Steel rebar and billet import prices in the United Arab Emirates have remained fairly stable over the past week, while domestic rebar prices have risen slightly, sources said on Tuesday June 23.Domestic rebarThe country's biggest producer, Emirates Steel, increased its rebar offers to 1,773 dirhams ($483) per tonne ex-works from June 16, up from 1,690 dirhams per tonne ex-works a week before.Follo...Read More
Chris Temple of The National Investor delves into what sets Omineca Mining and Metals apart. I had been familiar with the story and potential of uber micro-cap (a valuation of little more than C$3 million or so for a LONG time!) Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.'s (OMM:TSX.V; OMMSF:OTCMKTS) for years. But as gold was beginning to percolate and other necessary ingredients came together as last year g...Read More
Group Ten Metals reported that it has satisfied all earn-in agreements and now owns 100% of the Stillwater West project in Montana. In a news release, Canadian mineral exploration company Group Ten Metals Inc. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; 5D32:FSE) announced that "it has satisfied all earn-in requirements set out in the agreement announced June 27, 2017 (the "Stillwater Agreement") and now has 100% o...Read More
What do snapping turtles and long-time investors have in common? Sector expert Michael Ballanger explains.The Weekly Missive, which usually arrives over the weekend (sometimes on Friday, sometimes on Sunday) was delayed this weekend for one reason: I had to change it.I started out last week with an idea that was leaning in the direction of full-on capitulation in the sense that this latest, three-...Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the EU will fall by 25% year on year in the full 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday June 23.The major economic crisis facing the auto industry will see car sales in the European Union tumble by more than 3 million units, with only 9.6 million units expected to be sold this year, compar...Read More
Factors affecting metals markets 1. There will be position squaring and rebuilding before the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony before the US senate on 30th June. Powell will testify on coronavirus response. 2. Quarter end position squaring and rebuilding is still going on. 3. Trader's dilemma is to choose between economic progress or second wave of coronavirus. This has res...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's taking over to a new record high for several years!Read More
Wepreviously wrote that while it was tempting to bet on crude oil’s prices due totheir weakness, it was not a good idea from the risk to reward point of view,as black gold didn’t invalidate the breakout above the early-March high. And itwas definitely a good idea not to enter a short position then either – crudeoil moved higher since that time. Atthe moment of writing these words...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 23 that are worth another look.A recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Beijing led to some jitters in China's steel sector in the initial stages of the outbreak, but market participants do not expect this second wave to leave much of an impact on the industry.The aluminium duty-paid market in Europe is set to come under...Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the EU will fall by 25% year on year in the full 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday June 23.The major economic crisis facing the auto industry will see car sales in the European Union tumble by more than 3 million units, with only 9.6 million units expected to be sold this year, compar...Read More
A recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Beijing led to some jitters in China's steel sector in the initial stages of the outbreak, but market participants do not expect this second wave to leave much of an impact on the industry.The Chinese capital has registered more than 230 new Covid-19 cases since June 11 after a spate of infections traced to the Xinfadi wholesale food center in the sout...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Investement Research Dynamic's Mining Stock JournalWhere's the "V?" - Obviously the Fed has injected monetary cocaine into the stock market to make it appear as if stocks are "discounting a "V" economic recovery. But a "V" on Main Street is nowhere to be found (graphic is from Crescat Capital -the comment bubble is my edit):The chart above plots the NY Fed's weekly index of e...Read More
In a sign that the Federal Reserve is growing increasingly desperate to jump-start the economy, the Fed's Secondary Market Credit Facility has begun purchasing individual corporate bonds. The Secondary Market Credit Facility was created by Congress as part of a coronavirus stimulus bill to purchase as much as 750 billion dollars of corporate credit. Until last week, the Secondary Market Credit F...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe are reading now about possible regulations for air travel. In brief: passengers might be forced to spend hours at the airport. Authorities will perform medical checks, including possibly needles to draw blood, no lounges, no food or drink on board the plane, masks required at all times, and even denied the use of a bathroom except by special permission.We would wa...Read More
Factors affecting metals markets 1. There will be position squaring and rebuilding before the Federal Reserve chairman's testimony before the US senate on 30th June. Powell will testify on coronavirus response. 2. Quarter end position squaring and rebuilding is still going on. 3. Trader's dilemma is to choose between economic progress or second wave of coronavirus. This has res...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's taking over to a new record high for several years!Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 23 that are worth another look.A recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Beijing led to some jitters in China's steel sector in the initial stages of the outbreak, but market participants do not expect this second wave to leave much of an impact on the industry.The aluminium duty-paid market in Europe is set to come under...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday June 23.Read More
Hong Kong's Noble Group notched a $206 million loss in the first quarter of 2020, with the company citing the breaking of supply chains due to the Covid-19 outbreak as the key reason for the slump, the trading group announced on Tuesday June 23."Q1 was dominated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had far-reaching implications for every business and sector, including ours," Noble cha...Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the EU will fall by 25% year on year in the full 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday June 23.The major economic crisis facing the auto industry will see car sales in the European Union tumble by more than 3 million units, with only 9.6 million units expected to be sold this year, compar...Read More