Swedish state-owned iron-ore producer LKAB is to appoint Markus Pet??j??niemi to the role of senior vice president, where he will lead the newly formed market and technology unit, the company said on Thursday May 16.Pet??j??niemi, who will take up the role on June 1, was previously acting senior vice president and led the technology and process development team, which will now fall under the marke...Read More
Steel billet from suppliers in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was on offer this week to Egyptian customers at $450-455 per tonne, but with one deal heard concluded at $445 per tonne cfr.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $445 per tonne cfr on Thursday May 16, narrowing upward from $440-445 per tonne cfr on May 9 because of the pressure from...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 16, with trade uncertainties broadly priced in while a stronger dollar tempered commodity buying over the afternoon. The upward momentum in the three-month aluminium futures continued throughout the afternoon trading session, with the light metal settling at $1,860 per tonne, its highe...Read More
The price of steel billet in Turkey has gone down over the past week because of limited demand and falling scrap costs, sources said on Thursday May 16.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for billet imports into Turkey was $420-430 per tonne cfr on May 16, narrowing downward from last week's $420-440 per tonne.The price for CIS-origin billet has also gone down this week, with buyers continuing to...Read More
Swedish state-owned iron-ore producer LKAB is to appoint Markus Pet??j??niemi to the role of senior vice president, where he will lead the newly formed market and technology unit, the company said on Thursday May 16.Pet??j??niemi, who will take up the role on June 1, was previously acting senior vice president and led the technology and process development team, which will now fall under the marke...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday May 16 that are worth another look.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 16, with trade uncertainties broadly priced in while a stronger dollar tempered commodity buying during afternoon trading.Metals trader Glencore has reshuffled its c...Read More
Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM) announced this week that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Cryderman gold property located near Shining Tree, Ontario.In order to move forward with the deal, the Sudbury-based firm has to issue $60,000 in cash and $110,000 in shares to the vendor and complete $300,000 in work over a three year period. If the company vests its in...Read More
USDCHF, "US Dollar vs Swiss Franc" In the H4 chart, USDCHF is expected to break the 5/8 level and then continue falling towards the support at the 3/8 one. Risk Warning: the result of previous trading operations do not guarantee the same results in the future As we can see in the H1 chart, the pair is trading below the 3/8 level. In this case, the price is expected to continue moving do...Read More
One chart I've been watching for the past few years is the ratio of Gold to the S&P 500.Over the last half-century, there have been good times to own gold and good times to own stocks and the two have rarely coincided.The trend in the ratio of the two (at the bottom of the chart below) has been a decent guide to understanding when to own each.This is based on an excerpt from a recent chart...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices were flat on Thursday in Asia, holding slightly below the key $1,300 level.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were at $1,297.15 by 1:37 AM ET (05:37 GMT).Gold prices received a boost since last week as Sino-U.S. trade tension intensified, but lost momentum after U.S. President Donald Trump dialled back some...Read More
Markets Trade War Gold Oil Equity markets are marginally in the red again on Thursday, with US futures in a similar position, as investors continue to weigh up the ongoing trade war threat for the global economy and markets. It’s been quite the couple of weeks on the trade war front. We’ve gone from a deal being close to done, to talks collapsing and tariffs imposed and now T...Read More
Metals trader Glencore has reshuffled its cobalt team, with David Brocas leading the company's cobalt trading since Franck Schulders has gone on sabbatical.The changes took effect in the past few weeks, Glencore told...Read More
Michael Dornhofer left tungsten powders supplier Wolfram Bergbau und H? 1/4 tten (WBH) at the end of April, Fastmarkets has learned.Dornhofer had been Austria-based WBH's director of sales and purchasing for tungsten-containing raw materials...Read More
The market "wizard" and influential trader turned crypto pumper has just declared silver dead. The riggers MUST BE DESPERATE for physical. Here's why...Yes.Oh my.Connectin' dots.An all-out freakin' assault!A scramble to get real physical.It's too obvious now, just connect the dots.We know the cartel must be low on physical gold.The desperation really picked up a couple of years ago when the cartel...Read More
With the US at the top of both the economic & business cycles, everything's lining up for the metals to shine. Here's the bullish case for gold & silver...Tavi Costa interviewed on Palisade RadioTo subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisaderadio.comTavi discusses his bullish thesis for gold. Their strategy is to look at historical trends for value-oppor...Read More
Swedish state-owned iron-ore producer LKAB is to appoint Markus Pet??j??niemi to the role of senior vice president, where he will lead the newly formed market and technology unit, the company said on Thursday May 16.Pet??j??niemi, who will take up the role on June 1, was previously acting senior vice president and led the technology and process development team, which will now fall under the marke...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 16, with trade uncertainties broadly priced in while a stronger dollar tempered commodity buying over the afternoon. The upward momentum in the three-month aluminium futures continued throughout the afternoon trading session, with the light metal settling at $1,860 per tonne, its highe...Read More
Silver Miners (SIL) have lost over 50% since the highs back in 2016. Is this large of a decline enough to present a buying opportunity?No doubt the multi-year trend for SIL remains down at this time. The long-term decline and the decline over the past few months has it testing last years lows again at (1).While testing the lows it finds itself at the apex of a falling wedge pattern at (1). Is a "...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices jumped closer to the $100-per-tonne-cfr mark while setting a five-year high on Thursday May 16 amid bullish market sentiment.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $99.21 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $2.26 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $97.40 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.77 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $102.80 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $4.27 pe...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices rose on Thursday May 16, but pessimism continued to cast a pall over the market with trading activity remaining persistently thin.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,000-4,010 yuan ($582-583) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,890-3,900 yuan per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneSpot prices rose after mills raised their offers in response to...Read More