After market feedback, Fastmarkets MB is extending the consultation period for the proposed amendment to its cobalt hydroxide payable indicator and index. The two prices that would be affected by the amendment are: MB-CO-0021: Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low end) MB-CO-0020: Cobalt hydroxide index...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 30 that are worth another look.The definitive decision in the European steel safeguard case review failed to adjust the level of quotas to collapsed demand following Covid-19 crisis and is a "deep disappointment," European steel association Eurofer and European trade union IndustriAll said in a joint statement on June 30.Chine...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Tuesday June 30, despite the slow pace of demand recovery, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?396.88 ($446.38) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?1.88 per tonne from ?,?395.00 per tonne on June 29.Tuesday's index was based on "wor...Read More
Hot-rolled coil import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have decreased this week while hot-dipped galvanized coil prices have widened upward, with demand better than in previous weeks, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday June 30.Some deals for hot-rolled coil (HRC) were heard from India to the UAE.UAEOffer prices for HRC from China were heard in the UAE at $470 per tonne cfr, bu...Read More
After dwindling throughout 2019, Turkish exports of reinforcing bar to the United States surged during the first half of 2020; Fastmarkets examines the domestic and global factors that limited those shipments - and drove their return.Turkish rebar exports to the US through the first six months of 2020 reached 231,569.9 tonnes, accounting for 44.4% of the total 521,002 tonnes of rebar shipped to US...Read More
The prices paid for steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates were mostly stable this week but demand is still moderate, market sources said on Tuesday June 30.Some steel rebar import deals were heard from Oman during the week, with the price for rebar imports rising in the country, sources said.Domestic rebarLocal mills in the UAE were offering rebar at 1,770-1,774 dirhams ($482-483) per...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has toughened the existing safeguard measures on imports of steel products in the second review of the matter, it said on Tuesday June 30.The reviewed measures will come into force from July 1, 2020, and will remain in place for one year.The EC introduced two general adjustments to the quota system, intended to guarantee an orderly return to the market of all suppliers...Read More
Demand for physical delivery through the COMEX futures market continues, and this has significant implications for the future of the current fractional reserve and digital derivative pricing scheme.It's now mid-summer and the July COMEX contracts have moved into their delivery phase. The numbers are as amazing as they are historic, thus this updated summary is necessary today.Back in late March,...Read More
Dave KranzlerThe precious metals sector - gold, silver and mining stocks - is in the early stages of a rabid bull market. The mainstream media has been dead silent on the performance of the precious metals, which is not a surprise to those of us who have been involved in the sector since 2001, when gold bottomed at $250, silver was around $4 and the HUI index was at 45.Since September 2018, go...Read More
Bill Murphy, co-founder of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA.org,) returns to Liberty and Finance / Reluctant Preppers to answer viewers questions on the metals markets and what we must do to get positioned ahead of the next major move for Gold & Silver. Get your Free Two Week Trial Subscription to Bill Murphy's Daily Gold and PM Markets commentary at https://www.lemetropolecafe.com.Read More
Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. Investors ignore cycles... at their peril. When I calmly suggested that a key virus cycle year of 2020 would see a "carpet bombing" of markets, most investors were not listening to the cyclical message of the markets.2. Sadly, they were wasting time watching the government try to rebuild the American empire with Fed photocopiers, FATCA...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Gold has broken out from a two-month-long consolidation (from $1680 to $1770), but the other precious metals markets have not confirmed Gold's strength.The gold stocks (GDX, GDXJ) remain below their May highs while Silver remains below significant, multi-year resistance around $18.75. Silver closed Monday at $18.06.Furthermore, Gold, when priced against foreign currenc...Read More
By Clint SiegnerThe Federal Reserve has printed trillions of dollars without generating runaway price inflation through the use of a neat trick.The privately owned bank cartel shovels the bulk of the money to Wall Street banks and not to the public at large. Instead of millions of Americans rushing out to bid up prices on consumer goods, a relative handful of bankers is using the free money to b...Read More
By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.net"You cannot fight the Fed."The general market reliance on the Fed is not only what is driving many investor's decisions of late, but it will likely reach its peak in the coming years. But, one is going to have be very careful before they buy into this fallacy too deeply.I am told over and over again that one cannot fight the Fed. Unfortunately, history does...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In an essay posted today at FX Empire, "Gold Market Manipulation and the Federal Reserve," financial planner Kelsey Williams both admits and dismisses complaints of manipulation of the gold market.Williams doesn't identify the people he purports to be rebutting, but his characterization of them doesn't fit GATA, even though he seems to think it does."Some gold bulls,...Read More
Dave KranzlerI'd like to thank Jay Powell and his marvelous printing press. The equity side of my investment fund, which I manage, is 100% mining stocks - mostly juniors - and as of today it's up 100% QTD. Thank you Jay. Almost every stock we hold is from the ideas I present in my Mining Stock Journal.But I'm here to discuss the "idiot stocks." I've decided to label stocks like SHOP, W, TS...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold at a battle area and here are the key levels to watch:Read More
New gold investors or for a new long position in gold, one should wait till tomorrow. It is better to buy or go long if gold trades over $1800. I am repeating my trading ideology "It is better to wait and trade" THAN "trade and wait". Buy just before a technical breakout with a trailing stop loss or sell just before a technical breakdown with trailing stop losses. Never worry if you made an inve...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to stay away from deep-sea scrap purchases in anticipation of lower prices, sources said on Tuesday June 30.Mills in the country booked only two deep-sea cargoes last week, totaling 67,500 tonnes. This was mainly because of weak finished long steel markets and falling prices, according to sources.Turkish...Read More
Is it possible that today's experimental monetary policies will result in a run to safe haven assets? Are we experiencing a 'hard assets renaissance? One chart in particular shows what may be coming sooner rather than later, join Mike Maloney and Ronnie Stoeferle of Incrementum AG as they discuss the potential explosive moves for gold, silver and the commodities sector.?>>?Michael Maloney is a pre...Read More