Today is Thursday, January 16, 2020, and this is your daily oil stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD), Climarex Energy (NYSE: XEC), and Enable Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: ENBL).Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD)Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) is a $63.53 billion company today with a one-year return of 5.66%. Let's...Read More
Forty-two consecutive quarters of economic growth...This is what we've been enjoying since Q3 2009 when the Great Recession finally petered out.Government economists have been tracking this stuff since the 1850s, and this has officially been the longest run of uninterrupted growth we've ever seen.Over the past 10 years, GDP has grown by more than 25%, employment has grown double digits, and jobles...Read More
Market participants in China say they are not worried by the expected increase in steel imports from the United States, even after the two major economic powers signed the phase one economic and trade agreement on Wednesday January 15. While the agreement does not set out the increase in quantity of US-origin steel exports China will accept, Chinese market participants do not expected the increase...Read More
Domestic prices for rebar and wire rod in Turkey have inched downward over the past week in line with the falling domestic scrap prices and a stronger lira, sources said on Thursday January 16.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, was 3,050-3,060 Turkish lira ($518-520) per tonne including 18% VAT, narrowing downward from the 3,050-3,100 lira...Read More
The United States Department of Commerce has increased the anti-dumping duties applied to some rebar imported from Mexico, and introduced a new duty on previously exempt Mexican producer Deacero, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on Wednesday January 15.Anti-dumping duties of 3.65% were raised to 6.75% for Mexico's Grupo Simec, and to 7.11% for other producers...Read More
Prices for steel rebar in Egypt fell again in the week to Thursday January 16, due to weak demand and falling billet prices, sources told Fastmarkets.Egyptian rebar producers were offering rebar at E ?9,650-10,120 ($607-637) per tonne ex-works, including 14% VAT, down from last week's ?,?'9,775-10,580 per tonne ex-works....Read More
Will soaring commodity prices wake up the bond market? We tackle that question in our first Insights newsletter for the year. Our broadcast of the week challenges the anti-fossil fuel mantra of many in the environmentalist movement and our insider of the week is a mining entrepreneur who keeps on building. Click here to read for free. Read More
UK suppliers of steel scrap to domestic consumers have added a further round of price increases for the latest monthly settlements to be delivered in January, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 16.January contracts were up by ?10 ($13) per tonne, the latest step in a climb of ?35 per tonne over three months, after increasing by a similar amount last month and by ?15 per tonne in Novem...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have tumbled with news of a fresh sale heard after negative signs emerged in the United States' export markets, sources said on Thursday January 16.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a US cargo of 35,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $295 per tonne cfr, which would put the HMS 1&2 (80:20) price at $288 per tonne.The previous US cargo sold into Turkey was boo...Read More
The seaborne iron ore index was rangebound on Thursday January 16, likely due to weaker demand from mills, while demand for low-alumina fines seemed robust.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $96.36 per tonne, down $0.08 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $95.40 per tonne, down $0.08 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $97.20 per tonne, up $0.09 per...Read More
Trading activity in the CIS export billet market enlivened by mid-January with new bookings coming to light. But the general trend still lacked clarity because the price range of bookings was wide.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $408 per tonne on January 16, unchanged day on day.A 50,000-tonne cargo of Ukrainian special-grade billet was sold to Saudi Arabia a...Read More
Turkish steel billet import prices fell slightly over the past week on the back of weakening scrap costs, and domestic and export billet prices are expected to follow suit soon, sources said on Thursday January 16.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet import, cfr main port Turkey, was $410-415 per tonne on Thursday, narrowing down from $410-420 per tonne last week.Steel billet supp...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold 18-dma is the $1,540's, $20 from the current price = support. Bias is up, trend is down..Read More
- Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of QE, it was the age of fiscal foolishness, it was the epoch of the Fed Put, it was the epoch of Greater Fool Theory, it was the season of golden light, and it was the season of fiat darkness.My apologies to Charles Dickens. Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson....Read More
Trump's impeachment progress is the key reason for gold and silver to rise. Impeachment news is the reason for gold price to rise from $1460 to $1520. Thereafter investment interest and speculative longs pushed gold past $1600. Gold prices not falling below $1530 despite some bearish news should be taken as short term positive by bulls. News on US-China trade deal (everything collected from Re...Read More
Prices for steel rebar in Egypt fell again in the week to Thursday January 16, due to weak demand and falling billet prices, sources told Fastmarkets.Egyptian rebar producers were offering rebar at E ?9,650-10,120 ($607-637) per tonne ex-works, including 14% VAT, down from last week's ?,?'9,775-10,580 per tonne ex-works....Read More
China's stainless steel prices decreased slightly ahead of the upcoming January 24-30 Chinese New Year holiday amid sluggish trading due to a segment of the market already starting their breaks well in advance."Producers made minor adjustments to their stainless steel prices, if any at all, because the price of nickel has been mostly stable with only minor movements," a steel processor source in e...Read More
In conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable, the CEO elaborates on what could be a "company-making" event. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is David Cole of EMX Royalty Corp. (EMX:TSX.V; EMX:NYSE.American), the royalty generator. Pleasure to be speaking with you today to discuss a series of accretive transactions that EMX Royalty has consummated that continue to rewa...Read More
Though never drill tested, the company believes the area is highly prospective for gold. Newrange Gold Corp. (NRG:TSX.V; NRGOF:OTC) announced in a news release it signed an option agreement to earn a 100% interest in Bounty Gold Corp.'s H Lake property, thereby expanding its property holdings in Ontario's Red Lake District."With this second option we have secured what we believe to be the most fa...Read More
All of the firm's aims center on rapidly advancing its deposit in Canada. Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTC; 35D:FSEQB) reported in a news release its 2020 goals for its Wicheeda rare earth elements (REEs) project near Prince George, Canada."We expect 2020 to be a watershed year of significant rerating for Defense Metals and an elevated presence amongst our peers," President and CEO Cra...Read More