Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States increased slightly on Wednesday July 8 while remaining under $24 per hundredweight, with market participants split on demand outlook due to continued concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $23.53 per cwt ($470.60 per ton) on Wednesday July 8, a 0.7% increase from $23.36 per cwt o...Read More
Market participants in the US ferrous supply chain attending aFastmarkets webinar on June 30 expected prices to be largely stable in the coming months, but benchmark indicators continue to track downward as an uneven reopening of the United States economy clouds the outlook. About 62% of respondents to a poll held during the webinar - titled "Sunny days ahead?" - expected hot-rolled coil...Read More
Today is Wednesday, July 8, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Arch Resources (NYSE: ARCH), Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (NASDAQ: CLNE), and Baytex Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTE).Arch Resources (NYSE: ARCH)Arch Resources (NYSE: ARCH) is a $428.24 million company today with a one-year return of -67.75%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 8 that are worth another look.The recovery in Chinese steel consumption, especially that for rebar, has been "extraordinary," while the downturn in the automotive sector may not necessarily mean stainless steel demand will decline this year, delegates heard at Fastmarkets' Covid-19 and Asian ferro-alloys markets webinar...Read More
Steel rebar prices were largely steady in Europe in the week to Wednesday July 8 with buying activity reported to be satisfactory in most regions. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Southern Europe was ?,?425-435 ($480-492) per tonne on Wednesday, narrowing from ?,?420-435 per tonne delivered last Wednesday. The assessment was based on...Read More
The price of hollow steel sections in Northern Europe widened on Wednesday July 8 with mills seeking to fill their order books before the seasonal summer slowdown, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560 ($610-632) per tonne on Wednesday, widening downward from ?,?550-560 per tonne a week earlier.F...Read More
Deflation-oriented D-economy stocks are left behind in this month's Top 40 Stock Report. At the stock level, insiders are betting on an inflationary environment ahead. Like last month, mining stocks dominate the list. Read the report to see which stocks have raced up our rankings. The report is available free for Canadian Insider Club members. Non-member can purchase the report in the Canadian...Read More
Market participants in the US ferrous supply chain attending aFastmarkets webinar on June 30 expected prices to be largely stable in the coming months, but benchmark indicators continue to track downward as an uneven reopening of the United States economy clouds the outlook. About 62% of respondents to a poll held during the webinar - titled "Sunny days ahead?" - expected hot-rolled coil...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued to stay away from the deep-sea scrap market so far this week because of weak demand for finished long steel, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 8.Mills in Turkey booked five deep-sea cargoes late last week, totalling around 140,000 tonnes.However, they went quiet at the beginning of the week after struggling to sell finished long steel products i...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Price uptrend stumbles, but expected to resumeAs we expected, Chinese export and domestic steel prices moved upward in June, settling within the 2% range of our forecasts. Rebar prices trended downward in the second half of the month while heavy rains and floods in parts of the country meant that some construction sites had...Read More
Iranian export steel billet prices increased in the week ended Wednesday July 8 with demand recovering in China.Chinese domestic rebar prices increased early this week amid restocking and rising futures, which resulted in a re-emergence of import activity in billet.According to market participants, bids for Iranian billet from China increased to $400 per tonne cfr on Monday and reached $405 per to...Read More
Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilverMost everyone you know is a member of a cult. It's not their fault, and they didn't consciously seek it out, but your friends and family and almost everyone you know and even come in contact with belong to a system that has brainwashed them.This cult is robbing them. And it's doing so clandestinely, without their knowledge or approval. It's so sly that they...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 8 that are worth another look.The recovery in Chinese steel consumption, especially that for rebar, has been "extraordinary," while the downturn in the automotive sector may not necessarily mean stainless steel demand will decline this year, delegates heard at Fastmarkets' Covid-19 and Asian ferro-alloys markets webinar...Read More
- Craig Hemke, TF MetalsFor as long as I can remember, I've stated that negative nominal and negative real interest rates are the key, primary driver for higher gold prices. And now we're seeing this play out in real time.First of all, what is the "real" interest rate? Simply put, it's the nominal or stated rate of a bond minus the inflation rate. Here's a definition from Investopedia:And here...Read More
By Hubert Moolman During the 70s bull market, gold went from $35 to $195 in the first phase. That was a 458% increase. The first phase of the current bull market took gold from $252 to $1920, which made for a 661% increase. At first glance, it would appear that the current bull market outperformed the 70s one. However, it only took about five years (1970 to 1975) to get the 458% increase, co...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold has been one of the biggest winners over the past 5yrs, propelling itself from a 160k oz. Au producer to what has emerged [along with Endeavour Mining] as the next senior gold producer [1m oz. of production or greater]. Kirkland Lake has a great asset to start, the Kirkland Lake mining complex, notably the Macassa mine, which has taken several years to optimize and will reach...Read More
Gold is bullish. Spot gold will rise very quickly on a break of $1810. Federal Reserve policy makers pledged more support by way of more bond buying. I never understood how printing more money leads to way out of a pandemic or a recession. Central banks are not addressing the core economic fundamentals of (a) Reduction in the cost of living like school fees and college fees. (b) Creation more in...Read More
The recent resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Beijing is not expected to exert any significant impact on the domestic ferro-alloys market, delegates heard at Fastmarkets' "Covid-19 and Asian ferro-alloys market" webinar on Tuesday June 30. "I think [despite] the [new outbreak of Covid-19 cases] in Beijing, the influence [on the domestic ferro-alloys market] is quite slight, or [we can say there...Read More
Spot gold is telling you and me that gold is preparing for the financial system reset and the smartest money in the room has been accumulating physical gold at very cheap prices. In my opinion and technically speaking, I believe this is your last opportunity to buy physical gold and silver this cheap. If gold is getting ready for the reset, shouldn't you?Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief...Read More
With gold breaking out again and the stocks, both large and small, moving higher it has everyone wondering just how early stage is this bull market. Jordan Roy-Byrne discussest the significance of these breakouts for the metal and stocks. He discusses whether he thinks this is still the early stages of the bull market and also where he sees value in precious metals stocks.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is...Read More