The export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States dropped during the week to Thursday August 5 on oversupply and short lead times. Fastmarkets assessed the price for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $550-580 per tonne on Thursday, down from $570-590 per tonne the previous week.The market level in the United States, which is the main pig...Read More
The light iron scrap market in the United Kingdom dropped by ?5 ($7) per tonne over the week ending Friday August 6, with weaker European export markets into Turkey and the Indian subcontinent dragging down British dockside prices, which had a knock-on effect on the domestic market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delive...Read More
A brief recovery in Chinese steel billet prices during the week to Friday August 6 has done little to perk up import markets in Southeast Asia, market participants told Fastmarkets.After a turbulent start to the week in the ferrous futures markets, Chinese buyers returned to the market on Wednesday August 4, booking only a handful of cargoes, sources said.Indonesian blast furnace (BF) 15...Read More
Powell’s recent dovish remarks starteda sugar high among investors. However, it seems like the hangover has alreadybegun.TheGold Miners While gold, silver and mining stocksjumped for joy following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s dovish remarks on Jul. 28,their sugar high ended on Jul. 30. And while I warned that FOMC press conferences often elicit short-term bursts of optimism, it was lik...Read More
To fully understand markets, understand gold. It is the key to financial wisdom. By learning of its role as a financial asset, one will discover universal truths about the value of money, and hence, the underlying value of all assets. It does not do much good, for example, to make a small fortune in the stock market, only to see it dwindle (or disappear overnight) in an inflationary storm or an im...Read More
The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in the European domestic market increased further this week amid continuing tight supply, Fastmarkets heard on Friday August 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?3,900-3,950 ($4,616-4,676) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne week on week from...Read More
Gold has been trading sideways recently, but this won’t last forever – the yellow metal is likely to move downward before continuing its rise.So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell, a bull market from a bear market? It’s not so easy, as gold seems to be at a crossroads. On the one hand, accelerating inflation should take gold higher, especially that the real interest rate...Read More
The gold miners’ stockswere whacked hard earlier this summer on a Fed-rate-hikes scare. That serious anomaly really damaged sentiment,spawning exceptionally-weak seasonal performance in this contrariansector. But the bruised gold stocks andthe metal they mine have trudged through, making it back to the start of theirtraditional strong season. That beginswith robust autumn r...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund explains why he is bullish on gold and precious metals. Despite the looming threat of massive inflation, or at least stagflation in the event that markets collapse, many appear to have given up on gold at the worst possible time, perhaps due to the mistaken belief that it will be perpetually suppressed by market manipulators. The key point to grasp with gold, which h...Read More
Expectations still abound for the long-awaited, vertical leap in silver prices. We are told it is inevitable; and that it is supported by solid fundamentals. Those fundamentals include supply deficits, a return to the 16 to 1 gold-silver ratio, increasing monetary demand for silver, etc.However, an examination of those fundamentals reveals a different picture. That picture is inconsistent w...Read More
Brazilian automotive production dropped by 4.16% year on year in July amid a continuing shortage of auto parts, according to national automotive association Anfavea.Light vehicle output reached 163,600 units last month, compared with 170,700 units in the same period in 2020, Anfavea said on Friday August 6. Production and sales continue to be affected by a global shortage of semiconductor chips, w...Read More
The U.S. dollar, as the world reserve currency, is still the driver of silver, gold, and inflation pricing and the charts below show that they should now be ready to run based on the USD topping and then dropping in “price”.At this point the U.S. Dollar has corrected upward but has now either entered its next top, or is very close to that overhead resistance. Thus, we appear to be at t...Read More
German industrial group Thyssenkrupp has agreed the sale of its Infrastructure business to compatriot company FMC Beteiligungs KG, an entrepreneur-led investment firm, Thyssenkrupp said on Thursday August 5.The deal was expected to be closed later this year but will be subject to approval from merger control authorities as well as Thyssenkrupp's own supervisory board. The financial details of the...Read More
Our followers and readers have been emailing us asking for more research into Precious Metals and updated Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) Price Modeling charts (our proprietary price/technical mapping system capable of predicting future trends, setups, and price levels). This special Gold and Silver research article will help you learn what to expect over the next 24+ months and where opportunitie...Read More
As the summer doldrums drag on, precious metals bulls are eying potential support levels for a seasonal bottom. The gold market found support at the $1,750 level last month and has since been trading with a slight upside bias. Although the price action hasn’t been especially exciting, base building in these summer months can be a healthy technical process in the context of a larger bull mark...Read More
Gold has been suckingwind this summer, trudging along after getting slammed by a distant-future-rate-hikesscare. The resulting lower prices havereally damaged psychology, leaving investors wavering on gold. Their recent capital inflows have reversedinto modest selling, contributing to unusual weakness in this leadingalternative asset. But investment demandshould roar back in this...Read More
Turkey's domestic transaction prices for hot-dipped galvanized and pre-painted galvanized coil prices were mostly stable in the week ended Friday August 6 due to limited trading, sources told Fastmarkets.Domestic buyers have mainly been holding back from acquiring substantial material volumes, waiting for the trend to settle.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel HDG coil domestic, exw T...Read More
Steel scrap prices in the key global markets moved down over the week to Friday August 6 with demand for material remaining tepid.Turkish mills make fresh bookings at lower pricesUS export prices consistent in recent bookingsVietnam scrap prices down on weak demandChinese import prices fall alongside domestic pricingTaiwanese scrap prices continue downtrend on poor demandIndian scrap offers withdr...Read More
Turkey's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable in the week to Friday August 6 despite limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, exw Turkey was $1,010-1,050 per tonne on Friday, widening downward by $10 from $1,020-1,050 per tonne on July 30.Turkish HRC producers were offering material at $1,020-1,...Read More
The export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States dropped during the week to Thursday August 5 on oversupply and short lead times. Fastmarkets assessed the price for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $550-580 per tonne on Thursday, down from $570-590 per tonne the previous week.The market level in the United States, which is the main pig...Read More