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
Bloomberg, Released on 10/14/21Mohamed El-Erian, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, says this round of inflation should be taken seriously and urges the Federal Reserve to move quickly before an inflation problem becomes a growth problem. Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO,...Read More
CIS export billet prices continued fall this week, reflecting a lack of supportive factors in the market.Fastmarkets MB's daily CIS export steel billet index was $432 per tonne fob Black Sea on Wednesday December 5, a drop of $3 per tonne from yesterday.The increase in Chinese domestic long steel and billet prices early this week has not provided the expected support to prices in Asia - offers of...Read More
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has issued 1,615 force majeure certificates to businesses in China affected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) outbreak.Local exporters that applied for the force majeure "legal shield" cover over 30 different sectors, according to a CCPIT announcement on its website on February 26. The legal provision is traditionally used...Read More
While the results of an auction of predominantly commercial-quality rough emeralds held in Lusaka, Zambia, from February 18 to 21, had been in line with prior auctions of commercial-quality emeralds, and demonstrated a stable underlying market, there was evident fallout of Covid-19, or the coronavirus, which dampened what might otherwise have been a buoyant result, Gemfields product and sales MD A...Read More
Otso Gold Corp. (TSXV:OTSO) is pleased to announce initial drill results from the infill drill program.Read full newsRead More
Inflation has reared its ugly head for the first time in over a decade. Many younger investors have never faced this invisible drain on their purchasing power. Now, they face months of price hikes and declining stock market returns. This is why investors need to turn their attention to the oldest safe haven on the market: gold stocks. Gold is often considered a hedge against inflation. Theore...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories from Monday September 23 that are worth another look.China has announced a fourth round of copper scrap import quotas to allow an extra 31,658 tonnes of copper scrap into the country by the end of 2019, the environmental ministry said on September 23.Faced with high and increasing emissions costs during a period of challenging market conditions, the steel indus...Read More
The London Metal Exchange's base metals prices were robust at the close of trading on Thursday July 29, supported in part by a US Dollar Index that reached its lowest since June 29 and fundamental factors affecting the metals themselves.The dollar index bottomed at 91.87 on Thursday, having reached a year-to-date high of 93.19 on June 21, following the US Federal Reserve bank's renewed dovish stat...Read More
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A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday December 4.Please click...Read More
Prices for flat-rolled steel imported into South America ended the week to Friday August 27 with no clear trend amid market illiquidity caused by fewer offers from China and a fewer available products from Commonwealth of Independent States.For hot- and cold-rolled coil, prices increased week on week following fewer offers from CIS-based mills, which were pressuring figures downward. The majority...Read More
Brazilian slab export prices remained unchanged in the week ended Friday September 20, with no deals agreed while buyers and sellers battled to establish a new price.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, was $420-435 per tonne on September 20, unchanged week-on-week.The price corresponded to the most recent deals closed, to the West Coast of the United...Read More
A court decision has paved the way for Vale to completely resume operations at its 30-million-tonnes-per-year Brucutu mine, in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.But the miner - the world's biggest iron ore producer - is maintaining its sales guidance for the steelmaking raw material despite this latest development, due to bad weather affecting production at its Northern System."The Minas...Read More
Danakali (LON: DNK) has kicked off the first development phase of of its world-class Colluli potash project in Eritrea by selecting the team in charge of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) process.The Perth-based miner said it expects to begin Phase 2 in mid-February, which will be followed by geotechnical investigation work that is set to begin in March.Danakali is wo...Read More
In response to the severe global health and ecological impacts resulting from the use of mercury by artisanal gold miners (ASGM), a major new effort to address this issue is being launched by Mercury Free Mining (MFM). https://www.mercuryfreemining.org/ More than 15 million subsistence gold miners inadvertently release 8,000 pounds of mercury into the environment every day causing irreversib...Read More
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Hang on tight!by Bix Weir of Road to RootaVolumes on SLV are starting to spike again just like they did on Jan 27th before the "Big Silver Squeeze" weekend! Today should have DOUBLE THE SHARE VOLUME based off the 65 day average...hang on tight as the COMEX Deliveries look to OVERWHELM the Silver Cabal AGAIN! Read More
Fastmarkets today, Friday November 6, launches its weekly Steel scrap shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan.Following a month-long consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched its price for MB-STE-0887 Steel scrap shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan, $ per tonne, to complement its existing steel scrap prices in the South Asia region.Fastmarkets already includes coverage...Read More
Iron ore prices went fell on Thursday May 27, due to limited demand in the seaborne market and at Chinese ports.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $189.73 per tonne, down $3.14 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $190.90 per tonne, down $3.59 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $162.38 per tonne, down $2.64 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cf...Read More