An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More

The key global scrap markets improved in terms of both sentiment and prices in the week to Friday August 28, after Turkey resumed its deep-sea cargo purchases following a three-week hiatus.Turkey continues to book deep-sea cargoesUS sees liquid activity in spot export marketVietnamese buyers remain keen on bulk cargoes from US West CoastTaiwanese buyers see slowdown in price upswingIndia sentiment...Read More

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More

The European and United States battery-grade lithium carbonate price fell by 2.9% week on week on Thursday August 27 amid continued poor demand conditions, while the Chinese and seaborne Asian markets held.European, US battery-grade lithium carbonate market dropped 2.9%, ending six weeks of stability. China's battery-grade lithium prices held, with participants waiting for clues on market directio...Read More

Stalking the grasslands and deserts of southern Africa, there's a killer on the prowl.It's a wild cat - the wildest of wild.It's not only the world's deadliest feline but this wild cat is also the single most successful solitary hunter on the planet. And its hunting success can actually teach us a lot about successful investing.I'm not talking about a lion or a tiger. This cat catches its prey fou...Read More

China's Ganfeng Lithium has finalized the acquisition of a majority stake in Minera Exar, the company jointly owned with Argentinian miner Lithium Americas, for the development of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina, Lithium Americas said on Friday August 28.Minera Exar owns 100% of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project located in Jujuy province in northwest Argentina. Following the com...Read More

South American flat-rolled steel import prices ended the week on Friday August 28 showing no clear trend because deals for October-shipment cargoes were very scarce, and customers were still waiting to hear offers for November shipments.Demand was improving in the region from recent lows caused by Covid-19-related restrictions, but market participants believed that consumption had yet to return to...Read More

Indian steel mills were likely to increase their domestic hot-rolled coil prices by about 2,000-3,000 rupees ($27-41) per tonne in September, with local demand for the commodity continuing to grow, Fastmarkets heard on Friday August 28.Officials from two Indian private-sector mills have confirmed that they have already given guidance to their dealers to impose a 2,000-3,000 rupees per tonne price...Read More

Prices for steel hot-rolled coil in the Turkish market increased slightly over the week to Friday August 28, although demand was only moderate, sources have told Fastmarkets.Market participants were not expecting prices to fall because the holiday season was nearing its end and global prices were increasing.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS,...Read More

Prices for domestic steel beams in the United States were flat on Thursday August 27, while prices for imported products fell for a second month in a row on weakening demand, sources said.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel beams 8 x 8-inch, fob mill US held at $35.25 per hundredweight ($705 per short ton) on Thursday, unchanged for a fourth consecutive month.Most sources reported that demand was st...Read More

Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland were flat in the week to Friday August 28 in a quiet market, but buyers expected producers to offer higher prices starting from next week, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' latest price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, remained at 1,900-1,940 zloty ($509-520) per tonne on August 28, unchanged so far this month.Tradin...Read More

High production costs have been supporting China's domestic rebar market for the past couple of weeks, with prices in the eastern region unchanged on Friday August 28 despite slower trading.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,670 yuan ($528-533) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 3,620-3,650 yuan per tonne, down by 30-40 yuan per tonne High prices for raw materi...Read More

After five months of roaring demand for pig iron in China, market sources have started to doubt whether buying activity there will continue. In March, when the steel industry in Europe and the United States had only started to face the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, China began to recover, resuming normal operating rates and starting to absorb almost all available spot pig iron volumes from the...Read More

Brazil's pig iron export market was active during the week to Friday August 28 amid new sales to China.Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil at $340-350 per tonne on Friday, widening from $343-348 per tonne one week earlier. ...Read More

Negotiations resumed in the import pig iron market in the United States during the week to Friday August 28, but no deals have yet been concluded.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US rose to $355-360 per tonne on Friday, up by $15 from $340-345 per tonne a week before."All key buyers appeared in...Read More

In this edition of the Insider, group publisher James Woodburn talks to financial expert and economist Jim Rickards about his thoughts on COVID-19 and the long-term impact on the global economy. They go into the details of how COVID-19 spread, the government response of lockdown as well as what the central bank monetary policy and growing money supply means for the future of the global economy. Ji...Read More

Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. He has a free daily newsletter at www.harrydent.com called "Survive and Prosper." Mr. Dent accurately predicted Japan's collapse in 1989, the d...Read More

TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:-Intro to George. Entrepreneur from the start. Bottoms up approach.-Leading indicators for greater amounts of socialism.-Monetary easing to the next level for stimulus. Fed coin, UBI, and deficit spending.-Importance of gold, silver and Bitcoin.George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Pri...Read More

Craig talks about how gold is going to continue to move up in value, or another way to say it, is that the dollar is losing value everyday. Craig then talks about the Central Bank on how they are robbing the people as the currency devalues. There will be a time where gold is going to be revalued. Known primarily by his nickname "Turd Ferguson," Craig Hemke is the founder and editor of the popular...Read More

Sprott Money News ? Sprott Money News Weekly Wrap-up - 8.28.20Eric 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 recipie...Read More