By: Avi GilburtMany investors maintain beliefs about the stock market which often have them looking the wrong way at the market turns. In fact, I can no longer count how many comments I see about how the Fed is what directs our stock market action, and it just makes me scratch my head.The main argument by Fed watchers is that the Fed's easy money drives the stock market. Yet, the Fed's balance s...Read More

The broad averages have rallied from their Christmas lows almost as steeply as they got there in the fourth quarter. The first 2,000 points of the Dow's trampoline bounce took just seven trading days. At the time, we wrote that the trend would continue until even hardcore skeptics were convinced that new all-time highs were likely. That is what bear rallies are supposed to do. Well, another 1100...Read More

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The Chinese antimony price downtrend entered its third consecutive week amid persistently thin buying interest from the country's downstream market in the latest assessment period ended Wednesday March 13. Fastmarkets assessed the price of MMTA standard-grade II antimony, delivered duty-paid in China, at 46,000-46,500 yuan ($6,844-6,918) per tonne on Wednesday, down by 2.6% from 47,000-48,000 yuan...Read More

German steelmakers have settled their monthly scrap contracts for March at largely stable prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday March 18.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for domestic grade-E3 scrap in Germany was ?,?265-285 ($300-323) per tonne delivered on March 15, unchanged over the month. The assessment represented deals heard in the market.Although the price range remained stable, s...Read More

The Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets went quiet at the beginning of the week, with mills expecting to hear lower offer prices, sources said on Monday March 18.Most of the offers in the market were around $330 per tonne cfr for United States-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20), while mills were looking for $315-320 per tonne, sources said.The expectation for lower prices was a consequence of the strength o...Read More

* Pound drops as chances of third Brexit vote diminish * But some see upside potential on lengthy Brexit delay * BOE meeting eyed though unlikely to change outlook (Adds parliament speaker, updates prices)By Tom FinnLONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Sterling dropped below $1.32 onMonday after the speaker of Britain's parliament said PrimeMinister Theresa May's Brexit deal could not be voted on againunl...Read More

Paul Pint, Executive Chairman of Aguia Resources. Source: Aguia Resources Ltd.Aguia Resources Ltd. [AGRL-TSXV; AGR-ASX] shares were active Monday March 18 after the company released a maiden resource estimate for its Andrade copper project in Brazil.The company said total inferred mineral resources are estimated at 10.8 million tonnes with an average grade of 0.56% copper and 2.56 grams/tonne silv...Read More

The exploration crew working at Northern Dynasty's Pebble Project in southern Alaska. Source: Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. [NDM-TSX; NAK-NYSE] said Monday March 18 that it has raised US$11.5 million from a share offering that was completed on a bought deal basis.The offering consisted of 17.9 million common shares priced at 64 cents a share and was completed under a...Read More

Carolina Sanchez, Secretary of Mining Policy, Ministry of Production and Labor. Photo courtesy Argentina government Mining Policy Secretariat ?s Press office.During the recent PDAC Convention in Toronto, Carolina Sanchez, Secretary of Mining Policy,Ministry of Production and Labor, Argentina, spoke to Resource World about her country's efforts to grow their mining industry.RESOURCE WORLD: Vanadium...Read More

The Comex copper price ticked higher in morning trading on Monday March 18 with markets awaiting a resolution to the US-China trade negotiations that have dictated investor sentiment for months. The copper price for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 1.65 cents to $2.9225 per lb. "Ongoing US/China trade talks remain under way... as the two sides continu...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday March 18, the exception being copper, whose price was up by 0.7% at $6,474 per tonne, compared with $6,431.50 per tonne at Friday's close.Volume was average, with 6,328 lots traded on LME Select as at 7.23am London time, compared with 19,661 lots at a similar time on Friday. Spot...Read More

This is the biggest crisis facing mankind today...You and I grew up with running water. And it's something we take for granted.But the fact is that around the world today, one in nine people - more than 844 million, according to Water.org - lack access to safe, clean drinking water.Meanwhile, one in three lack access to a modern toilet.Take a minute to appreciate the scale of this crisis here...We...Read More

The market for flat steel exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remained relatively unchanged at the start of this week amid low availability, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday March 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS-origin exports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) was $510-520 per tonne fob Black Sea on March 14, narrowing from $500-525 per tonne fob Black Sea a week bef...Read More

Import prices for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil sold into Vietnam widened down over the past week amid lower buying activity.Fastmarkets MB's weekly import price assessment for HRC in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $545-555 per tonne cfr for the week to Monday, down $5 per tonne at the lower end of the range.A...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices experienced a strong rebound on Monday March 18 with buyers making a rush for materials ahead of a reduction in the country's value-added tax on April 1.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,860-3,870 yuan ($575-576) per tonne, up 60-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,810-3,830 yuan per tonne, up 60 yuan per tonneTrading activity was robust in both S...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 Index pulled back 6.5 points or 0.5% before closing at 1128.96.MACD rose 0.9 points to -4.37. RSI our near-term momentum measure fell 6 points to 44.9 which is quite low.Support is at 1120 and 1100. Resistance is at 1144 (20-day moving average) and 1160.Last week, copper ro...Read More

Prices for cold-heading quality (CHQ) and high-carbon wire rod remained stable month over month in the United States, although sources offered varied reports on market activity. Fastmarkets AMM again assessed the price for cold-heading quality wire rod at $46 per hundredweight ($920 per short ton) North American delivered duty paid Great Lakes region on Friday March 15 and that for high...Read More

Import prices for rebar sold into Singapore narrowed upward slightly in the past week amid higher bids from end users.Fastmarkets MB's import price assessment for rebar in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical weight basis - was $500-510 per tonne cfr for the week to Monday March 18, narrowing upward by $5 per tonne from the previous week.Turkish rebar...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices moved higher on Monday March 18 as stockists looked to replenish inventories, despite many spot traders opting to sit on the sidelines as they digest the implications of the reduction in the Chinese value-added tax (VAT) rate from next month.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,850-3,900 yuan ($573-581) per tonne, up 40-50 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beij...Read More