Chinese hot-rolled coil prices strengthened on Monday July 1 on optimism generated by the agreement to resume trade talks between China and the United States.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,000-4,020 yuan ($582-585) per tonne, up 80 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,920-3,940 yuan per tonne, up 70-80 yuan per tonneMills raised their offers over the weekend amid improved sentiment after...Read More
Prices for Chinese rebar increased sharply on Monday July 1 in both the domestic and export markets following signs of an improvement in trade relations between China and the United States over the weekend.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,030-4,070 yuan ($587-593) per tonne, up 70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,950-3,990 yuan per tonne, up 100-110 yuan per tonneUS President Donald T...Read More
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Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday June 28.ChinaKey drivers The Chinese domestic antimony price was unmoved for a fourth consecutive week, which reflects thin spot business. But the price could dip in this because some Chinese antimony suppliers have shown willingness to lower their offer prices to encourage sales to destock and generate cash flow.Still...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday June 28ChinaChina's silicon export price slides on signs of a weakening domestic market due to more supply and limited bookings for July cargoes. Sellers open to cheaper bids to achieve sales early in expectation of slow demand in the summer lull and increasing supply during rainy season. Most refiners in Yunnan provin...Read More
Our monetary system is broken. It's given us low growth, a shrinking job force, inequality beyond what a healthy economy would produce, inefficiency, and the unnatural growth of finance as a portion of the economy. Our aging Federal Reserve System starves both small businesses and Silicon Valley of the capital needed to grow jobs and wages.Fed policy translates into zero-interest-rate loans for th...Read More
I've been self-employed for the last decade and I've been doing my own taxes for as long as I've had income so I've learned an awful lot about both things over the years.Now, after recently getting a letter from the IRS regarding my 2018 return, I have some new insights to share with you about where the two areas intersect - specifically why the advantages of a special retirement plans for busines...Read More
Spanish stainless steelmaker Acerinox has appointed Mark Davis chief executive officer of its Bahru Stainless joint venture in Malaysia, it said on Monday July 1.Davis replaces Oswald Wolfe, who becomes director of institutional relations at Acerinox's headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Wolfe had been CEO of...Read More
Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color in space, will be the Colorado School of Mines 2019 Homecoming Distinguished Lecturer on Thursday, October 17. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, September 12, 1992. Now, founder and president of two technology companies, the space flight was just one of a series of accomplishments for her.Born in Decatur, Alabama, and raised i...Read More
Greenland shines brightly in the rare earth spotlightSPONSOREDgreenland minerals'When top miners commit to an aspiration, that does trickle down'SPONSOREDdeloitteBlack Rock readies for race to graphite productionSPONSOREDblack rock miningE25 powering towards Butcherbird PFSSPONSOREDelement 25Citi, in a report titled ‘Drilling down into Winu', arrived at a preliminary conclusion that...Read More
"@discovermahony $17.50 for a grilled chicken salad tonight at UBC not impressed at the price after being out of Thai curry ... won't go back to your chain with these prices!"Read full newsRead More
Rick Rule interviews Leigh Curyer, president and CEO of NexGen Energy Ltd., about the company's uranium exploration assets in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada - specifically its Arrow Deposit. Curyer describes the Arrow Deposit as the best uranium asset in the world from both a technical perspective and an economic perspective. What makes the ...Read full newsRead More
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"@discovermahony $17.50 for a grilled chicken salad tonight at UBC not impressed at the price after being out of Thai curry ... won't go back to your chain with these prices!"Read full newsRead More
Gold closed the month of June and the quarter above $1400/oz, holding the majority of its recent gains. That does not necessitate continued strength but it is a good sign.The technicals and fundamentals are finally in place for Gold.It is outperforming all major currencies and the Federal Reserve is weeks away from beginning a new cycle of rate cuts. The U.S. Dollar has lost its uptrend.The near-t...Read More
There will soon be a pungent smell wafting through the Windy City...Illinois just became the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law on Tuesday. It was the first state to do so through the legislature - not a ballot initiative - meaning that the politicians are now comfortable enough with cannabis to pass these laws on their own.This is a b...Read More
Gold closed the month of June and the quarter above $1400/oz, holding the majority of its recent gains. That does not necessitate continued strength but it is a good sign.The technicals and fundamentals are finally in place for Gold.It is outperforming all major currencies and the Federal Reserve is weeks away from beginning a new cycle of rate cuts. The U.S. Dollar has lost its uptrend.The near-t...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The S&P 500 posted a record closing high even as investors worried about a fresh U.S.-EU tariff dispute. Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) rose on news that the world's biggest brewing company and maker of Budweiser beer is planning a Hong Kong listing of its Asian business that could raise around $10 billion. Amarin (AMRN - Get...Read More
Treatment charges (TCs) for lead concentrates rose in June after a price arbitrage that encouraged imports closed off, and major supplying mine Pe??asquito returned to the market after a month-long layoff.Fastmarkets assessed TCs for low-silver lead concentrates at $20-30 per tonne on Friday June 28, up from a 19-month low of $5-15 per tonne on May 31.A closed import arbitrage into China was exace...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month tin price fell by 7% on Tuesday July 2, spanning an intraday range of $17,585-18,980 per tonne. Traders and analysts described the move as a technically-led retreat for the metal. Some 1,289 lots of material changed hands by the afternoon kerb on the same day; the most tin traded since June 2017, with an approximate market value of $113 million. This sharp sel...Read More