Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
David HaggithIt's no longer just me using terms like "Armageddon, crisis, devastating, chaos, Great Depression;" it's leaders of the world's most august and conservative central banks!The big banking squeeze that began in September never went away. In fact, repo auctions last week looked worse than ever, in spite of the Fed's launching of QE4ever. With a new $60 billion a month in permanent re-...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's pullback on the long-term chart is normal, gold market is running higher on the monthly..Read More
Hong Kong and the NBAChina's Vision of VictoryClashing ValuesHouston, Philadelphia, and DallasAnd once you see it, you cannot unsee it.I'm not alone. Here is what we are observing at macro scale:That it has been common knowledge something we all knew that we all knew since the Nixon years that by simply exporting capitalism and free enterprise, we would unshackle the forces of freedom in China....Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
David HaggithIt's no longer just me using terms like "Armageddon, crisis, devastating, chaos, Great Depression;" it's leaders of the world's most august and conservative central banks!The big banking squeeze that began in September never went away. In fact, repo auctions last week looked worse than ever, in spite of the Fed's launching of QE4ever. With a new $60 billion a month in permanent re-...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold's pullback on the long-term chart is normal, gold market is running higher on the monthly..Read More
Hong Kong and the NBAChina's Vision of VictoryClashing ValuesHouston, Philadelphia, and DallasAnd once you see it, you cannot unsee it.I'm not alone. Here is what we are observing at macro scale:That it has been common knowledge something we all knew that we all knew since the Nixon years that by simply exporting capitalism and free enterprise, we would unshackle the forces of freedom in China....Read More
Prices in the major global billet markets continued to show positive dynamics in the week ended Friday October 25, after CIS producers increased offers by $5-10 per tonne week on week due to reduced availability of the material.Among other supportive factors were increased demand from Turkish customers as well as higher scrap offers from the United States."Supplies in the CIS region fell...Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
Prices in the major global billet markets continued to show positive dynamics in the week ended Friday October 25, after CIS producers increased offers by $5-10 per tonne week on week due to reduced availability of the material.Among other supportive factors were increased demand from Turkish customers as well as higher scrap offers from the United States."Supplies in the CIS region fell...Read More
The premium for aluminium billet in the United States fell to a record low on Friday October 25 due to to continued sluggish demand, while premiums in Europe and Brazil remained under pressure. US premium at record low European traders holding onto $300 per tonne level Low spot demand in Brazil Thailand premium fallsUS billet premium drops to all-time lowFastmarkets' aluminium 6063 extrusion bill...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to increase the frequency of the normalization price data for its seaborne manganese ore indices to monthly from quarterly.Currently, Fastmarkets updates the normalization of its manganese ore price data - for manganese ore 37% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth, $/dmtu; manganese ore 37% Mn, cif Tianjin, $/dmtu and manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin, $/dmtu - on a quar...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday October 25 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange has set out its requirements for responsible sourcing, outlining three routes to compliance, it said on Friday October 25. The requirements will be underpinned by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's due diligence guidance.A group of metals an...Read More
Buying weed is simple. Buying weed with Cody Reiss and Brandon Rogers sucks.Comedy Central Originals is Under the Influence of Brandon Rogers all week (10/21/19 - 10/28/19). The hyperactive YouTube comedian has 4.5 million subscribers and is collaborating with CC Originals on several of our digital series. He's an artist sculpting hair in Mini-Mocks, he's confirming that the government is spying o...Read More
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Patrick Soares, President and CEO for Foran Mining, takes us trough the last, and arguably most important, success factor in ...Read More
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China and Russia have been purchasing gold in unprecedented amounts.The ISM Manufacturing report strengthens the case for investors to find safer assets.Fed rate cuts should boost gold's price, given its nature as a deflationary asset.Intro In the past few months, I have written articles detailing the macroeconomic case for gold that revolves around low-yielding debt, and expensive equities ma...Read More