Key data from the pricing sessions in the week ending Friday May 11.China Chinese ferro-chrome spot prices bottomed out after small volumes were available to major stainless steel mills at their lower tender prices for May. Few deals have been closed at new prices this week while market insiders...Read More

What kind of fake news is most damaging? Is it the kind that puts out a conspiracy theory with no evidence? Or is it a headline story that can easily be debunked, designed to ride a wave of viral clicks which only lasts hours or days?Those aren’t the most dangerous types of fake news. The real problem is when trusted mainstream media sources roll out a propaganda campaign. And that happens b...Read More

The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday May 11:Noble alloys Molybdenum Europe drummed molybdic oxide, $/lb: $11.55-11.70 per lb from $11.80-11.90 Molybdenum US canned molybdic oxide, $/Ib $11.90-12.00 per Ib from $12.20-12.40 Ferro-molybdenum basis 65% min, in-warehouse Rotterdam, $/kg Mo: $28.20-28.75 per kg from $28.80-29.10 Ferro-molybdenum US 65...Read More

Parenting for Freedom article series: This is the sixth in a series of articles that analyzes how freedom-loving people can align their parenting with their political philosophy, and how doing so will allow ideas about personal liberty to carry on to the next generation.The best reason to have kidsThis is my final article in a series about how parents can apply principles of freedom to raising the...Read More

Prices of Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium compounds stemmed the recent downtrend, while prices in other regions assessed by Metal Bulletin dipped on Thursday May 10. Battery-grade lithium compounds spot prices in China stabilized this week Rest-of-the-world battery-grade lithium compounds softened due to price falls in the Chinese domestic market over the past three weeks Sluggish...Read More

In no way does this discussion minimize prejudice and racism others have and still face. Just because this article highlights an often overlooked type of prejudice does not mean we think other kinds don’t exist.We have discussed how the war on drugs was designed to empower the government to crack down on certain groups, black people included, without the policy having to be explicitly racist...Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday May 11.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher during morning trading, with aluminium the only metal trading lower."Despite a retreat in the dollar index and talks of peace in the Korean peninsula, overall sentiment in the base metals complex remains...Read More

Via Soveriegnman.comLess than two weeks ago, the United States Department of Treasury very quietly released its own internal projections for the federal government's budget deficits over the next several years.And the numbers are pretty gruesome.In order to plug the gaps from its soaring deficits, the Treasury Department expects to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year.Then nearly $1.1 trilli...Read More

Just 15% of Americans think the government will bring us to a better future. 59% say the government is the most broken institution, followed by 21% who think the media is the worst.On the other hand, 29% of Americans think NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are the most likely institutions to lead to a better world followed by 22% who say businesses will take us where we need to be.Trust in gov...Read More

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday May 11.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly up during Asian morning trading on Friday, with copper and nickel prices putting in the strongest performances of the complex, on the back of a weaker dollar.Check Metal Bulletin's live futures report here. LME snap...Read More

Every decision humans make is colored by their past. Despite vast progress, we are still prey to the oldest tool of learning: social conditioning and the pressure of the group.What was once a key to survival follows us into the modern age. It shapes our decisions, the careers we choose, and at times even forces us to act against our better judgment. But we can break free and shape our own decisi...Read More

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.That’s the text of a bill introduced in Congress on February 2nd called the Domestic Terrorism Preventi...Read More

Say goodbye to your senior discounts, no cover lady’s nights, and free entry for children.Unless of course, you think the latest court ruling on discrimination won’t be applied evenly…The popular dating app Tinder allows you to swipe a user’s picture left to reject a potential match, and swipe right in the hopes that they do the same and you match.The app is free. But there...Read More

For a long time, homeopathic medicines have not been subject to FDA approval. Now the FDA says homeopathic treatments must follow the same rules as typical drugs. This includes the tens of millions of dollars to run clinical trials to get FDA approval.The main problem the FDA has is the unproven claims that homeopathic treatments make. They say that claiming without proof that a certain remedy can...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gave us an interesting glimpse of the future last week when it ruled on an obscure case involving government pension obligations.Ever since the mid-1990s, police officers and fire fighters in the town of Cranston, Rhode Island had been promised state pension benefits upon retirement.But, facing critical budget shortfall...Read More

Do you have confidence in the government?Concerned about public confidence in the agency, the FBI didn’t want the FISA memo released. They didn’t want people to know their investigations are politically motivated.Now it’s come out that the Department of Homeland Security pressured CNN into delaying the release of a report until after the Superbowl. DHS was concerned public confid...Read More

Teenagers already live in a dystopia. Their lives are controlled by the government and their parents. If legal adults were treated like American teenagers, that government would be considered one of the most oppressive on Earth.The government requires 6-16-year-olds to attend a government institution that subjects them to unconstitutional searches. Here, in public schools, they must ask permissio...Read More

It wasn’t the bombshell everyone hoped for. But the release of the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) memo did corroborate what we already knew: the government is corrupt.In fact, the contents of the memo should be disturbing to everyone. But Bill Binney, Thomas Drake, and Edward Snowden revealed much worse. Americans are desensitized to immense abuses of their rights.The FISA Mem...Read More

Metal Bulletin proposes to refine the specifications for three European and CIS pig iron prices to reflect existing market conditions. Metal Bulletin invites market participants to take part in a market consultation to refine the specifications of the three prices below. Metal Bulletin has added the chemical compositions into the specifications, specifying the manganese content in the pig iron. Pa...Read More

Don’t politicians understand irony!The Polish Senate just passed a bill to make it illegal to claim that Poles were complicit in implementing death camps during WWII in Nazi-occupied Poland.Because nothing proves you’re not a Nazi like being a free-speech Nazi.The bill is expected to be signed by the President of Poland who previously voiced support. The law would make it illegal to...Read More