Stock market down on anniversary of 2020 crash?EUR<.Biden readies $4 Trillion more in #stimulus?EUR< before the ink dries on the last round of checks.#Krugman?EUR< back with more Keynesian nonsense.Virtual Fifth Avenue is not valuable real estate when you can have infinite New York Cities.Affirmative Action is condescending to African Americans.Massive racial hate crime gets swept under the rug by...Read More

"The idea of an Easter shutdown was drafted with the best of intentions. We urgently need to stop and reverse the third wave of the pandemic," Merkel told reporters on Wednesday.Continue...Read More

Patients were avoiding the hospital as much as possible because they feared acquiring a lethal COVID infection on top of their chronic illness. Continue...Read More

"Decisions like this are what erode public trust in the scientific process.""AstraZeneca chose to use data that was already outdated and potentially misleading in their news release." Continue...Read More

Kaplan said he "would not be an advocate of using monetary policy to distort the pricing of Continue...Read More

0:00?EUR< - Intro0:35?EUR< - Metal Demand 2020/20211:42?EUR< - Geographical Interest3:38?EUR< - Why Singapore?12:22?EUR< - Premiums on Gold/Silver15:58?EUR< - LBMA Premiums19:28?EUR< - Ratio Trading22:43?EUR< - Platinum Market26:37?EUR< - Silver Price Manipulation40:30?EUR< - New Facility and Vault49:00?EUR< - Cache Gold Token57:39?EUR< - Borrowing Against Bullion1:04:25?EUR< - Palisades & Junior...Read More

Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Peter Dickie, the CEO of Hunstman Exploration, about the company's recent drill results at its Western Australia property. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Peter Dickie, the CEO of Huntsman Exploration Inc. (HMAN:TSX.V). Pleasure to be speaking with you, as Huntsman's first round of 2021 assays are in and you're clearly very plea...Read More

Peter Krauth, editor of Gold Resource Investor, looks at the Fed's actions and what they augur for gold. This week Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the "Innovation Summit" hosted by the Bank for International Settlements.During his talk, he dissed Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies saying they were "...highly volatile and therefore not really useful stores of value, and they're not backed by an...Read More

Prices for steel hollow sections in Europe moved up in the week to Wednesday March 24 after mills sought to pass on higher feedstock costs, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?890-920 ($1,058-1,094) per tonne on Wednesday, up from ?,?860-890 per tonne the previous week.The price of hot-rolled coil (HRC...Read More

Peter Krauth, editor of Gold Resource Investor, examines the commodity supercycle and the role recency bias plays in investment decisions. Recency bias is a funny thing. It's human nature to expect the near future to look like the recent past.But we all know that's not how things always play out. And that can be costly, even dangerous, for investors.Take long term bonds, for example. Ten-year Trea...Read More

TheFed’s Open Markets Committee met last week and left policy unchanged – at leastfor the moment.Noone expected central banking officials to make rate adjustments last week withequity prices rubbing up against all-time highs and the economic recoverynarrative still dominant.Centralbankers are likely getting nervous, however. Treasury yields are surging, andit is only a matter of time b...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 24 that are worth another look.Total crude steel output across 64 major producer countries was 150.2 million tonnes in February 2021, down by 8% month on month but up by 4% from February 2020, the World Steel Association...Read More

China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Fastmarkets summarizes five key targets under the new five-year plan that are likely to underpin corres...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 24 that are worth another look.Total crude steel output across 64 major producer countries was 150.2 million tonnes in February 2021, down by 8% month on month but up by 4% from February 2020, the World Steel Association...Read More

Prices for molybdic oxide and ferro-molybdenum continued on a downtrend during the first half of this week, with buyers holding out in anticipation of cheaper prices ahead.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-molybdenum, 65% Mo min, in-whs Rotterdam, fell to $26.40-26.60 per kg on Wednesday March 24, down by 2.1% from $26.85-27.30 per kg on March 19.The corresponding price assessment for molybd...Read More

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday March 24.Please click...Read More

Domestic prices for heavy steel plate increased over the week to Wednesday March 24, supported by demand recovery and high costs for steel slab, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel domestic plate, 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe, was ?,?700-720 ($832-856) per tonne on March 24, up by ?,?35-40 per tonne from ?,?665-680 per tonne a week earlier.The assessment was...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday March 24 that are worth another look.Total crude steel output across 64 major producer countries was 150.2 million tonnes in February 2021, down by 8% month on month but up by 4% from February 2020, the World Steel Association...Read More

The Shanghai Futures Exchange's plans to list ferro-chrome futures, potentially this year, will bring welcomed hedging opportunities and may weaken the dominance of China's stainless steel mills in the ore and alloy markets, participants told Fastmarkets.While no definite date or specifications of the ferro-chrome futures have been announced, Fastmarkets asked participants what changes these contr...Read More

Nicholas Quek has been appointed chief executive officer of Triland Metals Singapore Pte Ltd (TMS), with effect from Monday March 22.Quek joined TMS in April 1, 2019. Before becoming CEO, he was head of sales & trading.He replaces Shanthini Thaker, who...Read More