Trade protection measures in the Middle East could support local steel producers' attempts to capture much of the increased regional steel demand expected in 2018. Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations are due to make a final decision by the second quarter of this year on whether to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese non-welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) made of iron or steel with a rad...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1321.90+$7.00Silver$17.20+$0.06XAU87.79+0.81%HUI198.76+0.72%GDM663.40+0.37%JSE Gold1305.19-33.54USD91.87-0.31Euro120.68+0.56Yen88.70-0.27Oil$62.01+$0.3810-Year2.452%+0.012T-Bond152.34375+0.03125Dow25075.13+0.61%Nasdaq7077.92+0.18%S&P2723.99+0.40% The Metals: Gold fell $9 to $1305.90 in Asia, but it then climbed to as high as $1325.80 in New York and ended with a gain of...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold now in longest streak of winning days since 2011.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Indian prices for steel and ferrous scrap are likely to increase after a significant price rise was brought in by state-run iron ore producer National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC), sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4.NMDC's price for Indian lump ore rose to 3,100 rupees ($49) per tonne while fines have increased to 2,760 rupees per tonne, the company said in a filing to the Bombay...Read More
By Alasdair MacleodThis might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies. However, it is becoming clear, at least to independent monetary observers, that in 2018 the dollar's primacy will be challenged by the yuan as the pricing medium for energy and other key industrial commodities. After a...Read More
By Clint SiegnerMetals investors may have missed it given the gloomy sentiment that plagued markets for much of 2017, but gold just finished its best year since 2011.Perhaps in a year like the one just passed, 13% gains are simply not inspiring. U.S. stocks finished about 25% higher for the year, and crypto-currencies including Bitcoin left all other asset classes in the dust. Bitcoin gained rou...Read More
Recently Gold and long-term bond prices have trended in the same direction. When bond yields declined, Gold gained. However, in the past few months Gold has held up well and performed as long-term bond prices move towards a potential major breakdown.Read More
Turkish domestic wire rod prices inched up over the past week with rising imported scrap costs, while domestic rebar prices remained comparatively stable, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic wire rod in Turkey was $600-620 per tonne ex-works, widened upward from the $600-610 per tonne...Read More
By BullionStarhttps://www.bullionstar.com/The December issue of BullionStar's 'Gold Market Charts' looks at developments in the world's major physical gold markets during November, the latest month for which the relevant data is available. Each month, this series of article uses gold charts from the GOLD CHARTS R US market charting website.SGE Gold WithdrawalsPhysical gold withdrawals from t...Read More
By RambusTonight I would like to start out by looking at the $CDNX, Canadian Venture Composite Index, which blasted higher last week and is following through this week. The reason this index is so important is because it not only has many junior precious metals stocks, but also many small cap energy related stocks as well as other speculative venture capital stocks from other sectors. This is a...Read More
Turkish long steel export prices have continued to climb over the past week, in line with increasing scrap costs, sources said on Thursday January 4.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for rebar exports out of Turkey was $570-580 per tonne fob, actual weight. This was up from the $560-570 per tonne of last week.But Turkish...Read More
By Gary SavageThe gold:oil ratio has been trending in favor of oil for a number of months. I look for this trend to reverse soon in favor of gold.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
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The export market for CIS-origin pig iron has been inactive over the new year holiday period, with an improvement in trading activity expected only next week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4."The market is totally quiet. I haven't heard about any big inquires for several weeks," a European trader told Metal Bulletin.Buyers will come back from their holidays on Monday January 8, h...Read More
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Turkish deep-sea scrap trading remained silent again on Thursday January 4, as most suppliers were still out of the market due to heavy winter conditions and holiday outages.The country's steel mills were expected to try to book more cargoes for February, but the supply was tight and there were not many cargoes available in the market, Metal Bulletin was told."Scrap collection is slow due to heavy...Read More
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To see the Slides and Links: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/prepa...The early stages of the fourth industrial revolution is upon us. Building on the digital revolution, it is a fusion of technologies that blurs the lines between the physical, digital and biological worlds.The technologies that form this revolution are AI, robotics, sensors and the internet of things, blockchain and DLT, 3D printi...Read More