The downward trend in the benchmark cobalt price slowed in July, with some suppliers less eager to compete for sales while spot activity is slow, speculative buying spurs the domestic Chinese metal price and optimism filters through to the cobalt sulfate market.Price move Traders in the international market continued to focus on back-to-back business rather than restock in any meaningful way in Ju...Read More

The Monday Market Minute Global stocks tumble to fresh multi-month lows as China hits back at U.S. Tariff moves with a weaker yuan and suspends agricultural purchases.PBOC allows the yuan to fall below the 7 mark against the dollar for the first time since May 2008, risking the ire of President Donald Trump as tensions between the world's two biggest economies escalate.Asia shares fall the most...Read More

Spot prices for cobalt metal moved up for the first time since late April on Friday August 2 after recent price declines prompted consumer and trader buying against a backdrop of stronger prices in China. Fastmarkets' benchmark standard-grade cobalt price, in whs Rotterdam rose 1.4% to $12.20-13 per lb on August 2. Prices had moved to $12.10-12.75 per lb on July 31, widening out from $12.30-12.65...Read More

Trade log for cobalt sulfate in China including transactions, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% basis, China ex-works, yuan/tonne Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for the cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% basis China ex-works, adjustment...Read More

Demand for flat steel in Turkey was only moderate in July because of the seasonal summer slowdown, market participants told Fastmarkets.And local producers have now filled their order books until late September, they said on Friday August 2.Turkish steel prices increased on May 17 after a US import duty applied at a rate of 50%, introduced in August 2018, was cut back to the previous level of 25%....Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices fell further on Monday August 5 on weak demand caused by pessimism sparked by the country's trade tensions with the United States.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,720-3,730 yuan ($536-537) per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,750 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneDespite mills keeping their official ex-works prices steady, thin trading...Read More

Uncertainties surrounding the trade war between China and the United States sapped trading activity in both the futures and physical markets for Chinese rebar on Monday August 5, resulting in prices falling further.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,770-3,800 yuan ($546-551) per tonne, down 50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,730-3,760 yuan per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneSeveral analy...Read More

Clive MaundThe charts we will look at in this update suggest that this is a perfect shorting setup that you see "once in a blue moon". On the 3-year chart for the S&P500 index we can see that it has essentially been trending higher all year, but has now arrived at an important double target - at the upper boundary of its giant broadening pattern, which may also be called a bullhorn or megaphone...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, up 1.54 percent. Gold investors were stocking up for further gains in the yellow metal ahead of the Fed's rate cut decision. On Wednesday, holdings in bullion-backed ETFs rose 4.8 tons to the highest level since April 2013, according to B...Read More

Jordan Roy-ByrneAfter a major trend change, it can be difficult for the majority of investors and market watchers to shift and adjust accordingly to the new trend.It's no different in the current case of precious metals which, other than a huge rally in the first half of 2016 have been dead money for the majority of the current decade. Despite the newfound bullish fundamentals and bullish techni...Read More

By: Larry LaBorde During WWII the Germans were in need of money to buy foreign materials to conduct the war. It is estimated they stole almost 500 metric tons (around 16 million troy oz equal to $23 billion USD @ $1,450 / oz) from various governments. Most was taken from Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Czechoslovakia. The French gold (about 2,500 metric tons or 80 million troy oz) was sav...Read More

By Avi GilburtThe Fed gave us exactly what the market expected in a .25% rate cut, and even gave us a "gift" with the early cessation of Quantitative Tightening. Normally, most would view this as a bullish catalyst. However, with market sentiment topping out in a bullish extreme, market participants interpreted the Fed action as bearish (despite its positive substance), and the market sold o...Read More

Import prices for rebar in Singapore softened over the past week on ample supply from India and Turkey.The weekly Fastmarkets price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis - was $485-490 per tonne for the week to Monday August 5, narrowing downward by $5 per tonne from the previous week.Mar...Read More

Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, joins CNBC's "Closing Bell" to discuss President Trump's tariffs on China and what this means for the relationship between the two countries.Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs an...Read More

Suddenly - I mean the signs had been everywhere for a long time and "suddenly" doesn't really apply - the whole house of cards came tumbling down.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, h...Read More

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transaction: rebarRebar East China, domestic, grade...Read More

President Donald Trump makes a statement from the White House on the two mass shootings that took place at the weekend in El Paso and Ohio in which 29 people were killed and about 50 injured in less than 24 hours.Read More

The state of California is taking a page out of Malcom X's book to ensure that future generations of students know that capitalism is an inherently 'racist' - and just as bad as the patriarchy, white supremacy and 'ableism,' according to a recent Op-Ed Continue...Read More

With Inflation hovering around 2% and the level of unemployment at historic lows, the Fed is fully attaining its prescribed dual mandate of full employment and stable prices (now defined as 2% inflation rate). Given this, one would think Jerome Powell was enjoying his summerContinue...Read More

Join Mike Maloney as he examines the latest in a long series of false promises from professional 'morons and liars'. It's the oldest trick in the book.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is a...Read More