Brazilian flat and long steel producer Gerdau was carrying out a maintenance stoppage late this month at its integrated steel unit in Ouro Branco city, in the country's southeastern Minas Gerais state.The maintenance work will involve Gerdau's blast furnaces, steel mill and rolling facilities, and was expected to last for three weeks, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday February 26."Supply [of...Read More
Indian secondary steel billet prices have risen by 900 rupees ($12) per tonne in the current week on higher costs for basic raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI), coupled with increased buying of semi-finished steel by makers of long products.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday February 26 at 38,300-38,500 rupees ($527-530) per tonne comp...Read More
The European Commission has started an investigation on the possible extension of existing safeguard measures into 26 steel product categories imported into the European Union, the EC said on Friday February 26. The safeguard measures were imposed for an initial period of three years and will expire on June 30, 2021. The measure currently in force consists of a tariff-rate quota based on hist...Read More
Pakistan's government has said that Fastmarkets' import index for ferrous scrap will be used for customs valuations of ferrous scrap, according to an official ruling published on February 25.The decision came after meetings to determine customs values, held on January 14 and February 3 with key industry stakeholders - including the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCC&I), t...Read More
Indian secondary steel billet prices have risen by 900 rupees ($12) per tonne in the current week on higher costs for basic raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI), coupled with increased buying of semi-finished steel by makers of long products.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday February 26 at 38,300-38,500 rupees ($527-530) per tonne comp...Read More
Steel scrap prices have increased across all major markets over the week to Friday February 26, driven by strengthening steel markets and a jump in bulk freight rates.Turkish mills continue to book cargoes at higher pricesUS export prices rise in sales to South Korea, TurkeyVietnamese buyers juggle tight billet-scrap spreadsTaiwan import market boosted by strong freight ratesIndia market mirrors i...Read More
Export prices of Brazil-origin slab were down by $20 in the week ended Friday February 26, because fresh deals were booked at lower levels.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil was $740-760 per tonne fob on February 26, down from $760-780 per tonne fob a week earlier.Despite the decrease in prices, market participants believe the current price level is h...Read More
Indian secondary steel billet prices have risen by 900 rupees ($12) per tonne in the current week on higher costs for basic raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI), coupled with increased buying of semi-finished steel by makers of long products.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday February 26 at 38,300-38,500 rupees ($527-530) per tonne comp...Read More
Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in 1974. He is a leading American retail broker specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture. His company has built a national reputation on taking advantage of global opportunities in the oil and gas, mining, alternative energy, agriculture, f...Read More
Nomi Prins is an American author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at Demos. She has worked as a managing director at Goldman-Sachs and as a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns, as well as having worked as a senior strategist at Lehman Brothers and analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Prins is known for her books All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power and Col...Read More
Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he talk to Renowned geopolitical and economic cycle expert Martin Armstrong founder of ArmstrongEconomics.com.Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong says now that the stolen election is over, get ready for lawlessness to reign. We start with the Supreme Court that refused to hear the Trump case on Pennsylvania voting fraud. There...Read More
Real Vision managing editor Ed Harrison welcomes James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, to the Daily Briefing to make sense of the massive rout in long-dated Treasury bonds that is perturbing every aspect of the market-from high-flying growth names like Tesla to gold to Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). Bianco connects bond market indigestion to that lingering question around in...Read More
George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. The last growing to 24 million in annual revenues and over 100 employees. After 12 years as a successful entrepreneur, at the age of 38, George semi retired and...Read More
http://financialrepressionauthority.c...?>>?David Rosenberg is the chief economist & strategist of Rosenberg Research & Associates, an economic consulting firm he established in January 2020. He received both a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto. Prior to starting his firm, he was Gluskin Sheff's chief economist & strategist. Mr. Rosenberg was a...Read More
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With all eyes on silver this week, take a deep dive into whether or not the COMEX could actually be broken. Is this a sprint to the finish? Or a marathon event? Join Mike Maloney and Jeff Clark as they welcome our new regular guest, Adam Taggart, to our team at GoldSilver. Link to the Thomas Sowell video that Mike mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK4M9...?EUR< Link to Craig Hemke's excell...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
In this 16-minnute MAMChat, MAM executives Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg discuss the critical relationship between rising gold prices and negative real ( inflation-adjusted) yields. Throughout the 20th century, whenever the rate of CPI inflation grossly outpaced Treasury yields, gold's price saw dramatic climbs. This can occur when yields are artificially repressed via Yield Curve Contro...Read More
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The European Commission has started an investigation on the possible extension of existing safeguard measures into 26 steel product categories imported into the European Union, the EC said on Friday February 26. The safeguard measures were imposed for an initial period of three years and will expire on June 30, 2021. The measure currently in force consists of a tariff-rate quota based on hist...Read More