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
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With the almost daily paper price smashes, is the silver price finally getting close to breaking free, and higher?Dave Kranzler spent many years working in various Wall Street jobs. After business school, he primarily traded junk bonds for a large bank. Dave graduated from Oberlin College with majors in Economics and English and he also has an MBA from the University of Chicago, with a concentrati...Read More
Now more than ever, investors need to keep the faith in gold, says John Doody, editor of GoldStockAnalyst.com. He tells our Daniela Cambone that investors will get another chance at $2,000 gold, which the metal hit back in August 2020- and adds that he's sticking to his call for $3,000 gold in a few years time.Read More
Defense Metals Corp. reported that two interested third-party rare earth element processors have requested samples of high-grade REE mineral concentrate for evaluation. In a news release, Defense Metals Corp. (DEFN:TSX.V; DFMTF:OTCQB; 35D:FSE) reported that it has "recently been notified by Welsbach Holdings Pte Ltd. (Welsbach) that is has received requests from two interested third-party Rare Ea...Read More
Money manager Adrian Day provides brief updates for a few of the companies he follows in the aftermath of conference calls with management. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM:NYSE; FVI:TSX; FVI:BVL; F4S:FSE, US$7.26) provided additional insights to its last quarter and last year results in a conference call. For the year, silver production was down 19%, due to lower grades and temporary COVID-shutdo...Read More
Troilus Gold's acquisition of UrbanGold and how the addition of its property in the Fr?tet-Evans Greenstone Belt benefits the explorer are addressed in a Laurentian Bank Securities report. In a March 23 research note, Laurentian Bank Securities analyst Jacques Wortman reported that Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) entered a definitive agreement to acquire UrbanGold Minerals Inc. (UGM:TSX...Read More
Volvo and Scania are the latest automakers in Brazil to halt or scale back production amid rising Covid-19 rates and supply chain disruptions, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 25.Others may follow soon, they added.Scania - which makes trucks, buses and engines at its facility at the S??o Bernardo do Campo industrial hub in the southeastern state of S??o Paulo - will cease operations from...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
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
The shorting of copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday March 25 took the metal's futures price down by 2.2% day on day at the close.Copper's 5pm price on Thursday was $8,779.50 per tonne, a decrease of 3.6% since the start of the week. Its closing price on Monday was $9,108.50 per tonne, and on Wednesday it was $8,977.50 per tonne.The metal was now back to a level last...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
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
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
The shorting of copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday March 25 took the metal's futures price down by 2.2% day on day at the close.Copper's 5pm price on Thursday was $8,779.50 per tonne, a decrease of 3.6% since the start of the week. Its closing price on Monday was $9,108.50 per tonne, and on Wednesday it was $8,977.50 per tonne.The metal was now back to a level last...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