Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe were flat on Wednesday July 7 due to a replenishing in stocks following the renewed import quota, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?1,370-1,420 ($1,631-1,690) per tonne on July 7, unchanged week on week.Hot-rolled coil, the feedstock for hollow sections, rema...Read More
The current chip crisis has its roots not in Covid, but in Trump's trade policies. The one thing Trump consistently got wrong across the board was trade policy.Continue...Read More
Ralph Aldis, portfolio manager at U.S. Global Investors, explains why he believes we are not in a full-fledged gold market yet and discusses where he believes investors can find opportunities. Streetwise Reports: Ralph, you manage the U.S. Global Investors Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX) and the World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX), and the Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX) just receive...Read More
Quebec Precious Metals Corporation (QPM) has set the resource bar at 2 million ounces. QPM management believes that's the minimum threshold necessary to attract the interest of major gold producers. The initial resource estimate at Sakami, set to hit the market late in 2021, will tell the tale. Successful companies set goals and reach them. For Quebec Precious Metals Corporation (QPM:TSX.V), the...Read More
In honor of Independence Day, sector expert Michael Ballanger celebrates the American "tribe," and also reflects on a potential precious metals bear market. I write this weekly missive on the evening of the day in which Americans celebrate their independence from British colonial rule, an event that happened in 1776, but was quickly mimicked by most other British colonies, the most notable being...Read More
All the world's major coking coal importers reduced their purchases in 2020 amid steel production cuts and lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.China, Japan, South Korea, the European Union and India imported a total of 217.76 million tonnes of coking coal last year, down by 10.1% from 2019....Read More
Steel producer Feralpi Group has increased its investments into decarbonisation projects and plans to improve production processes as part of its industrial development strategy, the company said.Technical investments for its 2020 year rose to ?,?55.6 million ($65.6m), as part of its industrial plan, which is aimed at achieving maximum efficiency of operations, reducing consumption and emissions.T...Read More
Europe's third-quarter steel import quotas opened on Thursday July 1, but already some suppliers have absorbed a large proportion of the long steel allocation, repeating a similar scenario from the previous quarter.As a result, European independent traders and downstream steel users are once again left with no alternative to domestically produced steel and surging prices, sources told Fastmarkets....Read More
Peter Krauth of Silver Stock Investor delves into the silver market and discusses why it "looks primed to rally strongly on the back of multiple drivers."Transitory. That's something we've been hearing a lot lately.At its latest FOMC meeting the Fed naturally decided to keep the fed funds rate target at 0.25%. It also decided not to mess with the $120 billion monthly bond buying program...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 8 that are worth another look.Iran's steel output will be negatively affected by severe power shortages that started in June and still remain an issue, market participants said.Kamoa Copper's 3.8-million-tonne-per-year concentrator in the...Read More
The European ferro-tungsten market rose over the week to Thursday July 8, with offer prices increasing rapidly on reduced spot availability in Europe and the prospect of Russia imposing an export tax from August 1.Fastmarkets assessed the price of ferro-tungsten, basis 75% W, in-whs dup Rotterdam, at $37.75-38.50 per kg on July 7, up from the previous assessment of $35.60-37.00 per kg. The market...Read More
Ferro-chrome prices in Asia and Europe have been trending upward since mid-May amid strong demand, with tightened supply from India fueling the bullish sentiment further in those markets, according to industry sources.India - ranked as the world's fourth-largest producer of ferro-chrome - produced around 1.28 million tonnes of the ferro-alloy in 2019, but last year it produced just 970,000 tonnes...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange showed mixed directions at the 5pm close of trading on Thursday July 8, with copper and aluminium down on a slowing Chinese economy and talks of tapering from the United States."The takeaway from last night's FOMC [meeting] appears to be that this month... should see the ramping-up of more formal talks on tapering, with the line that the conditions f...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 8 that are worth another look.Iran's steel output will be negatively affected by severe power shortages that started in June and still remain an issue, market participants said.Kamoa Copper's 3.8-million-tonne-per-year concentrator in the...Read More
Ferro-chrome prices in Asia and Europe have been trending upward since mid-May amid strong demand, with tightened supply from India fueling the bullish sentiment further in those markets, according to industry sources.India - ranked as the world's fourth-largest producer of ferro-chrome - produced around 1.28 million tonnes of the ferro-alloy in 2019, but last year it produced just 970,000 tonnes...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange showed mixed directions at the 5pm close of trading on Thursday July 8, with copper and aluminium down on a slowing Chinese economy and talks of tapering from the United States."The takeaway from last night's FOMC [meeting] appears to be that this month... should see the ramping-up of more formal talks on tapering, with the line that the conditions f...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices dropped across the board on Thursday July 8, due to a weakening demand outlook caused by the growing potential for steel production cuts in the second half of the year, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $218.04 per tonne, down $4.35 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $222.00 per tonne, down $3.70 per tonne58% Fe fines high-gr...Read More
Coking coal prices were largely stable on Thursday July 8, with sellers and buyers in China's cfr market assessing the potential impact of the government's desire to limit steel production.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $202.33 per tonne, up $0.08 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $308 per tonne, down $0.35 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $173.58 per ton...Read More
it looks like the U.S. Mint went back and updated June, showing a significant figure... by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportAfter nearly three months, the U.S. Mint has finally updated its Silver & Gold Eagle sales. With the U.S. Mint releasing its new Silver & Gold Eagle designs this month, they stopped updating Silver Eagle sales in the middle of April. However, it looks like the U.S. Mint...Read More
It now may be a great time to be bullish on silver. It's quite clear that silver tends to...by Peter Krauth via Streetwise ReportsTransitory. That's something we've been hearing a lot lately.At its latest FOMC meeting the Fed naturally decided to keep the fed funds rate target at 0.25%.It also decided not to mess with the $120 billion monthly bond buying program to help "support the flow of credit...Read More