We are staring in the face of a totally new fascist type of authoritarian state. Anyone who disagrees is immediately called a "conspiracy nut" or a "right-wing zealot" because theyContinue...Read More

I don't see the US central bank, or any other major Central Bank around the world slowing down the money printing presses.Continue...Read More

China's iron grip on the people of Hong Kong has become a lot tighter over the past few months.Continue...Read More

The US military has been fighting in Afghanistan for almost nineteen years. House Democrats, working in tandem with key pro-war GOP lawmakers such as Rep. Liz Cheney, are ensuring that continues.Continue...Read More

Twitter on Friday announced a list of words and phrases that their engineering team will begin using in place of 'problematic' language which "does not reflect Continue...Read More

Blood clotting seems to be a serious side-effect some patients of Covid-19 experience. Sadly, Mr. Nurmagomedov ultimately died from the effects of a stroke and heart attack he suffered Continue...Read More

UK denying Maduro access to Venezuelan gold is not only THEFT, it's MURDER of London's reputation as trusted financial centerContinue...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold does the math on the two companies. WingdamOmineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (OMM:TSX.V; OMMSF:OTCMKTS) will be in production shortly at the Wingdam project on Lighting Creek in BC. They are being very quiet about it but it's happening. That's a big deal and why the shares have shot from $0.15 in the middle of May to a high of $0.70 on July 2, 2020. Tom MacNeill as President...Read More

Germany-based car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has agreed a strategic partnership with China-based battery cell maker Farasis Energy, which includes buying a 3% stake in the Chinese company, it said on Friday July 3.The minority stake will allow Daimler, Mercedes' parent company, to nominate a representative for a seat on the battery cell maker's supervisory board.The minority investment is awaiting...Read More

Tata Steel has reached an agreement with trade union FNV Metaal over its Dutch assets, bringing an end to 25 days of industrial action, the company said on Friday July 3.There will be no redundancies at Tata Steel at IJmuiden and the parent company will invest in site's upgrade, FNV said.In addition, an employment pact for the company's Dutch workers has been extended by five years until Octo...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 2 that are worth another look.European importers of long steel and hot-rolled coil have claimed that this week's definitive decision in the EU steel imports safeguard case review ignored the interests of independent buyers and focused protection only on steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1.Chilean...Read More

Formulating a Trend ForecastIt is clear that Silver is NOT Gold, so NOT to make the mistake of looking at what Gold has done and thinking Silver will replicate that move, it rarely does! At best Silver tends to play catchup towards the end of precious metals bull trends.Silver is in a strong bull trend off the March low that is targeting resistance at $19 and then $20, beyond which lies $21. The b...Read More

Most Turkish flat steel prices hit a monthly peak on June 12, following feedstock prices, before edging back down when buyers concluded their procurement activity, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 2. Turkish flat steel producers are fully booked until mid-September. Feedstock scrap prices fluctuated in June. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), U...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts his expectations for how silver prices will respond to movement in the stock market.Much of what is written in the parallel Gold Market update is equally applicable to silver and it will not be repeated here. Although silver has picked up significantly since its March low it has greatly underperformed gold over the past two years. But this is normal during the...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 3 that are worth another look.Production resumes at Hydro's Paragominas mine and Alunorte alumina refinery. The power supply to the Paragominas bauxite mine, in the state of Par?? in northern Brazil, has been restored, producer Hydro said on Friday July 3.The volume of recoverable copper reserves at Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi...Read More

Gold has broken out from a two-month-long consolidation (from $1680 to $1770), but the other precious metals markets have not confirmed Gold’s strength.The gold stocks (GDX, GDXJ) remain below their May highs while Silver remains below significant, multi-year resistance around $18.75. Silver closed Monday at $18.06.Furthermore, Gold, when priced against foreign currencies, has not broken out...Read More

Brazilian export prices for steel slab inched downward in the week ended Friday July 3 with recent deals closed near the lower end of the assessed range and higher offers being rejected.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, narrowed downward by $10 to $375-390 per tonne on Friday, from $375-400 per tonne a week earlier.Export offers of September-shipmen...Read More

The majority of import prices for flat-rolled steel in South America were static during the week to Friday July 3 with market participants gauging the interest for September-shipment cargoes in the region, but some prices increased due to higher offers from China."We expect [to see] some requirements and inquiries from Ecuadorian customers [during August shipment negotiations, rather than only fro...Read More

Steel scrap prices in the global markets continued to fall in the working week ended Friday July 3, with the exception of Turkey, which secured a cargo at a higher price as the week closed.Turkey secures further cargoesUS East Coast recyclers reduce buying pricesVietnam demand gets thin on increasingly bearish sentimentTaiwan buyers seek lower pricesIndia's poor demand hits prices.TurkeyTurkish st...Read More

We all fear the second wave of infections. But the U.S. hasn’t evencontrolled the first one! Bad news for Americans, but good news for gold. Please take a look at the chart below. As you can see, the epidemiological situation in the UnitedStates does not look well. The number ofnew daily confirmed Covid-19 cases has been rising again since mid-June,which means that coronavirus is far from be...Read More