Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Global freight markets have been plunged into further chaos this week with the continuing blockage of the Suez Canal now accompanied by rumors of fresh freight rate hikes around the world, sources told Fastmarkets.Transit through the pivotal Suez Canal shipping lane has been blocked by the large containership Ever Given since late on Tuesday March 23, creating a traffic jam of more than 100 vessel...Read More

Mar 25, 2021 It was a five-year process to get Nouveau Monde Graphite (CVE:NOU) permitted, said CEO Eric Desauliers. Desauliers spoke to Kitco on Wednesday.Last month Nouveau Monde Graphite received the go-ahead for its Quebec-based project after five years of studies and regulatory hoops. By mid-decade the company plans to produce 45,000 tonnes per annum of anode material and purified jumbo flake...Read More

Cobalt buyers have continued to sit back from the spot market this week, triggering lower offers and further profit-taking after strong price gains over January and February. Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam was $23.25-24.15 per lb on Wednesday March 24, widening downward by $0.25 from $23.50-24.15 per lb a day earlier.Similarly, the price assessment for co...Read More

Renascor Resources Limited (ASX: RNU) has an extensive tenement portfolio in South Australia, including their flagship project, the Siviour Battery Anode Material Project, where Renascor is developing a vertically integrated operation, consisting of a mine and concentrator, plus a downstream operation to produce Purified Spherical Graphite (PSG) for sale to anode manufacturers. According to David...Read More

Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS) is an innovative copper producer, with two producing copper mines: Pinto Valley in the US and Cozamin in Mexico. Capstone also owns 70% of Santo Domingo, a large scale, fully permitted, copper-iron-gold project in Region III, Chile, as well as a portfolio of exploration properties. We learned from Jerrold Annett, who is a professional Engineer and Senior Vice Preside...Read More

Take a look at this pill.This pill, known as NZT-48, has been called the "limitless pill," as it allows the user to experience a limitless amount of potential after taking it.After taking this pill, you can pretty much do anything.You can learn a foreign language in 24 hours.You can study astrophysics and become an expert in the field within weeks.You can even gain the ability to time markets the...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 25 that are worth another look.Global freight markets have been plunged into further chaos this week with the continuing blockage of the Suez Canal now accompanied by rumors of fresh freight rate hikes around the world, sources told...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coils across Europe continued to rise on Thursday March 25, amid strong demand and persistently short supplies, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?821.67 ($971.97) per tonne on Thursday March 25, up by ?,?1.67 per tonne and surpassing March 24's 12-year high of ?,?820.00 per tonn...Read More

The Brazilian chamber of construction industry, CBIC, has requested the federal government to reduce steel import duties amid tight supply and soaring prices.It made this request at a meeting between main industry groups that form part of the steel value chain in Brazil and representatives of the country's economy ministry, which discussed the current supply situation, on Tuesday March 23.The even...Read More

Steel rebar prices in Egypt remained unchanged during the week to Thursday, March 25, while buyers expect prices to decrease for orders to be placed for April production, sources told Fastmarkets.Local rebar prices in Egypt have been left unchanged since December 27.The reason behind such stable prices is the construction ban in effect in the country since May 2020. Even after the ban was eas...Read More

Turkey's domestic long steel prices increased over the past week because of the sharp downturn in the country's currency, market sources said on Thursday March 25.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey was 5,550-5,650 lira ($701-713) per tonne on Thursday, up from 5,300-5,480 lira per tonne the week before, including 18% VAT.The Turkish lira we...Read More

Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices fell in the week to Thursday March 25, due to limited demand and falling imported scrap costs, market sources told Fastmarkets.Steelmakers in the country have been struggling to find buyers for rebar and wire rod since last week and have reduced their offer prices to attract business.Turkish rebar was on offer at $620-625 per tonne fob on an actual-weight b...Read More

Turkish scrap import prices have gone down, as expected, with news of a UK cargo being sold at the end of last week coming to light on Thursday March 25.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked the cargo at $410-413 per tonne cfr on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis. The cargo breakdown was not clear at the time of publication.This compared with previous Baltic Sea cargoes sold at $435-437 per tonne cfr o...Read More

Global freight markets have been plunged into further chaos this week with the continuing blockage of the Suez Canal now accompanied by rumors of fresh freight rate hikes around the world, sources told Fastmarkets.Transit through the pivotal Suez Canal shipping lane has been blocked by the large containership Ever Given since late on Tuesday March 23, creating a traffic jam of more than 100 vessel...Read More

The Brazilian chamber of construction industry, CBIC, has requested the federal government to reduce steel import duties amid tight supply and soaring prices.It made this request at a meeting between main industry groups that form part of the steel value chain in Brazil and representatives of the country's economy ministry, which discussed the current supply situation, on Tuesday March 23.The even...Read More

Turkish steel billet prices have gone down over the past week amid limited demand and weakening scrap costs, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 25.The country's steel mills have been staying away from the deep-sea scrap markets over the past two weeks while the pressure on prices was strengthening.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origi...Read More

Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm. Michael has also created ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street. Earlier in his career, he worked on the floor of the NYSE. He i...Read More

The US Dollar is currently in what I presume is a counter-trend rally. We look at the chart and sentiment and measure when and where this rally may end. Many commodity indices hit resistance and will correct alongside the rebound in the dollar. Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Pr...Read More

The Federal Reserve has trapped themselves; either they raise interest rates and bankrupt the Treasury, or they don't raise rates, let inflation spiral out of control, and bankrupt the American people, said Peter Schiff, chief market strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management. "How does [the Fed] fight that inflation without bankrupting the U.S. government? The answer is it can't. My thinking is,...Read More

Retail silver is in very short supply. Mints aren't producing enough for various reasons. How can it be? Answer, because that's the way the market is structured. As Rick Rule says, "This market doesn't not act properly at all." Billionaires are losing their interest for precious metals and going all in on cryptos. Every day is a new day with fundamentals stronger than ever. Treasuries are rising t...Read More