The lithium market has grown to a stage where it can support a futures contract, especially in the context of significant price moves in recent years and forecasts of further growth, Robin Martin, head of market development at the London Metal Exchange, said during a Fastmarkets conference on Monday October 26. "In terms of size, [lithium] is now at a level where it can support an actively traded...Read More

While the initial appetite to hedge exposure to volatile lithium prices came from automakers expanding their electric vehicle (EV) fleets, an appreciation for short-term pricing and risk management tools has since filtered upstream, delegates heard during Fastmarkets' virtual Lithium Supply & Markets conference on Monday October 26. "Lithium often came up [in conversations with carmakers] because...Read More

Lithium spot prices are starting to change direction upward but it will take time for a rebound across the whole lithium complex, Fastmarkets head of battery raw materials research and base metals William Adams during a panel discussion at the Lithium Supply & Markets conference on Monday October 26. "We're starting to see a move up [for spot prices] and by the end of next year will start to see a...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index jumped 12 points, or 1%, to 1108.90.MACD retreated 1.22 points to -0.51. RSI edged 2.97 points, or 5%, higher to 62.18.Support is now at 1089 (20-day moving average) and 1080. Resistance is at 1110 and 1129 (upper Bollinger band).As far as performance goes, the INK Ca...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed for the eighth consecutive business day while tight supply continued to bump up against rising demand.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $34.10 per hundredweight ($682 per short ton) on Monday October 26, up by 1% from $33.76 per cwt on Friday October 23 and 2.1% higher than $33.39 per cwt a week ago on...Read More

ArcelorMittal has restarted the No3 blast furnace at its Tubar??o facility in Brazil's southeastern Esp?-rito Santo state, on Sunday October 25, the company announced.The equipment has an output capacity of 2.8 million tonnes per year of crude steel and has been halted since April because of the adverse economic situation from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic."The decision aims to supply client...Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe were fairly stable over the week to Friday October 23, but the mills were expected to increase their spot-market offer prices soon.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?496.67 ($588.80) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?0.84 per tonne week on week and by ?,?9.06 per tonne month on month...Read More

Domestic steel rebar prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow remained broadly stable this week, despite producer attempts to raise prices for November deliveries, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday, October 26.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia was 40,000-41,000 roubles ($526-539) per tonne on October 26, incl...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices dropped slightly on Monday October 26 on high, but declining, inventories. DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,700-3,730 yuan ($554-558) per tonne, down by 10 yuan per tonneChina Iron & Steel Association reported that rebar stock in China's major markets was about 6.33 million tonnes in mid-October, down by 6.2% from earlier in the month...Read More

Singapore-based rebar buyers bought fresh quantities of Turkish rebar in the week to Monday October 26 on returning spot demand, sources told Fastmarkets.A group of buyers had to purchase 50,000 tonnes of January-shipment Turkish rebar from a producer located in Izmir, sources said, although this could not be directly confirmed by some of the counterparties heard to be involved in the transaction...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 26 that are worth another look.Major iron ore miners are racing to boost their output amid recovering demand and ahead of traditional mid-financial year reporting due by December, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.Uncertainty about next year's aluminium fundamentals and consumer hesitance...Read More

0:00 - What's been holding silver back?4:34 - Silver and inflation6:45 - Silver's correlation to gold8:11 - Timeline for $100 silver9:18 - The "fair" gold-silver ratio11:51 - Silver's performance in recessions13:49 - Monetary policy vs industrial demand on silver16:14 - Risks to industrial demand17:45 - Supply and demandGold and silver have always held a close correlation with each other, with sil...Read More

0:00 - Intro0:19 - Takeaways from the New Orleans Investment Conference3:31 - How the US election could impact precious metals7:07 - What should investors do in this market?9:33 - Performance of mining stocks in 202012:19 - Stock picks and other metals Brien likes14:43 - Other trends in mining to watch16:35 - OutroThis interview was filmed on October 22, 2020. Gold is facing near-term uncertainty...Read More

"The problem is that we haven't yet found this balance between three things-public health, normal economic functioning and personal freedoms," Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" Monday. "We're going to continue to iterate like this, which means the recovery is not going to be smooth. It's going to have lots of bumps, and there is a material risk in some c...Read More

Domestic auto bundle and ship scrap prices in Turkey have remained stable over the past week despite rising imported scrap values, sources said on Monday October 26.The mills' buy prices for ship scrap remained steady on Monday at $280 per tonne delivered.So Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, melting scrap from shipbreaking, domestic, delivered Turkey, was $280 per tonne on Mond...Read More

Gordon T. Long joined us for a very insightful look at the markets and precious metals. Gordon is super-bullish on gold and silver. Based upon what's happening in the US and abroad he sees a very bullish movement ahead. Stocks may keep on going up as a result of all the liquidity that the Fed keeps pumping into the market and we will see this strategy continuing onward indefinitely. In the end, th...Read More

Unfortunately, we are going to see this expand to become a requirement to travel. This is all part of a plan to used COVID-19 to prevent civil uprisings as they roll out their plan for the Great Reset.Continue...Read More

This is the agenda that has been set in motion by this fake COVID-19 Pandemic which was instigated by these people and the lockdowns were intended to crush the economy, set Continue...Read More

Major iron ore miners are racing to boost their output amid recovering demand and ahead of traditional mid-financial year reporting due by December, market sources told Fastmarkets this week. "The higher production and shipments from Australian miners over [the fourth quarter] is pretty normal as seen over the years. It is their way of pushing to meet their half-year targets for the financial year...Read More

Right now, the United States is officially $27 trillion in debt. Nearly $7 trillion was added since President Trump took office. This year's budget deficit is projected at Continue...Read More