Key data from the Friday September 4 pricing session in London.Key drivers Cobalt metal inquiries showed a modest pick-up during the first few days of September, although some buyers were returning from the summer break and still adopting a cautious approach to restocking due...Read More

The European Commission unveiled an updated list of critical raw materials on Thursday September 3 that it aims to secure the supply of while avoiding over-dependence on third countries, alongside an action plan to create domestic supply chains for raw materials.Lithium, a material that is critical for the shift to a greener economy, has been added to this list for the first time. Lithium is a key...Read More

We learned from Joe Grosso, Executive Chairman, President and CEO of Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSX-V: GRG, FSE: G6A, OTCQB: GARWF), that the Company, led by the Grosso Group, pioneered mining exploration in Argentina, where they discovered the world-class Gualcamayo project, put in production by Yamana Gold, the world-class Navidad silver deposit, now held by Pan American Silver, and the...Read More

Canada Nickel Company Inc. (TSX-V:CNC) is a new mineral resource company focused on their 100% owned flagship, Crawford Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Project, in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. We learned from Mark Selby, Chairman, CEO and Director of Canada Nickel Company, they are going to advance it, aggressively, through to a PEA/scoping study, by the end of this year, and the...Read More

One policymaker at the Bank of England has a message for gold investors: The record-high price of gold "tells you precisely nothing."Gertjan Vlieghe, one of the nine members of the BOE's Monetary Policy Committee, warned investors last week that gold is a "terrible" leading indicator for inflation.Talking with U.K. lawmakers, Vlieghe said, "If you look at previous episodes where the gold price is...Read More

The uptrend in the South American flat-steel import market persisted in the week to Friday September 4, as Chinese mills increased prices once more and steelmakers from other regions were preparing to present more expensive offers of November-shipment cargoes.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main ports South America was $550-570 per tonne on Friday, a $10-per-tonn...Read More

Indian authorities have decided to slash export rebates, in a move which market participants expect will raise prices for steel shipped out of the South Asian nation, Fastmarkets understands.An Indian steel trader told Fastmarkets that a final decision on the matter was still under discussion, but he expected that the rebate he received on steel exports would be cut from a current 2.5-3% per trans...Read More

Major Indian steelmakers saw a sharp increase in domestic sales in August, allowing them to focus more attention on the home market rather than having to rely on exports.Integrated steelmakers such as Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) turned to exports during the first quarter of 2020, when weak domestic demand coincided with a growing need for steel in regions such as...Read More

Poland's rebar producers managed to push through a price increase in the week to Friday September 4, supported by stronger buying with sentiment in the market remaining bullish, sources have told Fastmarkets.Buying activity picked up this week on restocking activity and a strong construction sector, sources said."Demand did pick up with many of our customers declaring the start of new construction...Read More

Rebar prices in Eastern China were flat on Friday September 4, but up on a week-on-week basis following an increase in the cost of raw materials.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,670-3,700 yuan ($536-541) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 3,660-3,690 yuan per tonne, up by 40 yuan per tonnePrices in the eastern region have increased by 30 yuan per tonne from last Fri...Read More

Global scrap prices have increased in the past week on stable demand from major importing countries such as Turkey and Vietnam. Many market participants in Asia expected the price uptrend to continue in the near term.Import price in Turkey reaches $300 per tonne cfrUS East Coast price surges upward by $11 per tonneTaiwanese buyers fail to achieve lower pricesVietnam spot liquidity limited on major...Read More

High demand in Brazil's export and domestic markets pushed pig iron export prices up during the week to Friday September 4.Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, at $350-360 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $340-350 per tonne one week earlier.A new sale was heard to China...Read More

The import pig iron market in the United States went up during the week to Friday September 4 on new bookings after several months of silence.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, went up to $360-365 per tonne on Friday, from $355-360 per tonne a week before.One US buyer booked...Read More

"Everywhere you look we're avoiding war by inches."Harley Schlanger's work can be found at LaRouchePAC.com.Read More

Sprott Money News ? Sprott Money News Weekly Wrap-up - 9.4.20Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipien...Read More

This week's guest expert, Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital explains the Dollar Milkshake Theory and why he predicts the vast one-sided trade against the US dollar is dangerously wrong. In the short term, if surprised by a sharply-rising dollar, markets will likely sell-off further.Brent Johnson is the CEO of Santiago Capital http://www.santiagocapital.com/.Adam Taggart is the President and Co-Fou...Read More

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREJ.P. Morgan traders have already acknowledged cheating silver investors. And as other banks are beginning to pay fines for doing so, will there be options for silver investors to get reimbursed by the banks that have manipulated the price?Andrew Maguire of Kinesis Money talked about that, as well as the Department of Justice case. And to find out what he sai...Read More

We discuss 1) the errors in ignoring scaling for pandemics, why a doctor's micro-expertise doesn't transfer to collective risks, 2) how evidence based medicine is closer to anecdote based medicine owing to silent risks, 3) the risks of morbidity must be accounted for 4) how the dangers of vaccines do not scale.Nassim Taleb spent 20 years as a derivatives trader and, after closing 650,000 option tr...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Google and Apple phones are now being modified by the companies complicit in fascism to include full contact tracing. Everything you do will be trackedContinue...Read More