Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 5 that are worth another look.US President Donald Trump is threatening to abandon a preliminary trade deal leading to an easing of trade tensions with China, citing the Covid-19 virus.Employees at the Kroondal chrome mine in South Africa have been informed the facility will not restart after lockdown measures are relaxed b...Read More
Russia's largest steelmaker, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), which also runs assets in Europe and the United States, expects steel demand to show a double-digit drop in home markets in the second quarter of 2020 and for the full year, the company said on Thursday April 30."In Russia, we expect a double-digit decline in steel consumption in May and June, with potential recovery starting in July," chief e...Read More
The Egyptian parliament has this week requested the government add a 10% import duty on finished steel products to protect local steel production, Egyptian market sources told Fastmarkets.The government has not yet approved or rejected the proposal but, if accepted, flat steel producers will benefit from the new duties, sources said.Egypt already imposes a definitive safeguard duty of 16% of the c...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 5 that are worth another look.US President Donald Trump is threatening to abandon a preliminary trade deal leading to an easing of trade tensions with China, citing the Covid-19 virus.Employees at the Kroondal chrome mine in South Africa have been informed the facility will not restart after lockdown measures are relaxed b...Read More
Mexican scrap prices were stable or higher last week as low availability for some grades led to exceptional deals at increased prices, according to sources.Market participants reported that some scrap buyers had planned a 200 pesos ($8) price cut for last week, but by the end of the week such changes were not applied."In the whole month of April, buyers announced price cuts of around 1,000 pesos,...Read More
By Craig HemkeOne might think that the current madness combined with QE?^? from the global central banks would lead to surging speculator interest in owning and trading COMEX precious metals futures. But the opposite is true. How weird is that?These are odd times in the global precious metals markets. Across COMEX and LBMA, all sorts of strange occurrences have been taking place. From the COMEX...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, May 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company" or "GRC") reported consolidated production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 of 10,142 ounces of gold and 407,625 ounces of silver. In addition to precious metals, the Company produced base metals resulting in net revenue of $28 million and...Read More
Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. Please click here now. Switzerland loves bunkers and Switzerland loves gold.2. The simple difference between the Swiss government and the US government is that the Swiss government loves to prepare its citizens for hardship, and America's government leaves its citizens totally unprepared for hardship, while engaging in relentless debt-funde...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger reflects on how Rodney Dangerfield's famous one-liner applies to today's gold market.Rodney Dangerfield Wikimedia CommonsIn March 1967, for most of the adult population in North America, the most popular comedians were almost all television series personalities, such as Carol Burnett, Buddy Ebsen and Dick Van Dyke. These stars were the softcore comics enjoyed by t...Read More
Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report With North Dakota Bakken oil production down more than 30%, the death of the mighty shale region has begun. There is no way for the companies producing shale oil in the Bakken to recover from this global contagion overnight collapse. Yes, it virtually happened overnight. Since March 1st, the Bakken has seen at least 400,000 barrels per day of production s...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's action is not bad! You can see the short-term daily chart show the downtrend in the short-term, to break out of the pattern, gold would need to get over $1737:Read More
There will be a sell off if gold and silver fall today. Crude oil is bullish. There will be renewed short term hot money in crude oil (long positions) if crude oil rises till Thursday. Gold is somehow managing to float over $1700. Corrections up to $1650 will be a part of the bullish trend. Short term bearish trend will be there only if gold falls below $1650. Day traders and jobbers need to rem...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets remained quiet with the mills seeking lower prices amid weak finished steel markets, sources said on Tuesday May 5.The most recent cargo deal was recorded on Friday May 1 when a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo comprising 17,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $236 per tonne cfr and 7,000 tonnes of bonus at $246 per tonne cfr, sendi...Read More
Some of the prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates decreased over the past week, with demand weak because of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources said on Tuesday May 5.Authorities in the United Arab Emirates announced a curfew from 10pm until 6am local time for the Ramadan period, which started on April 23.Market participants in...Read More
Steel slab producers in the Commonwealth of Independent States have announced offer prices for June-rolling material for foreign customers, after successfully closing their May order books in recent weeks."We are in the market with June material, but are not offering it actively yet," a source at a Russian mill said.Offers of CIS-origin slab were heard in the market within the range of $335-340 pe...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 5 that are worth another look.US President Donald Trump is threatening to abandon a preliminary trade deal leading to an easing of trade tensions with China, citing the Covid-19 virus.Employees at the Kroondal chrome mine in South Africa have been informed the facility will not restart after lockdown measures are relaxed b...Read More
Our good friend and silver guru David Morgan is the featured guest at the PCMA event on May 5, 2020 titled: COVID-19 AND THE "PERFECT STORM" FOR PRECIOUS METALS. You can still register at this link if you'd like to hear him.https://www.pcmacanada.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1371474David Morgan is a widely recognized analyst in the precious metals industry and consults for hedge funds, high ne...Read More
Kazakh company YDD Corp is targeting sales of ferro-silicon into North America this year, with the first shipments planned for next month, according to its output distributor on the project, Swiss trading house Helvetia Resources. YDD started cold commissioning three furnaces at its new Karaganda ferro-silicon operation in Kazakhstan at the end of 2018, with the aim of exporting ferro-silicon...Read More
Aben Resources has identified multiple targets at the Forrest Kerr Gold Project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Aben's Forrest Kerr Gold ProjectFor the last several summer drill seasons, most of Aben Resources Ltd.'s (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) attention has centered on its 23,000-hectare Forrest Kerr Gold Project, located in northern British Columbia, in the heart of the Golden Triangle. Som...Read More
Mineralization suggests the presence of an epithermal system at this project of X-Terra Resources. X-Terra Resources Inc. (XTT:TSX; XTRRF:OTCMKTS; XTR:FSE) announced in a news release that drilling encountered a new gold bearing structure at the Grog target in New Brunswick."Hole GRG-20-012 identified gold (Au) mineralization over a significant width with one interval of 0.41 g/t Au over 36 meter...Read More