A two-day lockdown announced on Sunday night in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Haut Katanga province has heightened concerns that the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) could affect the supply of copper and cobalt coming from the region. The lockdown prohibits all activity in the province, which, as well as being a production hub, provides a crucial export route for raw material...Read More
Today is Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,667.50. It's up 2.23% from yesterday and up 26.1...Read More
Today is Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC), Bonanza Creek Energy (NYSE: BCEI), and MRC Global (NYSE: MRC).HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC)HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) is a $3.129 billion company today with a one-year return of -63.13%. Let's look at its price-to-earning...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 24 that are worth another look. India is entering a 21-day lockdown period to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, but the production of essential commodities will continue.Freeport-McMoRan has declared force majeure on near-term sales agreements for its Cerro Verde mine in Peru, according to...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil have been fairly stable across Europe due to the limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 24.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?474.00 ($508.63) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?1 per tonne from ?,?473.00 per tonne ex-works on March 23.Wednesday's index was calculated based on offers and...Read More
India is entering a 21-day lockdown period to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, but the production of essential commodities will continue.In an address to the nation, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said that the lockdown was effective from midnight local time, 18:30 London time."For the past two days, many parts of the country have been locked down. From m...Read More
Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has temporarily halted operations in Argentina and Peru following lockdowns in both countries to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic.Gerdau's activities in Brazil have been affected, but have not been suspended so far, the company said on Tuesday March 24.Capital expenditure initiatives around the globe have been put on hold to reduce on...Read More
Austrian steelmaking group Voestalpine will enforce shorter working hours across its operations in Europe as part of short-term work model amid the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, the company said on Monday March 23.The coronavirus pandemic has already hit the heart of the European economy. Widespread closures of car-manufacturing sites across Europe, as well as shutdowns and capacity cuts in th...Read More
German steelmakers Saarstahl and Dillinger, both part of Stahl Holding Saar (SHS), have cut production amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, although blast furnace (BF) and coking plant operations will both be maintained, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday March 24.The increasingly tough market situation in Europe, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, has forced regional steelma...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 24 that are worth another look. India is entering a 21-day lockdown period to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, but the production of essential commodities will continue.Freeport-McMoRan has declared force majeure on near-term sales agreements for its Cerro Verde mine in Peru, according to...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico increased in the week ended Friday March 20 on a strong currency devaluation which made the material more expensive in pesos, while steelmakers were building inventories before scrap runs out amid global lockdowns.At least two major steel producers bid for scrap at prices 200-300 pesos ($8-12) above those of the previous week. But the increase was not enough to offs...Read More
Nomi Prins discusses the coronavirus crisis in the United States.Nomi Prins is an American author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at Demos. She has worked as a managing director at Goldman-Sachs and as a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns, as well as having worked as a senior strategist at Lehman Brothers and analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Prins is known for her books All the Presidents...Read More
Dr. Marc Faber discusses the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating impact on the global economy.Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr. Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (H...Read More
The recent pandemic has provided the catalyst needed to finally push our economy into an overdue "great depression," this according to Doug Casey, founder of Casey Research.Casey told Kitco News that although the virus has popped the bubble, the underlying problem is still due to poor economic fundamentals.Doug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is...Read More
India is entering a 21-day lockdown period to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, but the production of essential commodities will continue.In an address to the nation, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said that the lockdown was effective from midnight local time, 18:30 London time."For the past two days, many parts of the country have been locked down. From m...Read More
Max interviews Alasdair Macleod of GoldMoney.com about gold in the age of pandemic. They discuss the increasingly unstable markets and ask whether or not they are a sign of the end of the fiat currency regime. Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance F...Read More
It was always going to happen, the catalyst was the shock. Who would have thought a pandemic would trigger the global financial collapse. Early Monday morning the Fed announced the largest QE program in history. It's unlimited, literally infinite. Free money is on it's way. Helicopter money is on its way. Free money is coming to you soon. There's time to wait to get it right. The people in charge...Read More
It now appears that governments around the world have skipped the helicopter drops, and are headed straight for the Currency Bombers. Join Mike Maloney as he discusses this unprecedented printing, as well as his thoughts on mining stocks and ETFs. 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...Read More
The bill establishes a digital dollar, which it describes as 'a balance expressed as a dollar value consisting of digital ledger entries that are recorded as liabilities in the accounts of any Federal Reserve Bank or ... an electronic unit of value, redeemable by an eligible Continue...Read More
The federal government has done an absolutely terrible job with controlling the spread of the covid-19 virus in AmericaContinue...Read More