In his first Western interview on 60 Minutes this weekend, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned that oil prices will soar unless global action is taken against Iran."If the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter Iran, we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests," the crown prince told Norah O'Donnell."Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil pr...Read More

China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices strengthened on Monday September 30 amid more stringent production curbs, though market participants are wary about them falling after the Golden Week.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,620-3,630 yuan ($508-510) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,580 yuan per tonne, up 60 yuan per tonnePrices gained after sentiment picked up in resp...Read More

Some key Egyptian rebar producers reduced their offer prices on Monday, September 30. The country's biggest producer Ezz Steel is now offering rebar at E ?11,290 ($691) per tonne ex-works, including 14% VAT, down from E ?11,980 per tonne ex-works....Read More

Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. Become a Canadian Insider Club Ultra member to get access to all Ultra Money videos. Exisiting Canadian Insider Club members can upgrade for the special rate of $99.99 per year (plus tax) via the account settings tab after logging in. 1. The Big Story - Tiananmen to Hong Kong: The Fight for Democracy - Real VisionThis episode of The Big Story delves i...Read More

The European Commission (EC) has made a number of changes to its existing regime of safeguard measures concerning 26 steel product categories, it said on September 26.The changes will come into force on October 1 this year.The definitive safeguard mechanism already in place increases the level of tariff-free quotas for each product category by 5% annually. The first such liberalization took place...Read More

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index took a breather following its month-long price surge. The Index did initially make a new 5-month intraday high at 1149.46 but pulled back 20.5 points or 1.7% to 1127.12.MACD dipped 5.8 points to -2. RSI fell 25% or 18.2 points to 53.6 and worked o...Read More

The appointment of a European chief trade enforcement officer should ease trade problems in the steel and aluminium sectors and help tackle Chinese excess capacity, industry experts told a meeting of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) in Brussels. The new officer will work under the guidance of the new European Union commissioner for trade. If appointed, as expected,&n...Read More

Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap for November shipments at the beginning of this week, with prices fairly stable, sources said on Monday September 30.A steel mill in northern Turkey booked a Baltic Sea cargo on Monday, comprising 12,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20), 15,000 tonnes of shredded and 2,000 tonnes of bonus at an average price of $226 per tonne cfr.Market partic...Read More

Delegates at the 19th China Steel and Raw Materials conference organized by China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) were cautiously optimistic about demand for iron ore and steel prices after the week-long holiday in the country, starting October 1.The optimism stems from expectations that restocking demand will support prices for iron ore after the holidays, with the tight restrictions on steelma...Read More

Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have gone down over the past week amid further softening of imported scrap values, but ship scrap prices were largely stable, sources said on Monday September 30.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was TRY1,300-1,430 ($228-251) per tonne on Monday, down from last week's TRY1,340-1,450 per ton...Read More

CIS export billet prices continued to fall at the end of September amid the continuing downtrend in the global steel markets, particularly the finished flat steel segment, both domestically and in the major customer outlets, due to the slowdown in trading activity.Despite the reduced availability of slab in the region due to maintenance work at major mills, suppliers still had to cut their prices...Read More

Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia nudged down over the past week because of lower prices in the downstream flat steel markets, market sources said.Buyers are unable to pay more for steel slab because of the downtrend in the international and domestic flat steel markets, a source in Indonesia said.For instance, in Southeast Asia's major hot-rolled coil import market in Vi...Read More

China's domestic prices rose on Monday September 30 on news that the country's steelmaking hub in the northern region had stepped up its production curbs. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,770-3,800 yuan ($529-533) per tonne, up 90-100 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,600-3,640 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneTangshan's local government over the weekend instructed all steel mills u...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.57 percent as hedge funds increased their bullish positioning to an eight-week high. Gold traders and analysts were split between bullish and bearish on the yellow metal this week in the Bloomberg survey despite the metal's price swings. On Monday, ETFs added 498,162 troy ounces of gold to their holdings, the most in three months...Read More

Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe discuss capital consumption all the time, because it is the megatrend of our era. However, capital consumption is an abstract idea. So let's consider some concrete examples, to help make it clearer.Flipping Homes, Consuming CapitalFirst, let's look at the case of Timothy Housetrader. Tim has a small two-bedroom house. Next door, his neighbor Ian Idjit, owns a fo...Read More

Readers rightfully took me to task last week for putting out two headlines that appeared to at least mildly contradict one other and which taken together could only have left one wanting more clarity. The first said Don't Load Up on Puts Quite Yet; the second, There's Still Time to Load Up on Puts. So which is it? Do we get short here, or not? Well, the answer, like the market itself,...Read More

David HaggithConspiracy theories are like crime novels. You can create an infinite number of them, and all they require is a plausible plot built from real facts with enough twists to keep them interesting. That's why I don't spend my time trying to discern if any of them are true though some may be but now I'm going to write one of my own. I find it completely plausible, fully in line with...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold not reacting the way it should to the news last week, 18-week moving average now $1,442.8+Read More

Uncertainty Principle(Dis) EquilibriumInsane IdeasA Tribute to Art Cashin and New YorkI often say a writer is nothing without readers. I am blessed to have some of the world's greatest. Your feedback never fails to inspire and enlighten me.Last week's That Time Keynes Had a Point letter brought many more comments than usual. Apparently Keynes is still provocative 73 years after his death, no m...Read More

Manganese ore producers reduced their offer prices to attract business in the week ended Friday September 27 after buyers either delayed or cut their bids prior to China's week-long National Day holiday (October 1-7). Low demand softens seaborne and port manganese ore markets  Weak buying interest weighs on alloy in China  Alloy sellers in India lower offer prices  Alloy prices in...Read More