Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe have been fairly stable due to slow market activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 20.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?410 ($448.14) per tonne on Wednesday, up by only ?,?0.16 per tonne from ?,?409.84 per tonne on Tuesday.Wednesday's index was calculated based on deals heard at ?,?405-415...Read More

Turkey has imposed additional duties on imports of several steel products with effect from Wednesday May 20, according to the Turkish Official Gazette.Imports of hot-rolled flat steel under HS codes 7208 9080 1012 and 7208 9080 2012 will be subject to 14% additional import duty until September 30, 2020.A 10% additional import duty will be applied to various cold-rolled flat steel under HS code 720...Read More

Steel rebar prices in Europe have remained largely stable over the past week, supported by costlier scrap, with buying remained limited especially in the south, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 20.Buying activity was slow in the south of the region because the key rebar-consuming sector, construction, was still running at low rates while various countries eased their way out of their Covi...Read More

By Dave KranzlerThe chart above speaks for itself. You could not find a more bullish chart set-up in the stock market. Note that the HUI/Dow ration bottomed out in late 2019 at the same level where it bottomed in late 2000. Most investors in this sector were not around for the beginning of the precious metals bull market in late 2000. But you can see the big move that started in 2008 - for which...Read More

Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe dipped further this week with buyers rejecting current offer prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 20. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?560-580 ($612-634) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?580-590 per tonne one week previous. "We are not buying, domestic prices...Read More

By Keith Weiner Suppose you wanted to run an enterprise the right way (we know, we know, this is pretty far-out fiction, but bear with us). And, your enterprise has a $1 million dollar piece of equipment that wears out after 10 years. You must set aside $100,000 a year, so that you have $1 million at the end of 10 years when the equipment needs replacing. There's a word, now archaic, to describ...Read More

Another day, another fight over hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)...On the data side, more and more evidence mounts that not only does HCQ make a positive difference in lessening the impact of covid-19 (when delivered early along with zinc and an antibiotic like azithromycin), but it also appears to work effectively when taken in advance of infection as a preventative measure. On the headline side, it's "d...Read More

Craig Hemke, TF MetalsBack in March and April, a chasm opened between the dollar price of spot gold (XAU) and the front month COMEX futures contract. So-called experts reassured us that this was simply due to "logistics" and "gold being in the wrong place". Was this true, or might it have been just another set of apologies from the usual shills?We first wrote about this issue on April 7, and it...Read More

Back in March, we saw some crazy developments in the paper versus physical gold market, so much so, that New York and London went into scramble mode, and now, we're seeing the same crazy developments in silver! What are we to make of the widening spreads? Craig Hemke joins Silver Doctors Wednesday for a discussion on that, and a whole lot more.Some of the topics in today's discussion include:It lo...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinSilver has spent 5 days above its Bollinger band on the daily chart. I give it at 1% chance..Read More

According to Rick Rule, yes we are in a precious metals bull market. That means that there are huge fortunes to be made buying select gold and silver mining stocks. But you have to be extremely careful. According to Rick, there are some 1500 publicly traded zombie miners. These companies don't exist to return profits to their shareholders, but are more interested in lining management's pockets. Wi...Read More

Today Michael S. "Mickey" Fulps joins us on RTD to share his thoughts the monetary response to the economic shutdown. During this interview Mickey shares his thoughts on how the emergency measures dilutes the value in currency but the dollar will out last other nations on the race to zero.Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with over 29 years experience as an exploration...Read More

This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano and guest, Dave Collum, a Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. He is a popular staple of FinTwit and writes one of the best annual summaries at the end of each year.In this conversation, Dave discusses the COVID-19 crisis, the economic crisis, the role of the Federal Reserve, the 2020 Presidential race, his Jeffrey...Read More

Analysis of inflation expectations and Silver...For more on inflation expectations, watch this recent video: https://youtu.be/SQ9_pZiSkTIJordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Premium, a publication which emphasizes market timing and stock selection for the sophisticated investor, as w...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

"More than 500 people in my village have contracted pneumonia, 11 have died, and dozens more people from my village are in hospital. In the neighbouring village 14 died in one night, they didn't manage to bury them. Continue...Read More

"The information could actually have a chilling effect that keeps those already distrustful of the government from taking the COVID-19 test and possibly accelerate the spread of the disease," Continue...Read More

In an interview with Kitco News, Lior Gantz, creator of the Wealth Research Group, said that he likes silver as a short-term trade, but he is focused on gold as a store of wealth in the face of growing global recession fears due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Gantz discusses gold's role during a recession, as well as the potential for the mining sector to add value to investors.Lior Gantz has been calle...Read More

George Gammon talks about why fractional reserve banking is a scam, negative rates, $50,000 gold, sparring a Mexican champion boxer, financial media, drinking champagne in San Francisco and more!George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging...Read More

Time Stamp References:1:00 - Silver ratio waking up big institutions.2:20 - Inflation, lower interest rates, and gold.3:50 - Outlook for silver and the silver-gold ratio.5:25 - Silver's demand profile.8:40 - Comparing historical markets.12:15 - Mining sector cyclicality and greed.15:00 - Why his focus is on the commodity sector.Collin welcomes returning guest Keith Neumeyer to the program to discu...Read More