China imported 3.72 million tonnes of coking coal in November, down 39.7% from 6.17 million tonnes a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed.Coking coal imports in November were valued at nearly 2.2 billion yuan ($333 million), down 60.8% year on year and 42.5% month on month, according to the...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday December 28 that are worth another look.The Russian government is mulling over the introduction of export duties on rebar and billet to combat a sharp rise in domestic long steel prices, Fastmarkets heard...Read More

The Russian government is mulling over the introduction of export duties on rebar and billet to combat a sharp rise in domestic long steel prices, Fastmarkets heard on Monday December 28.Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) suggested the export measures to curb sharp price increases in Russian domestic long steel market, according to a letter from FAS to the Ministry of Industry and Trade...Read More

Egyptian rebar producers raised their prices by Egyptian ?900-1,000 ($58-64) per tonne, effective Sunday December 27.The rebar prices in Egypt are now E ?13,350-13,654 per tonne ex-works, up from the E ?12,450-12,654 per tonne ex-works including 14% value-added tax announced last week.The country's biggest producer Ezz Steel is...Read More

Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama fell by 20.9% year on year at the end of November, according to data released on Friday December 25 by major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp.Aluminium stocks at the three ports totaled 254,000 tonnes on Monday November 30, down by 67,200 tonnes from 321,200 tonnes in November 2019, according to the d...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday December 28 that are worth another look.The Russian government is mulling over the introduction of export duties on rebar and billet to combat a sharp rise in domestic long steel prices, Fastmarkets heard...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger maintains the "golden bull is back," and in this missive he outlines the reasons why. As this is being penned, I am seated in my den just after 7 a.m. looking out into the pitch darkness of an early December morn and the only light is a reflection off the cool waters of the lovely swamp Lake Scugog emanating from the bustling metropolis known as Port Perry...Read More

Peter Krauth explains why he believes silver is heading into a massive bull market. It's getting harder with every passing day to find cheap assets.Stocks, bonds, real estate, they're all pretty pricey. And yet, no one seems to care.Instead, the masses, and asset managers, appear determined to keep pushing them higher.In recent days, the S&P 500, the Dow 30 and the Nasdaq all set new records....Read More

Historyis full of intriguing sayings coming down to us from other cultures that informour thinking and behavior."Managinga large state is like cooking a small fish." – Lao Tzu."Astitch in time saves nine." – A 1700's sewing reference."Healingis a matter of time; sometimes a matter of opportunity." – Hippocrates.OneI especially like tra...Read More

The current year marks the 15th anniversary of the U.S. shale boom, a period in which fracking technology across such states as Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Wyoming helped establish the nation as a top oil and gas producer. Unfortunately, high costs of production compared with conventional drilling has led to the sector consistently printing red ink and resulted in considera...Read More

In 2018, before the trade war betweenthe US and China put the boots to copper demand, and covid-19 mine closures/abandoned expansion plans crimped supply, we made a bold prediction: thatcopper supply is NOT going to be able to keep up with demand in the long-term.Here’s what we wrote, in Thecoming copper crunch: Even with expansions at existingmines and the ramp-up of the relatively few new...Read More

Watching Gold fall to recent lows over the past few weeks has been heartbreaking for Goldbugs.  We know the real value of Precious Metals has continued to be under-appreciated over the past 24+ months – even though Gold has rallied from $1165 to over $2085 (an incredible 79%).  The recent 15% decline in Gold has shaken some investors away from the longer-term opportunities, so we w...Read More

With the Fed printing faster than ever, and a new round of COVID being reported by the government, is there a chance all of that new money...Chris Vermeulen with Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsWith the Fed printing faster than ever, and a new round of COVID being reported by the government, is there a chance all of that new money could finally push #silver up to $50 in 2021?Chris Vermeulen of Th...Read More

What were some of the more interesting things revolving around silver this year?by David Morgan of The Morgan ReportWatch this video on The Silver Yearly Wrap Up, then please share with your friends and family on social media and use the caption: The Silver Yearly Wrapup.Let My Passion Create Your Wealth.I've Been Helping My Subscribers Weather the Current Economic Mess. Now I Invite You to Join M...Read More

Silver has certainly had a wild ride this year, more than living up to its super-speculative reputation. It got sucked into the overwhelming...by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLCSilver soared last summer on skyrocketing demand from stock traders stampeding into silver-ETF shares. These huge positions that sure looked speculative initially have largely stayed deployed since, even riding out a silver cor...Read More

America has elected a new President. It was a close race, but Joe Biden eventually won and he will be inaugurated and take office in the White House on January 20. The price of gold rose initially in the aftermath of the elections, only to plunge on the news regarding Pfizer’s vaccine breakthrough, as the chart below shows. This is what we know.But what’s next for the price of gold? Wh...Read More

The price of gold returned to above $1,800. Is the correction over?As the chart below shows, the price of gold rebounded, jumping from $1,763 to $1,811 on Tuesday (December 1) and increased further on Wednesday. As a reminder, the price of gold corrected more than 6 percent in November and almost 15 percent from its peak in August. Now, the key question is whether the worst is behind the gold bull...Read More

Metals Ratios Continue to Indicate InflationAnd that is welcome for monetary and fiscal policymakers of course, since inflation is the only trick they have up their sleeve to bail this mess out once again. And this is no comment on COVID-19. The economy was slowly decelerating last year well before this guy showed up (I like the picture, okay?)…The yield curve bottomed and turned up in Augu...Read More

Premium hard coking coal prices in fob and cfr markets rose on Monday December 28 after transactions were sealed at higher prices.In the meantime, the 11th round of Chinese domestic coke price increase has started. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.08 per tonne, up $0.37 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $199.80 per tonne, up $1.26 per tonneHard coking coal...Read More

My researcher team and I have highlighted a number of recent articles about Gold and Silver and how we believed the longer-term price activity and technical analysis supported a broad market advance in Precious Metals over the next 5+ years.  If not, check out Part I and Part II of our recent Gold and Silver research and price predictions. Today, we are seeing further evidence that metals are...Read More