Global scrap prices mostly trended upward during the working week from Monday March 11 to Friday March 15, with the exception of prices in Turkey, where lackluster sales of finished steel products limited buying activity during the week. Lackluster finished steel sales in Turkey limit scrap buying US export prices up on bulk sale to Turkey Northern Vietnam mills still hungry for scrap Mixed sentim...Read More

* FTSE 100 up 0.6 pct * FTSE 250 up 1.1 pct * Sterling rally aids mid-cap index * Frankie & Benny's owner surges on sales rise * Just Group slips for 2nd straight day * Interserve slumps with administration imminent (Recasts, adds company news items, updates with closing prices)By Muvija M and Shashwat AwasthiMarch 15 (Reuters) - Britain's mid-cap index hit a 5-monthhigh on Friday, tracking a...Read More

Brazilian pig iron exporters were bullish this week because of long lead times for material from the south of the country, and resumed sales to the United States from the north of Brazil, Fastmarkets learnt during the week ended Friday March 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for pig iron exports from the southeastern Minas Gerais region was $336-340 per tonne fob on March 15, up from $334-33...Read More

UK prices for alloy steel scrap moved up slightly over the past week despite higher costs for nickel, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic UK 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids was ?840-880 ($1,113-1,266) per tonne delivered on March 15. This was up from ?830-870 per tonne delivered a week earlier, reflecting transactions heard in the...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 205,250126,43175,211192,029300,503472,490502,145 Change from Prior Reporting Period 2,62211,82115,48136,29730,77454,40058,076 Traders 19867845056283176 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 57,54027,885530,030 4,31964358,719 non reportable positionsCha...Read More

The major gold miners are grinding higher in a solid upleg, fueling growing interest in this small contrarian sector. They've mostly finished reporting their fourth-quarter results, revealing how they are really faring fundamentally. Collectively the world's biggest gold miners continue to face serious challenges, which often stem from declining production. That makes stock picking more im...Read More

CEO Kenneth Lewis & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - Download interview -- MP3 fileHighlightsLIMITED OFFER - FREE $5 IN ONEGOLD DIGITAL BLOCKCHAIN EXCLUSIVELY TO GOLDSEEK.COM PATRONS! (Remember to say Goldseek Radio sent you!)ONEGOLD Inc. holds physical gold and silver metals at the Royal Canadian Mint through our friends at APMEX and Sprott. CEO of APMEX and founder of ONEGOLD Inc., Kenneth Lewis return...Read More

Last week I was pleased to attend the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. PDAC is one of the largest mining conferences in the world. More than 25,000 people turned out this year, many of them selling equipment services, exhibiting securities and investments, making presentations and much more. As was the case at the BMO Global Metals & Mining Confe...Read More

By: IRA EPSTEINPrecious Metals Update Video: Gold market is having a problem... biased is down as trend is up:Read More

By Avi GilburtWe are often directed to think that the market reacts in the same manner as Newtonian physics. We believe that a news event which accompanies a market move was certainly the "cause" of that market move. But, how often have we seen markets react in the exact opposite manner in which the substance of the news event suggests?While science has moved away from Newtonian physics, stock m...Read More

Face it, this monster could veer wildly in either direction right now, and even an Einstein could not confidently predict which. My heart's desire is to see the S&Ps plunge into the molten pit of hell by summer. The 2313.00 target shown suggests that, at least from a technical standpoint, this is possible. Presumably, the years-overdue collapse would drive out the crooks who have rigged shares...Read More

Indian domestic secondary billet prices have fallen by 900 rupees ($13) per tonne this week with demand for both semi-finished and finished long steel products remaining subdued and inquiries limited.The price for Indian domestic secondary billet, assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday March 15, was 31,300-31,500 rupees ($450-453) per tonne ex-mill. This was down by 900 rupees per tonne compared with l...Read More

Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 7:01Michael Pento explains why he believes central bankers must perpetually keep interest rates near zero - and the massive inflationary bubble economy that will likely result. Also, find out how Michael is approaching gold and gold related investments for his clients right now.Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview b...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More

Grant's Interest Rate Observer Founder and Editor Jim Grant: one of the clear and present risks in today's markets is the intellectuals, the ignorance that knows not it is ignorant.James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1...Read More

Participants in China's rebar market reacted differently to the impending reduction of value-added tax in the country, resulting in a widening of domestic prices on Friday March 15.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,860 yuan ($565-574) per tonne, widened by 10 yuan per tonne on both ends Northern China (Beijing): 3,790-3,850 yuan per tonne, widened upward by 20 yuan per tonneChina's value-...Read More

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed first time guest, Contrarian investor, entrepreneur and Tocqueville Bullion Reserve (TBR) founder http://www.tocquevillegoldbullion.com/, Simon MikhailovichDuring this 30+ minute interview Jason asks Simon about his experiences growing up, surviving and escaping socialism in the Soviet Union as well as the growing amount of populism in the US with th...Read More

John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. He is the former CEO of Veritas Firearms, LLC and is the co-host of The Patriot News Podcast which Continue...Read More

Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in 1974. He is a leading American retail broker specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture. His company has built a national reputation on taking advantage of global opportunities in the oil and gas, mining, alternative energy, agriculture, f...Read More