Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower following Boeing's (BA) slide when several countries grounded the company's 737 MAX 8 after the plane model's second fatal crash in six months. Stitch Fix (SFIX) jumped after the subscription fashion service topped analysts' earnings and sales forecast in its fisca...Read More
It's important to understand Gold's fundamentals as it will help us confirm a new bull market.To this point, Gold's rallies have failed to make higher highs and higher lows because, although there has been improvement in fundamentals, the fundamentals have not turned bullish yet.The technical trigger will be Gold and gold stock outperformance of the stock market which will likely lead to the funda...Read More
PowerOre of Toronto has spent the winter poring over historical drill results and creating a 3D model of the past producing Springer and Perry copper mines. The geologists identified a number of wide - 20 metres or longer - disseminated mineralized drill intersections from the Springer mine.Early in the mines' history, operators focused on high grade veins and much of the disseminated copper miner...Read More
The World Copper Conference will once again be hosted in Santiago, Chile and will reinforce its position as the premier copper event in Latin America.The conference is renowned for its calibre of attendees attracting CEOs and senior executives from leading miners, smelters, service providers, financiers, as well as government delegations. It is also a major networking event for key stakeholders fr...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 12.Fastmarkets had change the publication date its London Metal...Read More
Copper demand in the Middle East is lagging in comparison to the rest of world, panelists at Fastmarkets' International Copper Conference in Amsterdam said on Tuesday March 12.While global demand for copper is healthy, copper demand in the Middle East remains the laggard, Nexans' head of procurement Christophe Allain and Dubai Cable purchasing manager Laila Marafi agreed when speaking to delegates...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange traded higher across the board during afternoon trading on March 12, with zinc up by $100 per tonne at the close.Zinc prices remain well supported by signs of tightening supply, with LME inventories at the lowest level since 2007."The zinc price is zigzagging upward and nearing the $2,800-per-tonne mark. The price has been lent support by supply conc...Read More
Getty ImagesThe U.S. economy added just 20,000 new jobs in February after big gains in the prior two months, but the unemployment rate fell again and wages rose sharply. The numbers: American businesses and other employers created the fewest new jobs in February in 17 months, the latest sign of a broader slowdown in the U.S. economy. The economy added just 20,000 new jobs last month, the smallest...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comMarch 12, 2019With little fanfare, gold is staging a nice consolidation in the $1280-$1350 price zone.Please click here now.Double-click to enlarge. A breakout from this $70 trading range would usher in a fresh target of $1400 and perhaps $1420.Note the superb position of the 14,7,7 series...Read More
James Kunstler summarized it perfectly. So rather than reinventing the wheel, here's an excerpt from his Monday commentary:Jerome Powell [was] wheeled out on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a cigar store Indian at an antique fair, so vividly sculpted and colorfully adorned you could almost imagine him saying something. Maybe it was an hallucination, but I heard him say that "the economy is in...Read More
The European ferro-chrome market should trade through an online portal to set up a transparent pricing mechanism, according to the chief executive officer of trading house UniChrome AG, Dmitry Pastour.The use of an online portal would provide demonstrable liquidity to price indication, Pastour said during a discussion panel at Fastmarkets' Asian Ferro-alloys Conference in Hong Kong this week."With...Read More
The development of the futures market in China has been a "double-edged sword" for the domestic ferro-silicon industry, leading to more flexibility for market participants and wilder price swings than prior to its existence, according to one speaker at Fastmarkets' Asian Ferro-alloys Conference in Hong Kong this week.Ferro-silicon contracts, launched on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in Au...Read More
Gold futures finished lower on Monday, pulling back after bullion failed to settle above the psychologically significant $1,300 mark despite a rally late last week. Better-than-expected U.S. retail sales and business inventories data, which helped provide a boost to U.S. benchmark stock indexes, also put pressure on haven gold in Monday dealings. Business inventories rose 0.6% in December, while...Read More
This means the Jersey-registered company, which has a market cap of £5.37 million (US$7 million) is on the hook for US$140,000 plus 10% annual interest and both sides' costs.Read More
Key data for the Friday 8 March pricing session in London.Key drivers- Magnesium price increases due to the tight coal supply in China's domestic markets.- A strict round of inspections taking place at all mining companies in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region is the main reason for the shortage. This new...Read More
Buyers showed bold tenacity Monday, holding the broad averages steady until an extremely volatile Boeing righted itself. The stock, cherished above all others by its institutional sponsors, came under heavy pressure overnight on news that a 737 had gone down in Ethiopia, killing all 157 aboard. This was the second fatal crash of this aircraft in five months, and it triggered a stampede out of Bo...Read More
Gold fell after inability to break past $1300. There should be good investment demand in gold for the rest of March. I prefer higher allocation to physical gold in one's portfolio. Silver continues to remain undervalued. Saudi's are taken world to a ransom as they do not want crude oil price to fall. They are doing everything to ensure that Brent crude oil trades over $60 per barrel. Asian sum...Read More
Manganese ore production in China could not play a role in replacing seaborne ore due to factors such as quality and production costs, according to panelists at Fastmarkets' Asian Ferro-alloys conference in Hong Kong on Monday March 11.The domestic manganese ore supply in China cannot play a substantial role in the ferro-alloys or steel sector because of two major issues, Lei Fei, China Minmetals...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap to replenish low stock levels despite the weak demand for finished steel products, sources said on Tuesday March 12.A steel producer in the Iskenderun region booked a UK cargo, comprising 22,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20), at $320 per tonne cfr.The cargo was scheduled to be shipped at the end of the March and was sold at the same...Read More
(Removes erroneous reference to Polyus being a silver producer,paragraph 1)MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) - Russian gold producer Polyus has received a further 5 percent stake in the giantSukhoi Log gold deposit from its project partner Rostec inreturn for a 0.28 percent stake in Polyus shares, Polyus saidlate on Monday.The deal raises Polyus' stake in Sukhoi Log, one of thelargest untapped gold depos...Read More