidente Vargas (UPV) unit amid low demand caused by the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Fastmarkets has learned.The local metalworkers' union, Sindmetal-SF, said that the company has begun to shut down the furnace and was planning to eliminate 2,000 job...Read More

The price for steel H-beams in Europe remained unchanged on Wednesday May 13, due to a lack of trading and despite continuing fluctuations in feedstock costs, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel beams, domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?525-560 ($569-607) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.Some market participants reported a small uptick in...Read More

Glencore, Anglo American and Vale have been excluded from Norway's oil fund while BHP has been placed on an observation list as the $1.1 trillion fund tightens up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements. Glencore and Anglo American have been removed due to the fund's product-based coal criteria, which were made stricter last year, while Vale has been barred due to environmental...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap cargoes for June shipment on Wednesday May 13, but prices started to show signs of a downturn due to the weak rebar market, sources told Fastmarkets. A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 12,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $252 per tonne and 18,000-20,000 tonnes of shredded at $257 per tonne cfr.But another s...Read More

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By Ricky WenOvernight price action overshot to 2830 support on the Emini S&P 500 (ES), bottoming out at 2825.25, as price was oversold given the 100-point drop from the 2930s.As of the regular trading hours open, the ES was around the same spot as yesterday's closing price area of 2850, which coincides with our key 2850 level discussed below.What is the bias/gameplan going into today?For intrada...Read More

Thomas LuongoThere's been a concerted effort recently among the oligarchs I like to call The Davos Crowd to demonize cash. From hedge fund manager Ray Dalio pronouncing 'Cash is trash' earlier this year to the fear-mongering surrounding COVID-19 making people fearful of dealing in cash because it might be tainted the anti-cash rhetoric has been amped up to eleven.And it's been no secret that the...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold is forming a triangle pattern and from that pattern, we will see how the price will breakout. In the meantime we have an uptrend..Read More

The seaborne iron ore market largely maintained current levels on Wednesday May 13, with good demand for steel and consumption of iron ore continuing to support prices. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.63 per tonne, down $0.04 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $94.36 per tonne, up $0.16 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $78.88 per t...Read More