By: Ira EpsteinI do not buy anything Trump is saying in front of NATO, for the press, in negotiations in his trade-deals. Next round of sanctions with China is nearing and will know more soon. Gold still not over the key 18-week moving average, negative bias remains..Read More
Gold and silver would have skyrocketed yesterday but for news of nearing of a trade deal. US November private ADP numbers stood at 67,000. If nonfarm payrolls on Friday matches ADP, then chances of interest rate cut in next week FOMC could be very high. Gold just corrected on trade deal news while silver fell. Crude oil zoomed. Trump has a history of flip-flop, unless a trade deal is actually si...Read More
More of the world's copper looks likely to be priced in China from next year, with the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) set to launch a new contract tradable by international market participants.The decision to launch, pending regulatory approval, would enable market participants based outside China to trade copper based on a Chinese price, sources told FastmarketsChina, which is the w...Read More
Glencore has cut its production guidance for cobalt in 2020 to 25,000-33,000 tonnes, down by about a third from 2019's 41,000-45,000 tonnes, the Swiss miner-trader said this week.In an investor presentation on Tuesday December 3, the company said that for 2021 and 2022 it expects to produce 28,000-36,000 tonnes of cobalt. It said the decline in production was mainly a...Read More
Turkish steel producers skipped the day with no deep-sea bookings, while prices remained unchanged on tight supply, sources said on Thursday December 5.There were rumors of a UK or European cargo being sold at $282 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20), but market participants said the deal had not been closed."Suppliers have already...Read More
Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market gained during the week to Thursday December 5 amid concerns over a potential supply deficit after a Russian steelmaker halted production. Sources told Fastmarkets that the Russian mill was facing difficulty in obtaining financing for raw materials due to a government probe into the company. A total of 100,000 tonnes of February-shipment billet from th...Read More
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range exw China, yuan/tonne. Fastmarkets lithi...Read More
Glencore has cut its production guidance for cobalt in 2020 to 25,000-33,000 tonnes, down by about a third from 2019's 41,000-45,000 tonnes, the Swiss miner-trader said this week.In an investor presentation on Tuesday December 3, the company said that for 2021 and 2022 it expects to produce 28,000-36,000 tonnes of cobalt. It said the decline in production was mainly a...Read More
The headline rang out loud and clear...U.S. Posts First Month in 70 Years as a Net Petroleum ExporterFlag-waving Americans cheered the news that the U.S. posted its first full month as a net exporter of crude and petroleum products since records began more than 70 years ago.And make no mistake: Relying less and less on foreign imports should not go unnoticed, nor should it be trivialized.That bein...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States continued to edge upward on higher mill offers, limited spot activity and increased scrap costs.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $28.08 per hundredweight ($561.60 per short ton) on Thursday December 5, up by 0.5% from $27.93 per cwt on December 4.US HRC prices have not been calculated above $28 per cwt si...Read More
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Expectations for a recovery in Brazilian steel demand this year have been postponed to 2020 since the economy did not grow as previously forecast, national steel institute A??o Brasil said on Thursday December 5.The institute forecast apparent steel consumption at 21.78 million tonnes next year, a 5.2% increase from the 20.71 million tonnes expected in 2019. This year's outlook was cut f...Read More
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Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. All Canadian Insider users have access to today's free audio, while Canadian Insider Club Ultra members have access to premium videos from Real Vision and INK Research.If you are not an Ultra member of the Canadian Insider Club, join today and save C$99 on an Ultra membership every year (until you cancel) by using coupon code BLACKBOX at checkout (vali...Read More
Northern European steelmakers are expected to achieve increased domestic transaction prices in December, partially reflecting higher offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday December 5.Fastmarkets' steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?431.63 ($479.15) per tonne on December 5.The assessment is based on "workable" prices reported by market sources at ?,?425-430 per t...Read More
Expectations for a recovery in Brazilian steel demand this year have been postponed to 2020 since the economy did not grow as previously forecast, national steel institute A??o Brasil said on Thursday December 5.The institute forecast apparent steel consumption at 21.78 million tonnes next year, a 5.2% increase from the 20.71 million tonnes expected in 2019. This year's outlook was cut f...Read More
Large regional construction projects will remain the main driver of steel demand in the Middle East in the medium term, steel sector professionals told Fastmarkets in a survey ahead of the 23nd Middle East Iron & Steel Conference in Dubai later this month.Infrastructure construction in Qatar for the 2022 Football World Cup and in the United Arab Emirates related to the Dubai Expo 2020 exhibition i...Read More
Domestic long steel prices in Turkey continued to increase over the past week in line with the rising imported scrap values, sources said on Thursday December 5.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, exw Turkey, was 2,920-2,950 Turkish lira ($508-514) per tonne, including 18% VAT, on Thursday up from last week's 2,840-2,880 lira per tonne.Mills in the...Read More
Large regional construction projects will remain the main driver of steel demand in the Middle East in the medium term, steel sector professionals told Fastmarkets in a survey ahead of the 23nd Middle East Iron & Steel Conference in Dubai later this month.Infrastructure construction in Qatar for the 2022 Football World Cup and in the United Arab Emirates related to the Dubai Expo 2020 exhibition i...Read More
- RambusI can remember there were times during the PM complex bull market before 2011 that sometimes the PM metals would rally but the PM stocks were very weak. Then there were times when the PM stock would rise while the PM metals moved very little. At the time of those occurrences it was bewildering as common sense suggested they should all move together and the stronger the metals moved so...Read More