Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on Monday March 22, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board. United States 10-year treasuries yields have eased to 1.67%, from recent highs of 1.75%Base metals LME three-month base metals prices were mixed, with copper, aluminium and lead down by an average of 0.5%, while the rest of the metals were up by an a...Read More

Australia-based graphite miner Syrah Resources has completed the installation of a furnace at its active anode material (AAM) project in US city of Vidalia, Louisiana, a significant milestone on its path to becoming a vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM outside of China, the company announced on Monday March 22.Syrah Resources produced and coated purified spherical graphite, whi...Read More

The downtrend in China's cobalt sulfate market accelerated in the week to Friday March 19 on weak buying interest and a widening gap between offers for material produced from cobalt hydroxide and that produced from scrap.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China fell to 81,000-83,000 yuan ($12,434-12,741) per tonne on Friday March 19, down by 4,000 yuan per tonne (...Read More

Stocks are off to the races to kick off the trading week. The action today could set us up for another round of new all-time highs.Source: Yahoo FinanceThat's quite astonishing considering everything the markets have endured over the past 12 months.Just like things were prepandemic, "new record highs" is a phrase we're going to hear often. In fact, the S&P 500 has hit new highs (according to daily...Read More

We spoke with Peter Steenkamp, who is CEO and Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (JSE: HAR) - a world-class gold mining and exploration company, with more than 70 years' experience in the industry. Harmony Gold has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea. These assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements, in Papua New Guinea, as well...Read More

The emerging geopolitical competition between China and the United States will likely drive opportunity and its timing in the mining industry over the next decade. This week, we also try to find an answer to where uranium fits in to all of this.Situation critical To read this week's Insight update on the factors impacting our core investment themes, click here. Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 22 that are worth another look.Crude steel output in Germany dropped by 10.4% year on year in February 2021 after four consecutive months of recovery, German steel federation WV Stahl said on March 22.The process at...Read More

Crude steel output in Germany dropped by 10.4% year on year in February 2021 after four consecutive months of recovery, German steel federation WV Stahl said on Monday March 22.German crude steel production totaled more than 3.09 million tonnes in February, down from 3.46 million tonnes in the corresponding period of 2020."The cautious upward trend of the past few months has ended. The recove...Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil substantially increased across Europe over the week to Friday March 19, driven by a material shortage and strong demand.At the end of last week, ArcelorMittal increased its offer prices further, up by ?,?50 per tonne in Northern Europe to ?,?850 ($1,012) per tonne ex-works, and up by about ?,?30-40 per tonne to ?,?820 per tonne ex-works in Italy.Fastmarket...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 22 that are worth another look.Crude steel output in Germany dropped by 10.4% year on year in February 2021 after four consecutive months of recovery, German steel federation WV Stahl said on March 22.The process at...Read More

Special bar quality (SBQ) steel prices in the United States rose in March for both hot-rolled and cold-finished product due to rapid increases in demand and higher raw material costs.Fastmarkets' assessment for hot-rolled special bar quality 1-inch round 1000 series (carbon), fob mill US was at $51 per hundredweight ($1,020 per short ton) on Friday March 19, up by 15.91% from $44 per cwt on F...Read More

Prices for cold-heading quality (CHQ) and high-carbon wire rod in the United States moved higher this month after remaining flat in February, while mills that are struggling to meet demand have extended lead times. Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel wire rod (high carbon), fob mill US was at $50 per hundredweight ($1,000 per short ton) on Friday March 19, up by $2.25 per cwt (4.71%) from&nb...Read More

Steelmakers in Turkey stepped back from the deep-sea scrap market after the unexpected sacking of the head of the country's central bank sent the Turkish currency into freefall, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday March 22.The Turkish steel mills have been away from the deep-sea scrap markets since March 12, when two cargoes from the Baltic Sea were booked at $435-437 per tonne cfr on HMS 1&2 (80:2...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to soften over the past week due to falling values for imported scrap, while several mills have stopped buying material due to the plunge in the value of the country's lira, market sources said on Monday March 22.The country's deep-sea scrap import prices have made a downward correction in recent weeks, with mills staying away from scrap purchases due t...Read More

Steel slab export offer prices from Brazil inched up in the week ended on Friday March 19, on continuing strong demand in the United States, pushed by strong finished steel prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, was $780-810 per tonne fob on March 12, widening upward by $10 from $780-800 per tonne fob previously.Offers to the US were reported as h...Read More

Gold is down, at one point, 0.6% on Monday, but traders and investors alike need to understand that this really is not a big move, said Chris Vermeulen, chief market strategist at https://TheTechnicalTraders.com?EUR<. "Today, we're just this tiny little red bar, this average, usually we see a quarter of a percent, or half a percent move in gold, and today we're down only half a percent," Vermeulen...Read More

http://financialrepressionauthority.c...Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May 2005, Of Two Minds now attracts some 200,000 visits a month. Charles also contributes to AOL's Daily Finance site and has wr...Read More

The Federal Reserve has been unable to hit their 2% inflation target, but Lynette Zang, Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading, contends that the central bank is getting prepared because they expect to lose control of inflation soon. She adds that it plans to quietly introduce a cashless system with an 18-step plan in 2021. "This new system will enable the Fed to deposit money directly and give them...Read More

Mask tyranny reached a new low recently when a family was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight because their four-year-old autistic son was not wearing a mask. The family was removed from the plane even though the boy's doctor had decided the boy should be exempted from mask mandates because the boy panics and engages in behavior that could pose a danger to himself when wearing a mask.Besides, four...Read More

Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with Nick Barisheff, founder of Bullion Management Group.Nick Barisheff is president and CEO of BMG. He uses his understanding of the precious metals markets to develop strategies, products and services for clients looking to integrate bullion into their portfolios. In 2002, Nick launched BMG and BMG BullionFund, Canada's only RRSP eligible...Read More