Prices for flat-rolled steel imported into South America continued to recover during the week to Friday June 12 as more increases were issued - mainly by Chinese and Japanese mills - for August-shipment cargoes.Buyer interest was still lower than usual despite countries such as Peru gradually reopening from lockdowns imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. At the same time, a more favorable cur...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into hot-rolled coil imports from Turkey, it said on Friday June 12.The EC concluded that the European steel association, Eurofer, had provided sufficient evidence that Turkish HRC producers have been benefiting from a number of subsidies. Eurofer lodged a complaint to the EC on April 30 this year."The alleged subsidy pr...Read More
Domestic flat and long steel prices remained unchanged in Brazil in early June while demand remained stagnant, but mills were already planning increases for July.Prices held steady, maintaining their highest levels in at least one year in the case of flat-rolled products while no discounts were being offered despite tumbling demand. The long steel sector had some discount reports, although prices...Read More
Italian rebar producers seeking new export destinations, appear to have succeeded after reports of a surge in sales to North America this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday, June 12.And market participants in Italy's domestic market have complained about shortages of material due to the increase in export sales.Several sources in Italy confirmed to Fastmarkets that a 50,000-tonne c...Read More
Indian domestic secondary billet prices fell by 700 rupees ($9) per tonne in the week to Friday June 12, after a fall in finished steel prices in the country.According to an official from a billet mill in central India, demand for finished and semi-finished products had declined because some states in India have re-imposed restrictions to control the spread of the...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort263,97255,35946,644110,115353,572420,731455,575Change from Prior Reporting Period -8,2242,1979,6371,461-11,7052,874129Traders19664785453283165 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 54,93020,086475,661 -2,958-213-84 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting per...Read More
Gold investment demand remains strong, buoying the yellow metal and its miners' stocks. Investors have continued actively diversifying into gold despite soaring stock markets and weaker summer seasonals. The Fed's extreme money printing fueling these precarious stock-market heights is perilously inflationary, making upping gold portfolio allocations essential. This ongoing capital shift...Read More
Gary TanashianBefore updating the status of the gold miner (HUI) correction, let's take a quick review of the Macrocosm, because it's always a good time to be clear on important macro considerations.The graphic makes the following points that are the foundation of the NFTRH view on the right/wrong times to be fundamentally bullish on the gold stock sector. In order of priority, a bullish view...Read More
By: Gary Savage$SPX well have some sort of re-test of the March's low. Gary Savagehttps://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
Chris MarcusThe Federal Reserve held its latest policy meeting on Wednesday, and like usual, they basically said they're going to print an incredibly large amount of money until eternity.Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that he plans to leave interest rates at 0% until at least 2022, although he may as well have meant 3022. Because for the same reasons as has been the case for the past decade, If...Read More
By Robert LambourneGold market activity by the Bank for International Settlements appears to have risen in May to its highest level in more than three years, according to the bank's statement of account for the month:https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc200531.pdfThe data in the May statement indicates that the BIS increased its position in gold swaps and gold-related derivatives by 84...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is near some key resistance levels, where is the support if it fails to breakout?Read More
Turkish steel producers remained active in the market for import scrap in the week ending Friday June 12, while prices for bulk scrap in Japan and Vietnam appear to hit a ceiling as activity slowed.Turkish mills continue to book deep-sea scrap Demand from Turkey has allowed US East Coast prices to keep increasing Trading activity falls in Vietnamese market as offer prices climb Buying activi...Read More
The UK market for deliveries of steel scrap to domestic consumers has increased again month on month, on tighter scrap generation against steady demand and higher export prices into traditional destinations, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 12.The move follows fewer scrap arisings in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown, which resulted in falls in demolition projects in construction and...Read More
Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors drops in for a wonderful interview on why he believes Fed chair Jerome Powell's recent comments make it even more imperative for investors to own gold and tells us why he sees similarities in what we saw last year in palladium and what we're going to see in gold and silver. He also comments on a number of other topics as well.*The interview begins at 7:18Frank...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases for July shipments at firm prices, pushing this week's volumes to about 250,000 tonnes, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 12.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a UK cargo, comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $262 per tonne cfr.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 20,000 tonnes of...Read More
The findings indicate the potential for Group Ten Metals to produce the rare platinum group element as a coproduct. Group Ten Metals Inc. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; 5D32:FSE) announced in a news release that various analyses confirmed potentially significant values of rhodium in multiple target areas at its Stillwater West platinum group elements (PGEs)-nickel-copper-cobalt project in Montana."Our...Read More
The US Dollar index is not a true measure ofvalue of the US dollar. It just tracks an “exchange rate” between the US dollarand a basket of significant fiat currencies.For a true measure of value of the US dollarit is better to look to Gold and Silver. However, there is a relationshipbetween significant Gold rallies and the US Dollar index.Gold has a tendency to rally at a certaintime i...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort263,97255,35946,644110,115353,572420,731455,575Change from Prior Reporting Period -8,2242,1979,6371,461-11,7052,874129Traders19664785453283165 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 54,93020,086475,661 -2,958-213-84 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting per...Read More
Gold investment demand remains strong, buoying the yellow metal and its miners' stocks. Investors have continued actively diversifying into gold despite soaring stock markets and weaker summer seasonals. The Fed's extreme money printing fueling these precarious stock-market heights is perilously inflationary, making upping gold portfolio allocations essential. This ongoing capital shift...Read More