Consumers of noble alloys and cobalt who usually process scrap are expected to start taking more primary material early next year due to low metal prices and tight scrap availability in the fallout from Covid-19. Scrap availability has tightened because industrial operations were interrupted by shutdowns aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 during the first half of 2020, and then, reduced after...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday December 21 that are worth another look.Market participants in Asia are bracing for sharp price corrections amid historically high prices for steel, iron ore and ferrous scrap in the region, industry sources told Fastmarkets this week.China's Zhuzhou zinc smelter has successfully met...Read More
Russia has introduced a temporary export duty on ferrous scrap exports to combat the threat of a shortage of steelmaking raw materials in the domestic market.On Friday December 18, Russia's Ministry of Economic Development approved a temporary export duty of 5% but of at least 45 euros per tonne on steel scrap exports, according to a statement...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices refreshed their multi-year highs at the beginning of the week with the news of fresh deals for European and US cargoes on Monday December 21.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a European cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $455 per tonne, shredded and bonus at $470 per tonne and busheling at $475 per tonne cfr. And another steel producer in the same reg...Read More
Share this article TORONTO - Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM, OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today high-grade intercepts from the latest 71 diamond drill holes, totaling 10,634 meters, from the 2020 in-mine and near-mine drilling programs at its Segovia Operations. The Company also announced the assay results from five additional kick-off diamond drill holes from the ongoing directional drilling prog...Read More
Consumers of noble alloys and cobalt who usually process scrap are expected to start taking more primary material early next year due to low metal prices and tight scrap availability in the fallout from Covid-19. Scrap availability has tightened because industrial operations were interrupted by shutdowns aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 during the first half of 2020, and then, reduced after...Read More
Christmas Update: It's Round 1 and we're already seeing some great action in the ring tonight, ladies and gentlemen. My father and uncle have immediately launched into politics. My dad threw a mean right "libtard" followed up by several hard-hitting "beta-cuck soyboys" - to which my uncle responded something about the Nazis and China. Feeling a bit of pressure, my aunt was tag teamed in and used o...Read More
This week in Insights we look at a big risk to inflation expectations which has been a big driver of the Canadian Insider stock rally this year. Plus, the bearish view on Bitcoin from two skeptics and drivers behind the the Litecoin rally. Litecoin is gaining on Bitcoin this monthRead the latest edition here. Read More
Transaction prices for domestic steel hot-rolled coil increased further across Europe in the week to Friday December 18, due to limited supply from both domestic and overseas suppliers.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?650 ($796.90) per tonne on Friday December 18, up by ?,?43.75 per tonne week on week and by ?,?112.08 per tonne month...Read More
The domestic hot-rolled coil price increased day on day in Northern Europe on Monday December 21 following a rise in ArcelorMittal's offers at the end of last week.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?660.40 ($808.93) per tonne on Monday, up by ?,?10.40 per tonne from ?,?650.00 per tonne on Friday.The index was also up by ?,?37.07 per to...Read More
Domestic flat steel suppliers to Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow were increasingly bullish in the week to Monday December 21 amid a rising export market and good buying activity, sources told Fastmarkets.Hot-rolled sheetFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia was 55,500-58,000 roubles ($755-789) per tonne including 20% value-add...Read More
Prices for cold-heading quality (CHQ) and high-carbon wire rod in the United States both surged by $5 per hundredweight ($20 per short ton) month on month, supported by higher ferrous scrap prices. Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel wire rod (high carbon), fob mill US rose by 13.42% to $42.25 per cwt ($845 per ton) on Friday December 18 from $37.25 per cwt the prior month.Fastmark...Read More
Domestic rebar producers in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow have withdrawn their offers for January supply in anticipation for returning at higher prices, several sources told Fastmarkets on Monday December 21.Last week, domestic rebar prices in the region increased sharply with Russian producers citing strong exports as the key driver for the rise.As a result, all major producers...Read More
The establishment wants Trump out, and there's nothing he can do about it. America is undergoing advanced economic & social collapse, and politically, it's gone. America is being stolen, and there's very little time...Paul Craig Roberts joined Silver Doctors on Monday, December 21, 2020, for a discussion on current events.Some of the topics in today's discussion include:- What does Dr. Roberts thi...Read More
Best-selling author Jim Rickards talks about a great escape from the U.S. dollar in 2021 and a massive influx of money that will flow into gold and bitcoin. "People are getting in gold and bitcoin because they want to get out of the dollar," the Currency Wars author tells our Daniela Cambone as part of the Outlook series. Rickards also talks his new book, The Great New Depression, and how the firs...Read More
James Aitken makes a very welcome return to The End Game to take a look back at 2020 and a look forward to 2021.Where did he get things wrong and why? What went according to his forecasts, and, most importantly, what has this turbulent year taught him that will help him in the future?From the dangers of 'Big Dicking it' to Robert Shiller's nasty case of FOMO to the curious birth of the Equity Vigi...Read More
Gold, Silver and Gold Stocks have bottomed and are now setting up for a continued rebound into 2021. Jordan 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 well as TheDailyGold Global, an add-o...Read More
There is absolutely no evidence the mask mandate worked to slow the spread one iota.Continue...Read More
If the Supreme Court rejects this petition, they have surrendered the law to "discretion" and that is the end of the United States. Continue...Read More
John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a freq...Read More