Aintech personnel spraying Aircop, copper-enhanced quaternary ammonium, at the headquarters of Chile's Ministry of Mines. (Image from Baldo Prokurica's Twitter profile). Chile's Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica ordered that the building that houses his office be disinfected using quaternary ammonium enhanced with copper nanoparticles. This, in an effort to avoid the spread of covid-19. Both on hi...Read More
Neodymium magnets. (Image by Nevit Dilmen, Wikimedia Commons). Researchers at Purdue University in the US have developed a new technology that promises to be a game-changer in the extraction of rare earths.The global market of rare earth metals has been valued at $4 billion per year but 70% of the production is concentrated in ChinaIn a paper published in the journal Green Chemistry, the scientis...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More
Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More
By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More
INK Research (INK) announces changes to the INK Canadian Insider Index as a result of the rules-based quarterly review. These changes will be effective at the close on Friday, May 15, 2020. ADDITIONS (Name and Symbol)Airboss Of America Corp. (BOS)Aptose Biosciences Inc. (APS)Cascades Inc. (CAS)Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (FFH)First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FM)FirstService Corporation (FSV)Lit...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More
Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More
By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More
Five LessonsChanges ComingAround the World from My HomeWe live in truly historic times. "There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen," says a quote usually attributed to Vladimir Lenin. It certainly fits now.For thousands of years, people who lived through what we call "history" didn't realize it. We are the exceptions. We're seeing history and we know it. The Vietnam W...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 8 that are worth another look.The United States' anti-dumping duties on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Ukraine will remain in place, the Commerce Department said in the final result of its first five-year sunset review of the product.Rio Tinto is partnering on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of al...Read More
The battle between Elliott waves and supply/demand forecasting approach continues In case you just landed on Earth via Martian spaceship, 2020 has seen the biggest crash in oil prices ever.This chart captures crude's three-month, 80%-plus nosedive to 3-decade lows. (Price data as of May 1, 2020 and does not reflect the unprecedented April 20 plunge into negative territory at -$40.32. Yes, minus $...Read More
Ed Steer YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM09 May 2020 -- SaturdayThe gold price traded unevenly sideways to a bit lower until shortly before 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It crept a bit higher from there until the high tick of the day was set at, or just before, the 10:30 a.m. BST morning gold fix in London. It was sold back to about the unchanged mar...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe most violent recoveries ever. The bad employment report sent markets rallying. Looking to fill the gap above before the daily cycle top..Gary SavageRead More
By: Ira EpsteinUnemployment data is not representative of the true situation. Gold's Bollinger upper band, on the monthly chart, is a resistance like a fence -- $1731 area. Weekly gold chart $26 from a record close. Is it a pennant?Read More
China produced 6.08 million tonnes of crude stainless steel in the first quarter of 2020, down by 9.04% from a year earlier, according to data released by the China Stainless Steel Council (CSSC) on Thursday May 7.Apparent consumption totaled 4.90 million tonnes in the first three months of this year, down by 806,100 tonnes or 14.12% from the same...Read More