The chrome ore market appreciated on Tuesday April 14 due to bullish price sentiment after South Africa's lockdown was extended beyond the original 21 days. The chrome ore UG2 index, cif China rose by 17.5% to $134 per tonne on Tuesday, after holding at $114 for the previous three weeks. A small-volume deal was reported close to the new index level for material on a vessel that was on water a...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 14 that are worth another look.Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably drawn comparis...Read More
The uncertainties surrounding cobalt supply and demand in the near term amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic has led more Chinese salts smelters to take on tolling business to mitigate risk.The virus has had an unprecedented effect on the global economy with manufacturing sectors around the world forced to slow in attempts to halt its spread, a dynamic which eventually dented buying interest for...Read More
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By: Ira EpsteinGold market is acting very well. Some people will say that we have a shoulder-head-shoulder technical pattern:Read More
Investors who think the worst is over had better prepare for the other shoe to drop. Stocks rallied sharply last week, reflecting the egregious miscalculation not only of bulls who have yet to meet a dip they could not buy, but also of bears who evidently fear that the crazed buying binge will continue for no good reason. They should relax, since there has never been an instance where an initial...Read More
Christmas of 2019 I had advised to invest in gold and silver for Easter of 2020. Now I am asking to invest in gold and silver this Easter for Christmas of 2020. Overall gold and silver will continue to rise till Christmas. Even if the corona virus pandemic gets over and a vaccine is found (before Christmas of 2020), gold and silver will continue to rise. There is an over $40 price difference bet...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in the Mexican steelmaking regions of Monterrey and Baj?-o were mostly unchanged week on week, but market participants anticipated a series of price cuts after the United States' monthly domestic scrap settlement for April.Some steel producers in Mexico's Baj?-o region announced a price cut of 200 pesos per tonne in scrap purchases for the ongoing week, after it became known t...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices increased again on Tuesday April 14 because of the limited supplies coming from Europe and the United States, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $257 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $262 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $267 per tonne cfr.Another steel mi...Read More
Turkish domestic ferrous-scrap prices have continued to increase during the week to Monday April 13, in line with rising imported steel-scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey was 1,515-1,700 lira ($224-252) per tonne on Tuesday April 14, up from 1,380-1,515 lira per tonne last week.Steel producers a...Read More
Markets are looking brighter this morning Tuesday April 14, on a combination of more mining production cuts, a deal on an oil supply cut, better Chinese trade data that showed imports were only down by 0.9% year on year in March and some reopening of businesses in Europe. There is light at the end of the tunnel but it is early days in the plateauing of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe and the Unite...Read More
The uncertainties surrounding cobalt supply and demand in the near term amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic has led more Chinese salts smelters to take on tolling business to mitigate risk.The virus has had an unprecedented effect on the global economy with manufacturing sectors around the world forced to slow in attempts to halt its spread, a dynamic which eventually dented buying interest for...Read More
Share this articleMONTREAL - The Quebec government has declared that home builders, miners and landscapers provide essential services and can return to work despite COVID-19 restrictions that have brought much of the economy to a halt.Premier Francois Legault first announced Monday that some residential construction would resume with new guidelines to keep workers safe."We've ensured, along wit...Read More
Share this articleTORONTO - Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is taking steps to restart its operations in the Abitibi region of Quebec this week as restrictions in the province allow a gradual resumption.The gold miner's operations in Quebec include the LaRonde complex, the Goldex mine and the Canadian Malartic mine.The company put the Quebec mines on care and maintenance last month after mining operations...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 14 that are worth another look.Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably drawn comparis...Read More
Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.Three units in S??o Paulo state are scheduled to resume activities by June 22, while another plant in a nearby region will reopen on June 24, Toyota said....Read More
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) holds a 100% interest in several vast North American gold resource projects. The Company's principal assets are the KSM and Iskut properties, located near Stewart, British Columbia, Canada and the Courageous Lake gold project, located in Canada's Northwest Territories. Rudi Fronk, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Seabridge Gold, believes we are now in a new bull...Read More
Export sales of flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to Turkey and Asia continued at low prices during the week ended Tuesday April 14, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $360-370 per tonne on Tuesday, narrowing downward from $360-375 per tonne a week before.Russian producers sold lar...Read More
"The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason." - John M. Keynes If I could get away with it I'd light off a string of curses including goats, sisters, and heinous acts that would make a gold miner blush. What the ever-loving hell are people smoking? Here is the S&P 500 ETF SPY:The NASDAQ is up 3.5% today. The Dow Jones is up 643 points. WTI crude is at $21.84 and gold is at $1,780...Read More
A big debate is raging in markets right now. Will it be debt deflation, the D-economy, or government-led inflation, the G-economy? We revisit the question in our latest Insights drawing on last Friday's Real Vision episode When the Whole Daisy Chain Unwinds.James Aiken and Raoul PalINK CEO Ted Dixon also tackles the D vs G issue in the featured clip of the week where he also reveals a way to save...Read More