Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable talks with Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments about macroeconomic policy and its effect on precious metals prices. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Andy Schectman, the president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments. Let's begin today's discussion with gold, which has recently surpassed its all-time high sin...Read More

GoldMining Inc. reported it has enlisted Ian Telfer to serve as Advisory Board Chairman for its gold streaming-royalty subsidiary, Gold Royalty Corp. Gold barsVancouver-based gold exploration firm GoldMining Inc. (GOLD:TSX; GLDLF:OTCQX) announced in a news release, that it has appointed veteran industry executive Ian Telfer as chairman of the Advisory Board of Gold Royalty Corp., a subsidiary of...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold highlights six of his favorite stocks that he owns and treasures as an insurance against financial chaos. We are in a correction for gold, silver and the resource stocks. Thanks to the overreaction of the Federal Reserve and central banks throughout the world in response to a virus that looks less real as each day passes, fiat currencies are headed for the trash heap. The...Read More

As the tech-heavy stock market indexes sold off on Thursday, many investors were forced to re-think their positions. For the past few months, mega cap technology companies like Apple, Amazon, and Tesla have led the market higher. Yesterday they led the market lower.Now the question is: Where can investors look for leadership going forward? As would be expected during big down days for equities, g...Read More

The gold miners’ stocksare mired in correction mode, which isn’t surprising after their mightypost-stock-panic upleg.  Huge buying catapultingthem higher left this sector extremely overbought.  Corrections are normal and healthy after pricesget too stretched technically.  They eradicateupleg toppings’ excessive greed, rebalancing sentiment.  That paves the way...Read More

“Those who plan, invest and execute long-term win,’ says long-time market analyst R.E. McMaster in A Layman’s Guide to Golden Guidelines for Wise Money Management. “Win-win decisions, looking to the long term with short-term work and sacrifice, are historically the tickets to success in all areas of life – short-term sacrifice for long-term benefits, deferred gratific...Read More

China's coking coal import quotas have changed the dynamics of the seaborne market, making the trading of the steelmaking raw material more risky, time-consuming and expensive for traders.What was typically a month-long process for a vessel carrying Australian coking coal to deliver to China has stretched to at least four months after import quotas became scarcer and port restrictions became tight...Read More

Would you like to know one simple way of achieving investment successes and getting rich? That’s great, I will reveal this secret to you – and you even don’t have to click anything! The trick is to find a bull market and go long! And, what a coincidence, gold is right now in the bull market… If you don’t believe, then look at the chart below. If the chart does not p...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday September 7 that are worth another look.The Labor Day holiday in the United States meant that three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were little changed at the close of trading on Monday, with trading volumes thin. LME nickel futures showed the biggest losses over the afternoon.In Asia, Vietnamese buyers remaine...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday September 8 that are worth another look.Japanese blast furnace (BF)-based steel mills have been using more scrap in their basic oxygen furnaces in recent weeks due to a rise in steel production and high costs for iron ore, market participants told...Read More

(Updates prices)LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Copper fell on Tuesday as stockmarkets and oil prices dived and the dollar strengthened, butprices remained near two-year highs as London Metal Exchange(LME) inventories hit 15-year lows and speculators bet on afurther rally.Benchmark copper on the LME was down 1.8% at$6,670.50 a tonne at 1600 GMT.The metal reached $6,830 on Sept. 1 - up more than 50% fro...Read More

Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for discontinuation of four steel-sector price assessments in Argentina following a long period of low liquidity and an inactive spot market.The prices proposed for discontinuation are as follows:- MB-STE-0003 Steel hot-rolled coil, monthly assessment, domestic, exw Argentina, $ per tonne- MB-STE-0001 Steel cold-rolled coil, monthly assessment, dome...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico rose during the week ended Friday September 4, with most steelmakers announcing widespread increases in buying prices amid steady demand and a positive trend in markets in the United States.Price gains were reported across all grades both in the region near northern Monterrey city and in the central Bajio region, although the amount of the increases va...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases with support from firm demand for long steel products in the country, sources said on Tuesday September 8.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $302 per tonne, shredded at $307 per tonne and bonus at $312 per tonne cfr late on September 7.The cargo breakdown was not yet fixed by t...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday September 8 that are worth another look.Japanese blast furnace (BF)-based steel mills have been using more scrap in their basic oxygen furnaces in recent weeks due to a rise in steel production and high costs for iron ore, market participants told...Read More

Japanese blast furnace(BF)-based steel mills have been using more scrap in their basic oxygen furnaces in recent weeks due to a rise in steel production and high costs for iron ore, market participants told Fastmarkets.BFs in the country cut steel production drastically in the first half of 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic battering demand in the automotive and manufacturing sector.The index for J...Read More

China's coking coal import quotas have changed the dynamics of the seaborne market, making the trading of the steelmaking raw material more risky, time-consuming and expensive for traders.What was typically a month-long process for a vessel carrying Australian coking coal to deliver to China has stretched to at least four months after import quotas became scarcer and port restrictions became tight...Read More

London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices trended lower at the close on Tuesday September 8 with concern over macro-economic headwinds inspiring a sell-off across the complex.While macroeconomic developments - including promises of increased infrastructure spending and hopes of a trade deal between China and the United States - have supported recent price increases, some...Read More

A $21 level test remains a possibility, but $50 to $60 seems entirely plausible next year. Silver has been performing better than gold recently, and...Kevin Wadsworth interviewed on Palisade RadioTom welcomes back market weather forecaster and technical analyst wizard Kevin Wadsworth.Kevin discusses the technical patterns and how they usually tell you where things are heading. Sometimes the eviden...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices changed marginally on Tuesday September 8, while there was one transaction in the fob market during the day while the cfr market was muted, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $110.47 per tonne, up $0.42 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $115.60 per tonne, down $0.28 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $86.76...Read More