China's hot-rolled coil prices dropped on Tuesday February 12, dragged down by low demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,840-3,850 yuan ($566-568) per tonne, down 30-40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,780-3,800 yuan per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonnePrices retreated after the surge on the day before, with downstream demand still weak as many companies have yet ...Read More
Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil surged during the past week amid increasing offers and higher domestic prices in the country, although trading activity had yet to pick up after the holiday lull.There were no pricing updates for the week ended February 6 due to China's national holidays on February 4-10 for the Lunar New Year.Cold-rolled coilFastmarkets MB'...Read More
Brazilian flat steel imports dropped by 27.48% year on year in January, while imports of long steel products dropped by 13.76% in the same comparison, according to figures released by the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC.Shipments of flat steel products fell to 88,153 tonnes last month, compared with 121,552 tonnes in January 2018.Imports of flat steel from China amounted to 67,252 tonnes, u...Read More
COT SPECIAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Reminder -- Due to the U.S. Government Shutdown (February 1 Announcement) The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018 (based on data from Monday, December 24, 2018). The CFTC publ...Read More
Gold mining is one of the very oldest human occupations. The earliest known underground gold mine, in what is now the country of Georgia, dates back at least 5,000 years, when people were just starting to develop written language.Over the centuries, a number of innovations have emerged that disrupted and forever changed how we explore and mine for gold and other metals. Think dynamite, or the st...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerI get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the viewer in the eye and tell them that economy is booming. Kyle Bass doesn't expect a mild recession until mid-2020. Hmmm - explain that rationale to the 78%+ households who are living paycheck to paycheck, bloated with a record level of debt an...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold down into important support zone -- Hope for the gold bears ..."April Gold Chart, lower highs and lower lows, down towards the support: $1306.50 area"Read More
By: Clint SiegnerThe battle to end taxation of constitutional money has reached the federal level as U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income taxation from gold and silver coins and bullion.The Monetary Metals Tax Neutrality Act (H.R. 1089) backed by the Sound Money Defense League and free-market activists - would clarify t...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:While the law firm superintending the Canadian class-action lawsuit against gold and silver market rigging doesn't seem interested in communicating to the public about the case, GATA is reliably informed that the settlement agreement with Deutsche Bank reported today --http://www.gata.org/node/18857-- is not the end of the case.The lawsuit continues against eight oth...Read More
USA is coercing every nation not to use Huawei5G or any of Huawei telecom gear. USA is now using the threat of trade sanctions on nations using or intend to use Huawei telecom gear. This will be short term bullish for US dollar but in the long term it will sink the US dollar. I will prefer to accumulate more and more physical gold on dips. Better to increase portfolio allocation to hard assets n...Read More
The prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates increased this week on higher offers from producers, but demand was only moderate, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 12.Domestic rebarLocal rebar producers in the UAE increased their offer prices.The country's largest producer, Emirates Steel, was offering rebar to be shipped in February at 2,007 dirhams ($546) per tonne...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transactions: rebarRebar UAE, domestic (Emirates Steel), rebar, offered at 2,007 dirhams ($546) per tonne ex-works,...Read More
Harley Schlanger's work can be found at LaRouchePAC.com.Read More
Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," as well as a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com. Danielle worked as an attorney until 1997 when she was recruited to work for an intern...Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/reset...Question 1. Colonel S: Would the U.S. government do its own reset for America and other nations do resets for their countries?Question 2. Alferes 77: It is inevitable that we are going to have a cashless society, if so what can we do now to be prepared for that?Question 3. Eddie: what will happen to those bank accounts that ha...Read More
Join Mike Maloney as he explores the question of whether or not the United States has already entered recession territory.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is author of the highest selling...Read More
Ray Dalio sat down with one of his greatest heroes, Paul Volcker, to talk about the state of the economy and U.S. government as well as learn about the principles that guided his incredible career. The pair discuss the decline of civil service and how Paul hopes to revitalize the field with The Volcker Alliance by working with universities and the government to train people effectively and efficie...Read More
The Turkish steel mills returned to silence in the deep-sea scrap markets on Tuesday February 12 after a strong buying spree over the past two weeks.Market participants believed that scrap prices were still becoming firmer, in line with the global price trend in raw materials and tightening supplies of scrap."The offers for HMS 1&2 (80:20) are going up to $335 per tonne cfr Turkey from suppliers i...Read More
A George Washington University student bureaucrat is pushing forward with a plan to do away with the school's Colonial mascot.Continue...Read More
There is a new and very serious data scandal rising up with iPhones that Apple is being asked to shutdown. There are a number of majorContinue...Read More