There is a sense that we are close to asignificant move in silver. The current season since August 2020 till now, isshaping up in a similar manner to the season of August 2019 to February/March2020.Silver as well as the stock market peaked inFebruary 2020, and crashed significantly into March.Below, is a chart of silver (top) and theDow (bottom): On the silver chart, I have indicated howthe curren...Read More

Following a necessary correction,the gold miners’ stocks have spent much of recent months bottoming.  This healthy basing process is rebalancingsentiment, preparing the way for this sector’s next bull-market upleg.  That is looking to coincide with gold stocks’spring rally, one of their strongest times of the year seasonally.  That stiff tailwind blowing behind bul...Read More

Brazilian iron ore exports increased by 10.9% in February versus the corresponding month in 2020, with a significantly higher average price, according to data released by the country's economy ministry on Monday March 1.Brazil exported 24.05 million tonnes of iron ore in February, up from 21.69 million tonnes in the same month last year, according to the ministry.Vale, the world's largest producer...Read More

The recent FOMC minutes are hawkish and negative for the price of gold, but the Fed will remain generally dovish for some time.Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) published minutes from its last meeting in January . They reveal that Fed officials became more optimistic about the economy than they were in December. The main reasons behind the more upbeat economic projection were the...Read More

As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in February 2021.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases this year,...Read More

The narrow trading range in stocks continues, and theshallow sideways correction will eventually resolve itself with another upleg.The signs are countless, and the riskier part of the credit market spectrumagrees. As money flows from the Tresury markets, and sizable cash balances aresitting on many a balance sheet, there is plenty of fuel to power the S&P500 advance. With volatility in the tam...Read More

This boulder could be an indication of anexciting development in the lithium market.Why?Processed, that boulder is an importantingredient to power rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles like Teslas,BMWs, Mercedes, Volvos, Cadillacs, Hummers and a lineup of new entrants to theEV frenzy.And with demand for lithium in Europeprojected to rise 60X in the coming decade... This find couldn’t...Read More

Gold continues to wallow near its recent low price level, near $1765.  Silver has continued to trend moderately higher – but still has not broken out to the upside.  Many analysts have continued to estimate when and how metals will begin the next wave higher.  My research team and I believe we’ve found some answers to these questions and want to share our research.Silver...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 2 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange has received a significant rise in objections to its closing prices since trading on the LME Ring was halted in March 2020, new data released by the exchange...Read More

Just kidding. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway may or may not own copper stocks. I did not dig deep enough to find out. For the purposes of this post it does not matter.With the Buffett Buys a Gold Stock! hysterics last summer, the subsequent (and inevitable) fallout and the Buffett Pukes a Gold Stock! resolution, you never know. It’s worth asking the question about what sort of inv...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 2.Please click on the thumbnail...Read More

Lithium-ionis about to take on a lot more significance. This is not about your iPhone anymore. It’s not even just about your electricvehicle. Lithium-ion batteries will power a large part ofour world in the future and are now an important aspect of amulti-trillion-dollar energy transition. That makes the world’s handful of lithium producersnow finally a hot item to...Read More

Prices for steel scrap in the principal Mexican markets decreased sharply in the week ended Friday February 26, amid increases in inventories and a wider gap between prices in the various regions.Fastmarkets' weekly steel scrap assessments for Mexico fell sharply in nine grades, with a number of steel producers reducing prices in all regions, and also reflecting price cuts announced recently but t...Read More

Aluminium and tin showed the biggest increases at the close of trading on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday March 2, with price support coming from a lower US Dollar Index.The dollar index went down, prompted by the advancement of a proposed $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package through the US Congress.Following the passing of the stimulus bill through the House of Representatives late last wee...Read More

Metalsmarkets continue to diverge this week, with copper and platinum adding torecent breakout gains while gold struggles to find footing.Duringthis week’s selloff, gold revisited its lows from last November. A supportlevel exists at $1,750, but momentum selling could take prices down a bitfurther before technical gauges flash deeply oversold signals. Turningto silver, the white metal contin...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 2 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange has received a significant rise in objections to its closing prices since trading on the LME Ring was halted in March 2020, new data released by the exchange...Read More

Stocks are predictably staging a continued recovery fromthe mostly sideways correction – a shallow one not strong enough to break thebulls‘ back. Credit markets are largely behaving – with the exception oflong-term Treasuries, which I see as highly likely to draw the Fed‘s attention – just as I discussed in detail yesterday. The S&P 500 keeps doing fine, and so do...Read More

Under the Biden administration the economy could overheat, thereby increasing inflation and the price of gold.In January, Biden unveiled his plan for stimulating the economy, which is struggling as the epidemic in the U.S. continues to unfold. Pundits welcomed the bold proposal of spending almost $2 trillion. Some expenditures, especially on vaccines and healthcare, sound pretty reasonable. Howeve...Read More

Lets start with the daily bar combo chart for the PM complex which shows the August trading range still under construction making lower lows and lower highs for the most part. Below is the daily bar PM combo chart showing the possible H&S tops. Over the last couple of weeks most of the PM stock indexes have formed a small blue consolidation pattern right around the neckline with most of them b...Read More

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution isgaining serious momentum.According to experts’ projections, demand for electric vehicles should rise at a 21.1%Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) until 2026.The extraordinary demand that is forecast forEVs over the next five years has now begun to trigger a massive disruption inthe global energy markets. As demand for EVs continues to move higher,the d...Read More