The gold miners’ stockshave surged powerfully over the past few weeks, challenging upleg highs. Traders started returning to this smallcontrarian sector as gold blasted back above the psychologically-crucial $1300line. While such early-summer strengthis atypical, gold miners’ technicals, sentiment, and fundamentals all support moregains to come. Gold stocks need to me...Read More
This is my third video in this series that concludes in a detailed trend forecast for the Gold Price into September 2019.SEASONAL ANALYSIS Current StateTrend Analysis, MACD, Trend ChannelsSupport / ResistanceSeasonal AnalysisUS Dollar / GoldGold Price Trend Forecast ConclusionGold StocksThe rest of this analysis has first been made available to Patrons who support my work: Gold Price Trend Forecas...Read More
Eastern China's Shagang has lowered the list prices for its rebar and wire rod booked and shipped in mid-June. The mill is selling its HRB400 16-25mm rebar at 4,070 yuan ($588) per tonne over the June 11-20 period, down 180 yuan per tonne from its last...Read More
China's finished steel exports fell in May on both a year-on-year basis as well as when compared with the preceding month. The country shipped 5.74 million tonnes of finished steel abroad last month, down 16.5% from a year earlier, according preliminary Chinese customs data released on Monday June 10.Last month's exports are also...Read More
Domestic rebar prices in Brazil fell during May as leading steelmakers battle with new participants for market share amid low domestic demand, retreating from announced price increases.Fastmarkets' domestic rebar price assessment was 2,450-2,600 Reais per tonne delivered on June 7, down from 2,600-2,720 Reais per tonne a month prior. The bottom of the price range is at its lowest for this year.Lon...Read More
Global steel billet prices in most markets deteriorated in the week to Friday June 14, with sentiment affected by a downtrend in the Turkish scrap market and weak activity in most buying outlets.Offers from the Commonwealth of Independent States fell throughout the week, but the movement failed to attract buyers in most markets.And scrap prices in Turkey dropped continuously last week amid excess...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday June 14 that are worth another look.Chinese imports from the US of products including metals concentrates and non-ferrous and ferrous scrap are eligible for two rounds of applications for exclusion from Chinese tariffs, according to a new policy document seen by Fastmarkets. The document from the Customs Tariff Commission of the...Read More
South32's decision to review the future of its manganese alloy assets comes as little surprise to fellow manganese alloy producers because they are likely to be considering similar options. The review, which could result in the divestment of the assets, reflects a wider predicament affecting alloy producers struggling with historically high ore prices and a subdued market for their own product. So...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has decided on a dispute over when the load-in, load-out (LILO) rule should have been activated, ruling in favor of warehouse company Istim. People familiar with the situation said that the warehousing firm had been found to have acted vigorously and without delay in its dealings with Glencore at its warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, following large cancellations of alu...Read More
The temporary truce on tariffs between China and the United States could be over, injecting a new round of uncertainty into the global financial markets and suspending hopes that a resolution to the countries' trade impasse was likely.US President Donald Trump has threatened to raise the tariff on $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% by Friday May 10. He also said that the US may...Read More
China's month-on-month new electric vehicles (NEV) sales rebounded in August after month-on-month declines in June and July. The drop in sales between May and June was the first drop since September 2016, but Fastmarkets MB had expected Chinese NEV sales to dip temporarily after the June subsidy changes came into effect because consumers and NEV manufacturers would have to adjust to the new subsid...Read More
Iron ore prices fell sharply in the second half of November after climbing through October, with prices for higher-grade material pioneering the decline.Fastmarkets MB daily benchmark for 65% Fe fines dropped by 22% by Monday November 26 after peaking on October 29. The 62% Fe iron ore index declined by 16% over the period, as some Chinese steelmakers started to seek larger volumes of cheaper ores...Read More
The steel scrap sector in the United States still depends on exports to Turkey, a member of the Fastmarkets research team said during the ferrous session at the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) conference in London.This dependence persists despite the changes in the international markets created by the US' imposition of its Section 232 tariffs on imports of steel products, metals analyst Le...Read More
Seaborne pig iron has become relatively competitive versus ferrous scrap over the past year in most regions, and China is no exception. As the first chart below illustrates, the gap between the MBR's proxy for imported pig iron price in China and the Metal Bulletin's Chinese domestic heavy melt scrap price assessment had shrunk by late 2017. The premium averaged $17 per tonne this year to date, co...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday June 14 that are worth another look.Chinese imports from the US of products including metals concentrates and non-ferrous and ferrous scrap are eligible for two rounds of applications for exclusion from Chinese tariffs, according to a new policy document seen by Fastmarkets. The document from the Customs Tariff Commission of the...Read More
RAPAPORT... Platinum Guild International (PGI) will offer its new lineof jewelry, Platinum Born, in 30 stores throughout the US, including majorretailer Saks Fifth Avenue. The organization will also expand the selection it offers inthe luxury fashion-jewelry brand, which it launched in four stores in the US last year. Thecollection was created to target the nation's growing number of femalese...Read More
RAPAPORT... BlueRock Diamonds, which owns the Kareevlei mine in South Africa, has sold a 24.98-carat rough diamond for $190,000. The diamond is the largest the company has found from Kareeevlei, signalling potential for other high-value recoveries, chairman Mike Houston said last week. "We continue to make excellent progress implementing our development strategy to increase production and are...Read More
RAPAPORT... US retail sales rebounded in May as the economicand financial outlook stabilized, according to the National Retail Federation(NRF). Total purchase value grew 3.2% year on year, with salesrising in nearly all categories, the trade organization reported last week.Retail sales increased 0.5% over the previous month, after the government revisedits April data. It initially reported a...Read More
Jewelers for Children held its 21st annual Facets of Hope event on June 2, at the Venetian, in Las Vegas. The charity announced that $1.3 million had been raised to support their charity partners in the year ahead, bringing the cumulative total since 1999 to $ 56.7 million that has been donated on behalf of the industry to help children in need. Each year it's amazing how genero...Read More
The Jewelry Industry Summit, a non-profit charitable organization, announced that it is moving its business model to that of a membership-based organization and opening up a range of opportunities for individuals and organizations to align themselves publicly with the vision and goals by becoming a member. The step is in line with its mission to bring the jewelry industry together to advance susta...Read More