Gold and silver fell on uncertainty in global financial markets. The USA is trying to blackmail South Korea over trade tariffs by saying that it will roll back military support. Black mailing will not work with South Korea. The USA needs South Korea as an ally MORE than the other way around. USA/NATO now wants to command the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean due to the mineral wealth under th...Read More

Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More

Cycles, cycles everywhere. We've already discussed the current state of the U.S. business cycle, arguing that the expansion should last for a while, although it is more advanced than in Europe. However, business cycles aren't the only creatures living in an economic zoo. They are simply the most popular within the modern macroeconomics. The post-war business cycles lasted, on average, almost 6 y...Read More

Global scrap prices remained generally stable except in Taiwan during the working week from Monday March 12 to Friday March 16, amid the uncertainty created by the implementation of Section 232 tariffs in the United States and widespread weak demand for finished steel products.Turkish steel mills have stepped back from the deep-sea scrap markets since the end of the last week and have made no sign...Read More

DEEPCASTER LLCFORTRESS ASSETS PORTFOLIO | LETTERS, ALERTS & ARTICLESHIGH POTENTIAL SPECULATOR | HIGH YIELD PORTFOLIOPreserve & Enhance WealthInvestment & Geopolitical Intelligence Major Market Moves and indeed, Trends, often begin with a Triggering Event (like the one coming later this month See Deepcaster's Alert posted March 16 for its identity) so it is essential to identify these Triggers...Read More

"I think what [the Fed] has done here now is they've now lost control of the bond market, so interest rates are rising, and their last hope is to try to manipulate the dollar, and they're trying to suppress that dollar." Read More

Trades of ferrous scrap in containers to India have declined sharply this week, amid worries about the knock-on effect of the steel import tariffs being imposed in the United States, sources said on Friday March 16.Buying activity for shredded scrap in containers was steady at the beginning of the week, and at high prices. Toward the end of the week, activity cooled off dramatically although price...Read More

Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More

Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos talk about the declining state of health in America and whether the sugar industry is behind the trend. Author Max Lugavere shares healthy eating tips and discusses research from his latest book, "Genius Foods."Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, actor, author, Navy Seal, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 16 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals regained some losses in this afternoon but remained weak at the end of the day. SHFE aluminium, zinc, and lead inched up, while copper, nickel, and tin dropped slightly. The ferrous complex saw mixed trading today as iron ore led losses with a drop over 1%. Rebar and coke edged down, while hot-rolled coil and coking coal inched up.Copper:...Read More

Indian local secondary billet prices recovered from a steep fall in the first two days of the current week to go up by about 700 rupees per tonne over the past three days on rising finished product prices.Prices for Indian domestic secondary billet, mainly produced via the induction furnace route, ended the week at 33,000-33,400 rupees ($508-514) per tonne ex-mill, narrowing from Metal Bulletin's...Read More

India's Aarti Steel has restarted its continuous caster in Cuttack, Orissa, after stopping operations for a revampThe two-strand continuous caster will now be able to produce bloom sections measuring 240 x 280 mm and 250 x 320 mm. It had previously only been able to cast sections measuring 125, 160 and 200 square mm.It has a 200,000 tpy capacity and a casting radius of nine metres.Aarti Steel has...Read More

Gold and silver fell on uncertainty in global financial markets. The USA is trying to blackmail South Korea over trade tariffs by saying that it will roll back military support. Black mailing will not work with South Korea. The USA needs South Korea as an ally MORE than the other way around. USA/NATO now wants to command the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean due to the mineral wealth under th...Read More

The base price assessments for flat and long stainless steel products in Europe widened upward this week despite continued import pressure, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 16.Metal Bulletin's weekly base price assessment on Friday for 2mm, grade-304 CR stainless steel sheet was ?,?1,050-1,130 ($1,296-1,395) per tonne delivered in Northern Europe, marginally up from ?,?1,050-1,100 per t...Read More

Domestic stainless steel prices in China continued to slide over the past week with stockists making a push to destock.Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless CRC in the major market of Wuxi was 14,500-15,300 yuan ($2,294-2,420) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Thursday March 15, widening downward from 14,600-15,300 yuan per tonne a week earlier. Stockists have...Read More

MOSCOW – Russian diamond producer Alrosa suffered a sharp fall in core profit last year, hit by lower prices for its gems.The world's largest producer of rough diamonds said that earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (Ebtida) fell 28% to 126.9-billion roubles, broadly meeting analyst expectations, on revenues of 275.4-billion roubles.AdvertisementThe average p...Read More

There are two major challenges facing the supply of cross-border mining services (CBMS) in Africa – a lack of resources, such as skills and investment, and poor or nonexistent infrastructure – hindering the enormous growth in mining activity across Africa, says CBMS Indaba conference manager Ros Hinchcliffe. She also highlights how opaque and complex business conditions are, meaning th...Read More

Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More

In a typically trenchant research note on Friday, Ole Hansen, chief commodity strategist at Saxo, warns that the calm on gold markets is likely to be shattered soon.According to calculations by the Danish bank gold was set to experience its tightest weekly trading range in percentage terms since 2012 and in dollar terms since 2007.Subdued dollar trading and the quiet on bullion boards came against...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 16 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals regained some losses in this afternoon but remained weak at the end of the day. SHFE aluminium, zinc, and lead inched up, while copper, nickel, and tin dropped slightly. The ferrous complex saw mixed trading today as iron ore led losses with a drop over 1%. Rebar and coke edged down, while hot-rolled coil and coking coal inched up.Copper:...Read More