Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Does the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have jurisdiction over manipulative futures trading by the U.S. government, other governments, or brokers acting for them?Is the commission aware of futures trading by governments?In a letter to U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, dated January 28 and released to GATA yesterday, the commission's chairman, Heath P...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold 18-dma is $1636 level. Upper Bollinger is $1699Read More
It is just fear of recession and fear that a long term investing opportunity will be lost that is deciding investment strategy. Traders and find managers are booking profit in every investment (other than stocks) to invest for the long term in stocks. Most believe that stock markets are great long term investing opportunity. Every investment has crashed due to corona virus. Gold, silver, crude o...Read More
China's northern coastal province of Hebei will remain the key steelmaking hub in the country even though its production capacity is shrinking and new facilities are being added in south China, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.China has introduced sweeping capacity replacement plans over the past couple of years, compelling producers to upgrade their steel production facili...Read More
Metal mining might not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think of green economics but Boliden chief executive officer Mikael Staffas thinks European lawmakers should pay heed to the industry while they begin to stake out policies designed to reduce carbon emissions on the continent."Everybody wants to do something with the climate and drive an electric car, but no one wants to have...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday March 11.Please click...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price declined at the close of trading on Wednesday March 11, weakening against continued risk-aversion, while lead futures failed to hold above $1,800 per tonne. Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $12,420 per tonne this afternoon, falling from an intraday high of $12,905 per tonne, while turnover was high with more than 9,500 lots exchanged b...Read More
Nickel premiums in China, the United States and Europe traded flat in the week to Tuesday March 11, while novel coronavirus (2019-CoV) disruptions further weakened poor appetite for physical nickel.US market stagnates with virus unsettling trading activityChina premiums flat while the import arbitrage window remains firmly closedEuropean market maintains lackluster trajectory while LME volatility...Read More
The cat is out of the bag when it comes to silver manipulation...by Bix Weir via Road to RootaThe Cat is out of the Bag when it comes to Silver Price Manipulation and the criminals KNOW that the Regulators will not do anything to stop it...for the good of our American Way of Life!! Buy physical silver NOW!! Read More
The next several months are likely to be very disappointing for the precious metals bulls...by Przemyslaw Radomski via Sunshine ProfitsIn yesterday's extensive Alert (titled So Many Bullish Factors...That Gold Is Ignoring) we wrote about multiple factors that are likely to drive the precious metals market in the future. In particular, we emphasized why the next several months are likely to be...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in both Northern and Southern Europe have moved down this week following the nationwide lockdown in Italy intended to control the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus infection, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday March 11.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?600-630 ($681-715) per tonne on W...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday March 11.Please click...Read More
Most stainless steel prices in the United States drifted modestly lower in March even though mills increased their base prices late last month.Alloy surcharges fell by a greater amount than the base price increases, leading to lower overall stainless prices.On February 25, North American Stainless (NAS), Outokumpu Stainless USA and Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) separately announced plans t...Read More
Stainless steel scrap prices in the United States stumbled in the week to Tuesday March 10 as the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has accelerated, affecting many economic communities throughout the world."The spread of the coronavirus has now infected the stainless steel scrap market," one stainless scrap dealer said. Scrap dealers and processors have been quoting and buying materials,...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price declined at the close of trading on Wednesday March 11, weakening against continued risk-aversion, while lead futures failed to hold above $1,800 per tonne. Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $12,420 per tonne this afternoon, falling from an intraday high of $12,905 per tonne, while turnover was high with more than 9,500 lots exchanged b...Read More
Nickel premiums in China, the United States and Europe traded flat in the week to Tuesday March 11, while novel coronavirus (2019-CoV) disruptions further weakened poor appetite for physical nickel.US market stagnates with virus unsettling trading activityChina premiums flat while the import arbitrage window remains firmly closedEuropean market maintains lackluster trajectory while LME volatility...Read More
Aluminium ingot and billet premiums in Italy held steady this week, but market participants there are bracing for major logistical disruptions because of the country's efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.Italy is one of the hardest hit European nations, with more than 10,000 cases and more than 600 deaths as of Tuesday March 10 and the country has introduced emergenc...Read More
Chile recorded a 0.4% year-on-year increase in copper production during January, as higher output from Escondida and Collahuasi offset declines from Codelco, Anglo American Sur and BHP's Spence, according to copper commission Cochilco.The country produced 459,100 tonnes of copper content in the first month of 2020, compared with 457,100 tonnes a year earlier, the commission said on Tuesday March 1...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled coil in the United States fell slightly on Wednesday March 11 as fears about the impact of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on global economies deepened, market participants said.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US finished the day at $28.81 per hundredweight ($576.2 per short ton), down 0.3% from $28.89 per cwt a day ago, and down 4.2% from...Read More
The price for steel H-beams in Europe was unchanged in the week ended Wednesday March 11, while the market waited for the upcoming monthly European scrap settlements, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel beams, domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?535-570 ($607-647) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week on week.Many European market participants were...Read More