Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
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A summary of BHP's operational review for iron ore for its financial third quarter ended March 31, 2021, as released on Wednesday April 21.In briefTotal production of iron ore for the nine months ended March 31 was 188.3 million tonnes (211.3 million tonnes on 100 % basis), up by 4% year on year. Iron ore production in January-March was at 59.9 million tonnes, down by 4%...Read More
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"Inflation is going to be the wild card and that could be a reason to be bullish on gold."Continue...Read More
The Iranian export slab price surged by $70-85 per tonne in a recent tender held by one of the country's major slab producers, Khouzestan Steel, supported by demand in the major outlets and a global uptrend in the slab sector.A cargo comprising 30,000 tonnes of slab to be shipped in mid-June was traded at $720 per tonne fob southern Iranian ports early in the week of Monday April 19, up from $635-...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices increased on Wednesday April 21 on the news that the country's Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT) will not permit the steel industry to increase capacity in 2021. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 5,040-5,070 yuan ($776-780) per tonne, up by 40 yuan per tonne MIIT made the statement in a work report on April 20, and is not the first time the ministr...Read More
The spot ferro-chrome market in China continued its downward trend in the week to Tuesday April 20, despite some newly implemented production cuts in southern parts of the country.Following Inner Mongolia's energy cuts, a couple of other regions issued notices about dual control of energy consumption and intensity in the past week.Some smelters in Guangxi province were heard to have idled their fu...Read More
A culminating point has been reached.With the USD Index being backed up by solid fundamentals, can gold hold theline?Have you ever noticed how often thelanguage of war is used in finance and economics articles? A given company ison the defensive or the offensive, a stock is pushing forward, something elseis rallying, positions are being taken… who will fire first? It’s the case ofcont...Read More
Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe moved higher on Wednesday April 21 because feedstock costs were continuing to climb, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?1,050-1,120 ($1,265-1,349) per tonne on April 21, up from ?,?950-1,050 per tonne on April 14."Prices have increased very quickly and aggressivel...Read More
As the third most-consumed metal on the planet, behind iron ore and aluminum, copper is all around us. Found naturally in the Earth’s crust, copper was among the first metals used by early humans, dating back to the 8th century, BC. Three thousand years later homo sapiens figured out how to smelt copper from its ore, and to alloy it with tin to create bronze. Bronze was useful for tools...Read More
The S&P 500 went back to relentless rallying onFriday, yet the selling wave before the close looks to indicate hesitationahead. Even though VIX is attacking the 16 level, and the put/call ratio tickedhigher, the bulls are little disturbed thus far – and they‘re unlikely to getupset. Whatever consolidation comes, would be a sideways one – one to bebought. That‘s the resu...Read More
This second part of our research article related to the new Bullish price phase in Precious Metals and Miners will continue to explore the potential range and targets for higher price trends.In the first part of this article, I discussed how precious metals have started moving higher in somewhat of a stealth mode – not really drawing a lot of attention from traders. While other commodi...Read More
Sales volumes from flat-steel distributors rose 22.65% in March, compared to figures from the same month in 2020, amid resilient demand and a stronger performance, national distributor association Inda said on Tuesday April 20.Additionally, domestic prices were extremely competitive in comparison with imports despite recent increases applied by mills in April, according to the association.Flat-rol...Read More
Brazil's apparent steel usage grew by 50.15% in March compared with the same month in 2020, with imports outgrowing domestic sales from mills, according to data from national steelmaker association Instituto A??o Brasil published on Tuesday April 20.Steel consumption reached 2.45 million tonnes in March, up from 1.63 million tonnes a year earlier, A??o Brasil data showed. In March of last yea...Read More
A summary of Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore results for the first quarter of 2021 as stated in its latest production and sales report released on Monday April 19.In brief Production of iron ore fines increased by 14.2% year on year, supported by gradual resumption of operations in Timbopeba, Fabrica and Vargem Grande complexes, a stronger performance in Serra Norte and lower rainfall in January.T...Read More