Following a consultation period, Fastmarkets will change the minimum tonnage of its weekly price assessments for steel hot-rolled coil for export, fob main port Turkey, to a minimum of 2,000 tonnes (with no set maximum), from the current 500-1,000 tonnes, with effect from Monday August 24.The price subject to the change is MB-STE-0107 Steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonn...Read More
Special bar quality (SBQ) steel prices in the United States have declined once again due to persistent demand weakness and lower raw material costs, according to market sources. On the hot-rolled side of the market, Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel bar hot-rolled special bar quality (SBQ) 1-inch round 1000 series (carbon), fob mill US slipped to $31.25 per hundredweight ($625 per sh...Read More
Declining ferrous scrap costs pushed the price of cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod lower, while the price for high-carbon wire rod was unchanged, Fastmarkets learned. Fastmarkets' assessment for steel wire rod cold-heading quality, ddp settled at $35.50 per hundredweight ($710 per short ton) on Friday August 21, down 2.7% from $36.50 per cwt last month.The cost of steel scrap No1 busheling, del...Read More
Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in the week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers doubt the scale of increase the market can actually accept, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday.Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in a week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers...Read More
The Turkish steel producers have entered a third consecutive week with no deep-sea scrap bookings due to the still-weak finished markets for long steel products, sources said on Monday August 24.After booking some US and Baltic Sea cargoes at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) on August 7, the steel mills in Turkey went quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets.In the past two weeks, the Turk...Read More
The steel recycling division of Tata Steel has announced it is launching a mobile app for sourcing steel scrap in India, the company said on August 19.The app - named FerroHaat - claims to be a world first and aims to source steel scrap from traders in India. The app is a step toward organizing the currently disorganized Indian scrap supply chain,while also providing a reliable source of scrap met...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices eased for the second consecutive trading session on Monday August 24 amid limited trading activity, according to trade sources.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $125.23 per tonne, down by $2.15 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.78 per tonne, down by $1.93 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $111.21 per tonne, dow...Read More
There's been a lot of questions and concerns regarding the next most likely outcomes for us both socially and economically. And while I can't tell you exact what's going to happen, I can definitely prepare you for the top 3 scenarios. So today I'm going to show you how to protect yourself from inflation, deflation, and even confiscation.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at...Read More
0:00 Introduction1:43 Buffett believes gold price going higher?6:23 Significance of Buffett selling bank stocks?8:19 Timing a new junior gold stock position10:30 Still playing the M&A game?14:39 Gold-ounce-in-the-ground valuation metric16:21 Bulk-tonnage, high-capex gold projects to see positive production decisions this cycle?19:49 Gold market topping indicators23:30 Copper bull market after gold...Read More
Easy money is a curse for capitalism.Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and...Read More
When we last spoke with Andy he warned of a looming precious metals shortage in the fall, due to the near global mine shutdown caused by Covid 19. "We are at roughly 8 times normal sales at Miles Franklin." Federal indictments against JP Morgan metal traders in March make Andy believe that it's changed landscape. Silver went from around $12 to nearly $30. Gold went to $2000. Bottom line is that pr...Read More
Judge: "America's founding generation... knew their fair share of unwelcome constables."Continue...Read More
In America, power and profit are the only values, and fear is used to maximize them. It seems the bulk of the population never catches on.Continue...Read More
Topics discussed:The uniqueness of the 2020 financial crisisHow the Federal Reserve has been aggressively manipulating the bond marketsThe Wealth Effect' vs free marketsThe current retail stock market 'mania'The only group who can bring bond markets down: The Bond Market VigilantesThe scale and risk of the Federal Reserve's borrowing and money printingImplications of the recent, wild price swings...Read More
The annual Jackson Hole Symposium, a gathering of central bankers, economists, and financial institutions, will see its first ever virtual conference this week, and will likely set the tone for further U.S. dollar depreciation, said Gary Wagner, editor of TheGoldForecast.com."When you've got all of the major central banks getting together, they recognize the need for a long-term plan rather than w...Read More
"We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And sadly, the domestic enemies to our voting system and honoring our Constitution are right at 1600 Continue...Read More
Powell is expected to unleash more animal spirits this Thursday as he pivots the Fed towards accepting higher levels of inflation.Continue...Read More
"Rational, balanced use of this tool will help to increase the stability of our countries' economies and reduce dependence on US' policies." Continue...Read More
The US foreign policy establishment has for decades been dominated by neoconservative interventionists and falsely-named "humanitarian" interventionists. These people believe that because the United States is the one "exceptional nation," no conflict anywhere in the world could possibly be solved without our butting our noses into it.One of President Obama's few foreign policy successes was to wor...Read More
The general direction for gold and silver will be lower until it is not.Continue...Read More