Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average wavered before ending higher Monday as investors prepared for a week of earnings reports and tried to read the Federal Reserve's thinking on whether it will to slash interest rates by 25 basis points or 50 basis points. Shares of Walt Disney (DIS)  rose after the media giant's "The Lion King" took in $18...Read More

Fastmarkets has changed the frequency of publication of its fob Guinea and fob Brazil bauxite price assessments to monthly from fortnightly. Following a one-month consultation, the Bauxite, fob Kamsar, Guinea and Bauxite, fob Trombetas, Brazil price assessments will now be published on the third Thursday of every month at 2-3pm London time. The next publication of these prices will be Thursday Aug...Read More

Tensions in the Persian Gulf, where Iran seized a British tanker last week, had helped push the gold price to a six-year high above US$1,450 an ounce on the spot market last week and have lifted crude oil prices.However the gold price has eased today following indications of a smaller US rate cut being likely.Silver, which broke back above the $16/oz mark last week, has continued to strengthen to...Read More

Petra CEO Richard Duffy said at today's trading update the company's short-term focus was on "driving efficiencies across the business through Project 2022" to improve its cost base and enhance  cash flow generation to "significantly reduce our net debt".The Project 2022 goals were based on "flat nominal pricing over the three years".Petra finished the year to June 30 with net debt of US$560....Read More

Dell's Women's Entrepreneur Network has recently announced the top cities in the world for female entrepreneurs.Calculations were based on the abilities of each city to operate a fair market, provide equal access to financial capital and enable businesses through technology and a positive culture.We're very pleased to see both Vancouver (no. 11) and Toronto (no. 9) representing Canada as top globa...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce that it has received an initial purchase order of $360,000 through a leading taxi technology distributor to equip taxi cabs in Israel with its innovative 4G/LTE CP250, an all-in-one dash mounted communications device.The CP250 is the first and only LTE, all-in-one fleet communic...Read More

"The first demand is always outrageous, but I don't think anyone expects to conclude at that level," a representative of one mining company, who requested anonymity, told Mining Journal.Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia for the week ended Friday July 19.Key drivers- Bismuth prices rebounded after hitting a decade low at 40,500-41,500 yuan ($5,884-6,029) per tonne on July 12. - Some traders reckon that tight supply supported spot prices above 41,000 yuan per tonne...Read More

- PlungerThis weekend I would like to review the state two markets. The general stock market and the precious metals market. Following this I will give an update on Plungers Core-7 portfolio.Consider this report an opportunity to read an alternative view of the markets. My views of the major averages are certainly at odds with consensus opinion. Furthermore, they are also at odds with th...Read More

Traders dumped stocks in the final hour on Friday, hinting that there actually is a threshold at which bad news begins to matter. For one, Black Rock, arguably the smartest money on the planet, reported a 7% drop in profits. If they can't cut it, is there any hope for the rest of us? In the Middle East, Iran was doing more than merely rattling its saber: agents of the mullahs boarded and seize...Read More

* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Nickel prices fell on Monday asspeculators locked in profits by liquidating bullish positionsafter the market surged to levels not supported by currentsupply-demand fundamentals.Other industrial metals prices were also in the red, underpressure from a firmer dollar and uncertainty about globalecono...Read More

Trade log for cobalt sulfate in China including transactions, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets MB. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarket MB's price assessment for cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonneClick here for Fastmarket MB's price assessment for the cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, adjustment to standard-grade cobalt low-end price, exw China, $/IbClick here...Read More

The Turkish domestic scrap markets remained mostly quiet last week due to the slow finished steel markets and the seasonal summer slowdown, sources said on Monday July 22.Steel mills kept their buy prices for auto bundle scrap flat, and ship scrap prices were also stable.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment...Read More

A Turkish steel mill has completed the purchase of a new deep sea cargo, moving import prices into the country upward, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday July 22.News of this cargo came to light on Monday but it was reported to have sold on July 19.A steel mill in the Marmara region bought a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 30,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $295...Read More

Rising tension over Iran and a reduction in expectations on the size of the next US Federal Reserve rate cut were weighing on sentiment this morning, Monday July 22.Last week the market started to price-in a 50-basis-point cut in the US benchmark interest rate at the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) July 30-31 meeting, but now a 25-basis-point cut now seems more likely.Tensions in the Middle...Read More

ERG has appointed Telf AG the exclusive offtaker for cobalt hydroxide produced at its Metalkol Roan Tailings & Reclamation (RTR) project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Fastmarkets understands. Telf will market all saleable material produced at RTR, excluding any sent to Chambishi for refining into metal. Production at Chambishi restarted last month. RTR started production late last yea...Read More

Your phone sucks.It's not your fault.They all suck.It doesn't matter if you have the latest iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, or Google Pixel... the smartphones we use today are garbage compared to those we'll be using in just a few years.Just think: 15 years ago, you were using a Blackberry or something like this:Garbage.The next generation of mobile technology, known as 5G, is dawning. And - believe the h...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices regained some strength on Monday July 22 after local authorities in Tangshan, the steelmaking hub in northern China, reiterated production cuts for steelmakers under their jurisdiction.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,880-3,900 yuan ($564-567) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,850-3,860 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneSpot prices rose...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap-oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index remained in its tight sideways multi-week consolidation, adding 3.11 points to close at 1122.78. MACD ticked down 0.1 points to -0.4. RSI added 1.73 points to 57.71.Support is now at 1108.96 (200-day moving average) and 1107.80 (50-day moving ave...Read More

Weaker demand from the automotive market and high mill capacity have softened cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod prices, while high carbon wire rod prices remained flat from the previous month. Fastmarkets AMM's monthly pricing assessment for cold-heading quality wire rod North American delivered duty paid Great Lakes region dropped to $39.50 per hundredweight ($790 per short ton) on Fr...Read More