Domestic steel rebar prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow were broadly flat during the week to Monday March 15, but sources expect prices to pick up in the short-term on improving end-user demand.Demand for rebar from key end sector construction has started to recover slowly, supporting a positive outlook, sources told Fastmarkets.But trading activity in the region is subdued,...Read More

The steel trade between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has resumed since the signing of Abraham Accords on August 13, 2020.The Abraham Accords refers to treaties between the UAE, Israel, Bahrain and the United States. Since their signing, the countries have been mutually exporting and importing a variety of products, and trade relations between them were expected to improve in the coming mont...Read More

Glencore has undergone a major restructuring of its leadership teams, with a number of senior departures and new roles for existing department heads.Kenny Ives, Tor Peterson and Nico Paraskevas will leave the company in the coming months, stepping down from their roles as head of nickel, head of coal and head of copper marketing respectively. The trio will stay on for a few months...Read More

Domestic ferrous scrap prices in Germany increased significantly in the month to Monday March 15, supported by the trend in international trading, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap), domestic, delivered mill, Germany, was ?,?360-370 ($430-442) per tonne on March 15, up by ?,?20-30 per tonne from ?,?330-350 per tonne in mid-F...Read More

The price range for rebar imports into Singapore widened during the week to Monday March 15 on steady demand from buyers and lower-priced cargoes from India, sources told Fastmarkets.There was one transaction heard concluded at $685 per tonne cfr Singapore on a theoretical weight basis for a 50,000-tonne cargo from Turkey, and another transaction heard concluded at $675 per tonne cfr Singapore on...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 15 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab and hot-rolled coil producer ArcelorMittal Tubar??o expects to resume operations at its hot-strip mill this week, after the equipment was put under maintenance on Monday March 8.The Aluminium Stewardship...Read More

Brazilian slab and hot-rolled coil producer ArcelorMittal Tubar??o expects to resume operations at its hot-strip mill this week, after the equipment was put under maintenance on Monday March 8."ArcelorMittal Tubar??o informs a stoppage occurred in its hot-strip mill on March 8, 2021, with no impact on safety. The equipment is under maintenance, aiming to...Read More

Never fear more stimulus is on the way. Reddit/Robinhood are getting their checks and don't forget the infrastructure program that's on the way. $4 trillion coming into the market. Very stimulative and inflationary too. Cities and states are having their debts paid off by the government. Is the stimulus uneccesary? Will it be more harmful than beneficial. Lumber, copper, everything is going up. Ma...Read More

Rob Kirby is a financial commentator and former broker who worked on an institutional trading desk for most of the 1980s and right up until 1996. He also worked for 11 years at Prebon Yamane, an international inter-dealer broker of foreign exchange and interest rate products. He spent an additional year at another money/bond broker called Freedom Bond Brokers, then spent two years at Garban Inc.,...Read More

John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a freq...Read More

Talking Points From This Episode- Physical silver and ETF demand- Energy as the principal market driver.- Cost of mining and the gold/silver ratio.- Bond markets and inflation.- Global supply change risks.Time Stamp References:0:00?EUR< - Intro0:39?EUR< - Silver Demand Strength3:06?EUR< - Overall Metal Demand4:22?EUR< - Major ETF Flows6:58?EUR< - SLV Withdrawals8:14?EUR< - Silver Endgame9:44?EUR<-...Read More

0:00?EUR< Introduction0:45?EUR< Has gold bottomed?11:39?EUR< Powers that be only care about inflation if it affects wages?13:29?EUR< First Majestic Silver acquires NV gold mine18:11?EUR< Still bearish on copper?21:39?EUR< Mining Stock PicksDave Kranzler is the editor of the Mining Stock Journal and returns to the program to discuss whether gold has bottomed and as share some of his current mining...Read More

These manias and the rising long-term interest rates are on a collision course.Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manag...Read More

Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality. From his basement, he launched SoftKey Software Products and In 1999 Kevin sold his company to the Mattel Toy Company for a staggering 3.7 billion dollars, one of the largest deals ever done in the consumer software industry. To keep his money working hard, he took control of his wealth from his lackluster money manager...Read More

A 65 year old Galveston woman found herself tackled, handcuffed, arrested, and with a broken foot after she refused to leave a local Bank of America branch without her money. The bank demanded she put on a mask, she refused, so they called in the police. Property rights? Also today, first anniversary of the Covid lockdowns. Success or tragic failure?Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-te...Read More

"There was like six or seven, the big black vehicles that follow like on the Criminal Minds TV series ... They busted down the front door."Continue...Read More

Last week President Biden addressed the nation on the first anniversary of the coronavirus being declared a "pandemic." It was a disturbing speech, warning us that the "hopeful spring" will only emerge "from a dark winter" if all Americans "stick with the rules."Whose rules? His rules.The message from the president was clear: he will only allow us to have some of our freedoms back if we do exactly...Read More

While Gold is correcting the move since 2016 or 2018, the better question is, has the bull market even started?Continue...Read More

The bottom line is that the Democrats are working overtime to indict Continue...Read More

Ed Steer is the founder of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest and a director at GATA.org.Read More