Today is Thursday, April 2, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC), Parsley Energy (NYSE: PE), and Ovintiv (NYSE: OVV).NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC)NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC) is a $183.83 million company today with a one-year return of -32.72%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, its enterprise-value-to-f...Read More
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Waning demand for lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) batteries - as a result of slowing consumption of consumer electronic products amid the Covid-19 pandemic - has weighed on upstream cobalt tetroxide prices since early March, sources said.Fastmarkets' assessment for cobalt tetroxide 72.6% Co min, delivered China dropped to 170,000-180,000 yuan ($23,970-25,380) per tonne on Friday April 3, down 2% from 1...Read More
Fears of a global recession stemming from the coronavirus panic, coupled with a dip in commodity prices, sparked an overwhelming flight to gold and safe-haven assets.Investors looking to buy physical gold right now will find themselves in a market of unusually low inventories and extraordinarily high prices.Today, we'll briefly look at the gold bullion market, and I'll show you the most affordable...Read More
ArcelorMittal's Brazilian unit has clarified information about the shutdown of its No3 blast furnace in Tubar??o facility, in the country's southeastern Esp?-rito Santo state; the equipment will remain halted for an indeterminate period, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday April 3.The blast furnace has capacity to produce 2.8 million tonnes of crude steel per year. The Tubar??o unit supplies sl...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have been stable day on day but were expected to decrease due to poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 3.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was unchanged at ?,?470.00 ($512.11) per tonne on Friday.Friday's index was calculated based on offers and "achievable" prices heard at ?,?460-47...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeek Week Ended April-3, 2020 $GORO, $EXK, $PAAS, $NEM, $TXG.TO, $GPL, $AG, $USAS, $EXN.TO, $AEM, $AGI, $AR.TO, $ALO, $BTG, $EQX, $BTG, $GCM.TO, $INV.TO, $KGC, $KL, $PG.TO, $PVG, $OSK.TO, $OR, $SAND, $TMR.TO, $WPM The Mexican federal government has mandated that all non-essential businesses, including mining, temporarily suspend oper...Read More
By Mike Gleason A surge in coronavirus cases, an expansion of economic lockdowns, and an explosion in unemployment claims hit markets this week. But this deluge of bad news didn't seem to catch investors by surprise. Instead of crashing to new lows, the stock market held within a trading range and rallied yesterday following the release of a horrific jobs report. It's been a huge week f...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort287,52928,68032,344128,083412,042447,956473,066Change from Prior Reporting Period -30,399-882-11,535-7,628-35,492-49,562-47,909Traders18355635752269146 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 47,69622,586495,652 -2,120-3,773-51,682 non reportable positionsCha...Read More
By Dave KranzlerUnequivocally, gold does not trade on the Comex. The Comex trades paper gold derivatives. It is a futures and options exchange on which a small amount of 100 oz. gold bars change ownership each contract month. The transfer of title is facilitated by the creation of an electronic record called a "warrant." But even these "warrants" which assign title to specific bars are derivativ...Read More
Indian mills cut the export price of hot-rolled coil by $10 per tonne in the week ended Friday April 3, amid the complete lockdown of the domestic market while the country tries to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.The price for steel HRC, export, fob main port India, was assessed by Fastmarkets at $380-385 per tonne on Friday, a fall of $10 per tonne compared with...Read More
By Jp CortezTwo weeks ago, during a March 17 address to the nation in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, President Donald Trump asked that Americans work from home, postpone unnecessary travel, and limit social gatherings to no more than 10 people.And last week, on March 27, Trump signed a stimulus package of over $2 trillion dollars to provide relief to an economy on the precipice of collapse.T...Read More
Gold miners' stocks have endured epic volatility in this past month, literally crashing before blasting back higher in a violent V-bounce. That preceding wicked capitulation flush savagely forced the weak hands out, paving the way for gold stocks' next major upleg. The resulting fierce rebound signals it is already underway, with plenty of speculators and investors now chasing the huge gains...Read More
By: Ira Epstein$1484.60 - 1672.40 rang on gold. Not good for the emotional trader. Gold is building a better base. But the overall pattern..Read More
Gold, silver and copper are bullish. Crude oil is bullish. But some weekend correction can be there. At the moment rise in crude oil is short covering. If crude oil manages to trade over $23.00 till Tuesday, then chances of a long term bottom formation will be very high. A lot of people are worried as to what will happen to gold and silver after the release of today's US March nonfarm payrolls?...Read More
Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau will idle the No2 blast furnace at its Ouro Branco mill, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, this month to adjust operations due to to currently weakened demand because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company said on Friday April 3.Blast furnace No2 at Ouro Branco has capacity to produce 1.5 million tonnes per year of crude steel. Furnace No1, which will remain act...Read More
Eurofer has requested an immediate reduction of 75% in EU safeguard quotas for imported steel to to support European industry during the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic."Reflecting the unprecedented implosion of the European steel market, the current quota levels need to be drastically reduced immediately for a period of six months, and by about 75% to align them with the devastating situat...Read More
Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland climbed slightly this week, supported by good demand from end-users and a lack of competitive import offers, as well as a weaker Polish zloty, source told Fastmarkets on Friday April 3.Demand from the key rebar-consuming sector, construction, continued to be strong this week. In addition, the lack of import competition from other EU states due to Covid-19 lock...Read More
The market for pig iron exports from the south of Brazil was stable during the week ended Friday April 3 because mills had sold out their material until June production.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, was unchanged at $297-300 per tonne on Friday."[There is] no doubt that the global market is depressed, but we have sold out all available...Read More
In conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable, the CEO of Millrock Resources describes the company's latest news.Maurice Jackson: Today we will find out the latest developments from Millrock Resources Inc. (MRO:TSX.V; MLRKF:OTCQB) regarding drilling and assay results on the 64 North Gold Project, located in the prolific Tintina gold province in Alaska. Joining us for a conversation i...Read More