Italian long steelmaker Pittini has completed the acquisition of the "commercial and logistic facilities" at compatriot steelmaker Ori Martin's Ceprano rebar mill in central Italy, a spokesman confirmed to Metal Bulletin on Monday March 12."The [distribution] center will work in synergy with our other Italian plants in Potenza [in southern Italy], Osoppo, Verona and Nave [in northern Italy]," the...Read More
Inthe free analysis that we posted lastMonday,we warned that Friday’s session was likely to be volatile and tricky. Thisseems to have indeed been the case for silver. The white metal declined earlyin the day only to rally almost 40 cents from the initial low. In our previousalert, we discussed the possibility of silver topping at about $16.65 and thislevel was reached. Is silver about to tak...Read More
- Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk- Gold's performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour- Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived- The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold's rally- WGC: 'a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold as...Read More
Kuwait's ministry of finance has increased the duty applied to imports of rebar to 10% from the previous 5%, effective from March 1 this year until the end of February 2019, Metal Bulletin has heard.There is only one rebar producer active in Kuwait, KWT Steel, with capacity for 1.2 million...Read More
The analysis we have been conducting regarding the US and global markets shows one very interesting component that many people are overlooking – the pricing pressure in precious metals. Our research team at Technical Traders Ltd. has attempted to understand and this pricing pressure in relation to the strong international demand exhibited by China, India, Russia, and others.The be...Read More
Focus in on retaliation measures after Trump's tariff. Traders have ignored the exceptional US February nonfarm payroll numbers. Global stock markets are expected to rise. Sentiment for the US dollar is still weak. Now the focus will be on the FOMC meet. The pace of interest rate hikes is the key and not the actual hike. An early Easter (in March) does have temporary economic implications. I b...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
Strengths ? The best performing metal this week was silver, up 0.43 percent as hedge funds cut their bearish outlook. After mostly bearish opinions last week, gold traders are leaning more bullish this week on the yellow metal's performance. BullionVault's Gold Investor Index rose last month to 54.1, up from 52.7 the prior month, when it was at the lowest level since August 2017, a...Read More
March 21 is just over a week away. That's when the Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, the Fed's interest rate policy arm, will raise interest rates anotherContinue...Read More
Import prices for rebar in Singapore fell over the past week with buyers taking the opportunity to stock up on the long steel product amid a softening Chinese market.Metal Bulletin's assessment of import prices for rebar in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical weight basis - was $565-575 per tonne cfr for the week to Monday March 12, down $15 per tonn...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
US Secret Service Also Frustrated with US Mint's "Lack of Supporting Action" Washington, DC - Congressmen Alex Mooney (R-WV) criticized the United States Mint for its "disappointing and concerning" lack of awareness or action on the growing problem of high-quality counterfeits of US precious-metals coins entering the country from China and elsewhere.In a letter dated March 6, Rep. Mooney took the...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
Full Article: Massive Investment Mistakes and Lucrative Opportunities: Q&A with Doug Casey Part 2By: Doug CaseyEditor's Note: Yesterday, you received Part 1 of the Q&A with legendary speculator Doug Casey, the Chairman of Casey Research. Below is the second part of the interview series where Doug and Marin talk about risk mitigation in junior markets, two cryptocurrency plays that they're inve...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, March 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the purchase of the County Line gold property located in Mineral and Nye Counties, Nevada from Nevada Select Royalty Inc. ("Nevada Select"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (TSX-V: ELY, OTC: ELYGF). Gold Resource Corporation is a gold...Read More
The Turkish steel mills paused their deep-sea scrap purchases on Monday March 12, following the news about the United States applying import duties under Section 232, heard late last week.Market participants were unsure about the future direction of the market after US President Donald Trump used his powers under Section 232 to officially sign the previously announced tariffs on steel and aluminiu...Read More
Recently, the gold/silver ratio broke and held above the 80 level for the first time since before 2000 and is now hovering at that level again. This have attracted much attention from commentators, at least one of whom saw it as a distinct opportunity for investors to "...sell gold and buy silver!" - advice that at first thought makes strange sense for PM bulls. Gold has been the focus for such a...Read More
Continue...David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism...Read More