UK and European alloy steel scrap prices have increased over the past week due to higher nickel costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 2.The price of nickel, 3 months, London Metal Exchange Daily Official, was $14,520-14,525 per tonne on August 2, up from $14,100-14,125 per tonne on July 26.As a result,...Read More

The Friday Market Minute Global stocks tumble as President Trump re-escalates the U.S.-China trade dispute with threat to apply tariffs on $300 billion worth of China-made goods.Officials in Beijing vow to retaliate with "counter measures" on Trump's tariff threat, but appear to hold the yuan under the 7 threshold against the U.S. dollar over the Friday session.Trump will also make a statement o...Read More

Sentiment in financial markets has weakened further after US president Donald Trump announced the United States will impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods from September 1.This sent equities scurrying for cover with the Nikkei, Hang Seng and CSI 300 off by an average of 2.2% on the morning of Friday August 2, while gold prices approached recent highs again overnight as investors sou...Read More

I've lived in Baltimore my entire life. More than four decades I've spent living in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County. I've got Old Bay and Natty Boh in my bones, hon.Today, I live in the dead center of Baltimore. In fact, I only know of one other residential place that's closer to the exact center of Charm City.Most people who work in Baltimore City live out in Baltimore County or in one o...Read More

Cobalt trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per lb on an in-warehouse (in-whs) basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices - Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for standard-grade cobalt, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb - Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for alloy-grade cobalt, in-whs Rotterdam, $...Read More

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More

China's lithium market continued to move down on ample availability of material and depressed demand, leading the battery-grade lithium hydroxide spot price to sharply fall over the week to August 1.Seaborne Asian lithium spot prices followed the domestic price in China with small price adjustments, while the battery-grade lithium hydroxide price in Europe and the United States dropped. The Chines...Read More

Turkish prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) and color-coated coil decreased over the week ended Friday August 2, with demand reported to be weak in both the local and export markets.Coated coil producers started to give discounts because of the slow market activity.Domestic pricesDemand in the country's local market was soft over the pricing week due to the summer holiday season.One produc...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil sellers lowered their prices on Friday August 2 following a decline in the futures market, with sentiment deteriorating after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose a new tariff on Chinese goods.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,760-3,770 yuan ($545-546) per tonne, down 50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,780 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per to...Read More

ArcelorMittal has lowered its 2019 forecast for apparent steel consumption in Brazil amid slowing growth in the country's gross domestic product and a recession in neighboring Argentina.Brazilian steel demand is now expected to increase by 1.5-2.5% this year, compared with a previous of estimate of 3-4%, according to calculations by the world's largest steelmaker disclosed in its second-quarter ea...Read More

Domestic rebar prices in Poland rose during the past week, supported by an anticipated increase in ferrous scrap costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland was 2,100-2,120 zloty ($540-545) per tonne on August 2 compared with 2,070-2,120 zloty per tonne a...Read More

The domestic price of Brazilian rebar has shown another drop for August deliveries because the scrap price downtrend has intensified, smaller competitors were aggressive about granting discounts, and overall long-rolled steel consumption in the country went down.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, monthly, delivered Brazil, at 2,300-2,400 Reais ($601-627) pe...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 312,21457,82645,699141,164429,131499,077532,656 Change from Prior Reporting Period 333-2,805-10,499-34,621-34,493-44,787-47,797 Traders 21061675360287168 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 64,22130,642563,298 -8,774-5,764-53,561 non reportable posit...Read More

Soaring iron ore prices have pushed Chinese hot metal costs up above those for ferrous scrap over recent months, stimulating greater use of the secondary raw material, according to calculations by Fastmarkets' research team. Fastmarkets' Steel Cost Service updates for the first and second quarters of 2019 detail average global integrated (BOF-route) plant's crude steel costs rose to an average of...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More

SRSrocco The gold and silver prices have held up remarkably well compared to the broader markets as they continue to sell off today. While the Dow Jones Index is down more than 250 points, gold and silver are just slightly lower. However, gold has traded in the green several times today. If we look at the 5-minute chart, we can plainly see that gold and silver have been trading in an opp...Read More

The gold miners' stocks have surged dramatically this summer, catapulted higher by gold's major bull-market breakout. That atypical strength bucking the normal summer-doldrums slump has carried this sector right back to its traditional strong season. That begins with a robust autumn rally starting in late summers. This year's autumn-rally setup is very unusual, but investment buying could...Read More

Resource stocks and gold are currently very much unloved and that is good because they are cheap and under-owned. Doug is currently gold bull since "all of the currencies of the world are just floating abstractions issued by bankrupt governments for political purposes."Time Stamp References:0:40 - Doug's early interests.2:40 - Where we are in the gold market.4:00 - China and Russia will lead.4:45...Read More

- Dave KranzlerThe price of gold has rejected numerous attempts by the banks to hammer the gold price below $1400 using paper gold derivatives on the Comex and the LBMA. I have not seen gold behave with such resiliency in the last 19 years when the Comex banks have an extremely large short position in Comex paper.The action in the price of gold is signalling that large buyers are accumulating...Read More

Get Harry's take on this week's political bouts, from Biden to Warren & everyone in between.Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. He has a free daily newsletter at www.harrydent.com...Read More