One of our readers’ favorite tools is the Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) predictive modeling system.  This tool maps out technical and price patterns into an array of similar setups using historical data, then applies that data to current and future price bars.  Using the ADL predictive Modeling tool, we can see into the future based on historical technical analysis that maps stat...Read More

Peter Krauth, editor of Gold Resource Investor, delves into gold's recent price movements and discusses whether now is a good time to buy gold and gold stocks. People…relax. It's a correction. If you're a serious gold investor, then I sympathize. If you're freaking out, then this is not for you. If you're anxious, then you need to check your premises. After all, what's changed since gold re...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More

The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More

The Indian silico-manganese export market should cement recent price gains that have pushed up the high end of the range to a level last seen in April 2018 on firm domestic fundamentals that are influencing exporter offer prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets. Indian trade sources said firm domestic demand has encouraged higher export offer prices to customers in Southeast Asia, the Middle Eas...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More

The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More

China's iron ore imports in January and February 2021 increased by 2.8% from 2020, data released on Monday March 8 from the General Administration of Customs of China shows.In the first two months of 2021, China's imports of iron ore totalled 181.51 million tonnes, up by 2.8% year on year from 176.6 million tonnes in 2020, customs data showed.The increase in iron ore imports...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil increased across Europe over the week to Friday March 5, supported by long lead times from domestic mills and good demand.The steelmakers pushed offers upward again to achieve further rises in transaction prices.ArcelorMittal raised its official offer for HRC to ?,?800 ($953) per tonne ex-works on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne, following the recovery in do...Read More

A high dollar index caused lead's three-month price to drop by 1% to its lowest since January at the close on Monday March 8, while copper's futures price inched close to the $9,000 per tonne mark with a 1% rise. Buying interest in lead has been affected by the dollar index moving up to 92.39 on Monday at 5pm, the highest levels since November 2020, "driven by President Biden's mammoth $1.9 trilli...Read More

Limited raw materials availability has continued to support the ammonium paratungstate (APT) price at two-year highs amid a pick-up in spot demand, with alloy prices following slightly higher. Fastmarkets assessed the tungsten APT, 88.5% WO3 min, cif Rotterdam and Baltimore price at $263-268 per metric tonne unit (mtu) on Friday March 5, up from $260-265 per mtu in the previous week. The mark...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More

The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More

The Indian silico-manganese export market should cement recent price gains that have pushed up the high end of the range to a level last seen in April 2018 on firm domestic fundamentals that are influencing exporter offer prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets. Indian trade sources said firm domestic demand has encouraged higher export offer prices to customers in Southeast Asia, the Middle Eas...Read More

A high dollar index caused lead's three-month price to drop by 1% to its lowest since January at the close on Monday March 8, while copper's futures price inched close to the $9,000 per tonne mark with a 1% rise. Buying interest in lead has been affected by the dollar index moving up to 92.39 on Monday at 5pm, the highest levels since November 2020, "driven by President Biden's mammoth $1.9 trilli...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged down on Monday March 8, amid limited buying interest, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $121.53 per tonne, down $1.46 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $213.95 per tonne, down $0.56 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $116.66 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $202.79 per t...Read More

Iron ore prices were largely rangebound on Monday March 8 after fresh restrictions were announced for the steelmaking hub of Tangshan on Sunday evening, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.34 per tonne, up $0.23 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.63 per tonne, down $0.03 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $162....Read More

RAPAPORT... Israel's diamond exports improved in February amid steady jewelry demand in key retail markets and the opening of a trade channel with Dubai, according to government data.Polished shipments out of Israel jumped 24% year on year to $251.6 million for the month, with volume increasing 20% to 122,784 carats, the country's Ministry of Economy and Industry reported last week. Rough exp...Read More

Rio Tinto will begin construction on a new plant that will recover tellurium from copper refining at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah, United States, it said on Monday March 8.Rio Tinto is investing $2.9 million in developing the plant with a capacity to produce approximately 20 tonnes per year of tellurium and expects production to start in the fourth quarter of 2021.Global tellurium production...Read More