So you can't make any money in oil and gas anymore?When Jim Cramer said that, I imagine that quite a few investors nodded their heads in agreement.Those people were also the same ones who waited until oil topped $100 before they got their feet wet.They were also the first to buy shares of Tesla at $968.99 apiece.Let's see how that trade works out for them. But we can see why he took the most beari...Read More

Chinese battery materials producer GEM will prioritize delivering cargoes to overseas buyers in February amid the large-scale lockdown in Hubei province following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a company source told Fastmarkets. GEM's Jingmen plant is located in Jingmen city, Hubei province, which has been heavily affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The plant is unable to res...Read More

EU domestic prices for hot-rolled coil have increased day on day due to tight supply from European mills and a lack of competitive alternatives from overseas, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 12.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was ?,?476.21 ($519.73) per tonne on Wednesday February 12, up by ?,?2.64 per tonne from ?,?473.57 per tonn...Read More

Demand for aluminium and steel coil in China has come under strain while the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) crisis has allowed the gears of the country's automotive sector to grind to a halt.Many manufacturing plants across China - including those in the automotive segment - have paused operations in the past two weeks to February 12 after the government extended workers' Lunar New Year holiday to...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices regained some losses on Wednesday February 12 after the country reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, which generated some optimism about the outbreak being contained.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,510-3,520 yuan ($503-505) per tonne, narrowing upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,270 yuan per tonne,...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday February 12 that are worth another look.China may not be the big steady steel rebar buyer that most of us in the market thought it was, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on February 5 with regards the impact of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).Major Chinese copper smelter Daye Nonferrous,...Read More

Gold will outperform the S&P 500 Index in 2020. That's one of several projections made by CLSA in its just-released "Global Surprises 2020" report.The Hong Kong investment firm has an impressive track record when it comes to making market predictions last year it had a 70 percent hit rate so it may be prudent to take this one seriously.CLSA's head of research Shaun Cochran: "If investors are con...Read More

David HaggithThere is, at least, one highly recognized economist who agrees with me that a recession started forming in the summer of 2019 and is still emerging, in spite of the Fed's strongest efforts to stop it David Rosenberg:We recall all too well the euphoria that followed the early 2001 and late 2007 Fed rate cuts and curve-steepening shifts, that then switched to malaise as the recess...Read More

Craig Hemke, TF MetalsAs you know, we've been following the palladium story for over two years now. It is very important to understand that this is NOT a speculative, COMEX story. Instead, this is a physical supply story that emanates from London. To that end, today let's review the COMEX data to see how The Banks are responding in this futures-only market.Let's begin with the chart below. This...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold has a lower highs and lower lows over the short-term. Choppy action. We are at the 18-dma, the battleground..Read More

Global manufacturers are waiting till end February to decide on their outsourcing strategy. If there is supply disruptions from China from March onwards then they will look to India and other Asian nations for their supplies. US economic numbers are not affecting gold price. Trend of all metals and energies on or after 18th February will be the key. China will fully reopen by then. There will be...Read More

The price difference between scrap and rebar for Turkish mills in January this year was at its narrowest since January 2019, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on February 5.In fact, compared with January 2019, the spread had only ever been smaller in January 2017, according to Irepas' outlook statement.Turkish producers were also trying to widen the spread, wh...Read More

The price of steel mesh-quality wire rod was unchanged in Europe while market participants waited to see how the monthly European ferrous scrap prices would settle, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 12.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, remained at ?,?460-470 ($502-513) per tonne on February 12, the fourth conse...Read More

Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have increased sharply with improving demand from the country's steel mills, sources said on Wednesday February 12.A steel mill in the Izmir region has booked a US cargo, comprising 24,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $268 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $273 per tonne and 4,000 tonnes of bonus at $278 per tonne cfr. It was not clear whether this deal w...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices remained firm on Wednesday February 12 following an announcement by Vale that it expects lower production for the quarter ending on March 31.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $87.68 per tonne, up $0.75 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $87.01 per tonne, up $0.75 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $88.93 per tonne, up $0.7...Read More

Prices for ferrous scrap in the Mexican domestic market were down in four grades and stable in five other grades in the week ended Friday February 7, with consumers attempting to reduce prices but meeting resistance from sellers.At least two scrap consumers in the region around the city of Monterrey announced price cuts for several grades last week, in the range of 100-150 pesos ($5-8) per tonne.M...Read More

The mood in the CIS export billet market had turned positive by the middle of the current week amid a rebound in import scrap prices in Turkey.Some CIS mills returned to the market after taking a wait-and-see position at the end of last week, and were now testing it with higher offers.CIS billet was...Read More

With this deal, Ely Gold Royalties will own six properties and royalties there. Vancouver-based Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (ELY:TSX.V; ELYGF:OTCQB) announced in a news release that its subsidiary, Nevada Select Royalty, agreed to purchase, from a private seller, eight unpatented mining claims at McEwen Mining's Gold Bar mine in Nevada."This transaction gives us two additional properties in the Nevad...Read More

Pretium Resources also provides guidance for 2020 costs, cash flow and debt reduction. Pretium's Brucejack MineIn a news release, Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG:TSX; PVG:NYSE) announced that in 2019 it exceeded the upper end of its gold production guidance, the lower end of its all-in sustaining cost (AISC) guidance and its debt reduction goal. During full-year 2019, the Canadian miner produced 354,...Read More

Ron Struthers of Struthers' Resource Stock Report shares his thoughts on gold and the coronavirus, and profiles Rockridge Resources, a company with an advanced-stage copper project and a high-grade gold prospect, both in Canada. Gold is about to soar in price because of a worldwide misinformation campaign. So far the effects from the coronavirus are being mostly ignored by the markets. There seem...Read More