The United States' reduction of tariffs on Turkish steel imports to 25% from 50% last week will only partially reopen the US market to Turkish mills, who should avoid raising prices if they are to successfully regain a share in that market, several sources told Fastmarkets this week. The US has lowered its tariffs on steel imports from Turkey to 25% effective Friday May 17. Duties had been at...Read More
Global steel billet markets continued to improve during the week ended Friday May 24 following the United States' removal of additional import duties against Turkey.Mills in Turkey fully returned to the scrap markets and paid higher prices after the United States removed the additional duties, which means that Turkey is once more on a level playing field with other prospective exporters to the US,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday May 24 that are worth another look.The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors sought to cover shorts ahead of the next week's bank holiday...Read More
South32's decision to review the future of its manganese alloy assets comes as little surprise to fellow manganese alloy producers because they are likely to be considering similar options. The review, which could result in the divestment of the assets, reflects a wider predicament affecting alloy producers struggling with historically high ore prices and a subdued market for their own product. So...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has decided on a dispute over when the load-in, load-out (LILO) rule should have been activated, ruling in favor of warehouse company Istim. People familiar with the situation said that the warehousing firm had been found to have acted vigorously and without delay in its dealings with Glencore at its warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, following large cancellations of alu...Read More
The temporary truce on tariffs between China and the United States could be over, injecting a new round of uncertainty into the global financial markets and suspending hopes that a resolution to the countries' trade impasse was likely.US President Donald Trump has threatened to raise the tariff on $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% by Friday May 10. He also said that the US may...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday May 24 that are worth another look.The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors sought to cover shorts ahead of the next week's bank holiday...Read More
The mid-tier gold miners' stocks in the sweet spot for price-appreciation potential have been struggling in recent months, grinding lower with gold. Their strong early-year momentum has been sapped by recent stock-market euphoria. But gold-mining stocks are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios. The mid-tiers' recently-reported Q1'19 results reveal their fundamentals remai...Read More
Gold miner Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) has been a on tear, reporting robust results since I first wrote about the miner in May 2017 and gaining a whopping 338% over that period, making it one of the best-performing gold stocks.Strong first-quarter resultsThe latest results from the miner indicate there are further gains ahead for patient investors, despite gold softening in recent weeks....Read More
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM)(NYSE:WPM) is an interesting pick for investors seeking a precious metals investment with plenty of growth prospects but little of the risk associated with traditional miners. Here’s what makes Wheaton unique among miners and why this is the precious metals company that should be in your portfolio.Wheaton’s advantage in volatile precious metalsOne of th...Read More
On May 17, investors breathed a collective sigh of relief, as U.S. and Canadian officials announced a tentative agreement on steel tariffs. The deal, in which the U.S. agreed to lift $1.27 billion worth of tariffs on Canadian goods, was hailed as a victory by the Trudeau government, whose officials referred to it as a “win win for everyone involved.” Many Canadian steel workers remain...Read More
The mid-tier gold miners' stocks in the sweet spot for price-appreciation potential have been struggling in recent months, grinding lower with gold. Their strong early-year momentum has been sapped by recent stock-market euphoria. But gold-mining stocks are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios. The mid-tiers' recently-reported Q1'19 results reveal their fundamentals remai...Read More
The housing market continues show contracting sales volume. April existing home sales fell 0.4% (SAAR - Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Rate) from March and 4.4% from last April. Existing home sales have dropped year-over-year 14 months in a row. This is the worst run since the housing crisis.Obviously from a seasonal standpoint, if the market were healthy, home sales should be increasing month-to-...Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy has begun working with major American companies in an effort to make offshore wind power a lot cheaper.The DOE recently allocated up to $8 million to four projects that aim to "develop more efficient, smaller, and lighter-weight generators."The department says new designs could make the next generation of offshore wind turbines 50% smaller and lighter. And that could...Read More
"I think they probably wish they made the deal that they had on the table before they tried to renegotiate it," he said. "They would like to make a deal, we are not Continue...Read More
This development resulted from the compilation and study of historical project data. Libero Copper Corp. (LBC:TSX.V:, LBCMF:OTCQB ) announced in a news release that it identified another gold-copper target on its Big Red project through digitizing and analyzing historical asset data. The company also added 3,041 hectares of new claims to this Golden Triangle porphyry project, taking the total to...Read More
Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony, cofounders of Seabridge Gold, explain why they believe current economic trends favor gold. Buy equities and sell gold because the economy is strong and the Fed is supportive? Really? We think you should not be fooled by the reigning narrative. Consider the following:In 2018, U.S. real GDP growth was the best in years. Nominal GDP rose more than 5% while the national de...Read More
Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable interviews the CEO and senior project geologist working on expanding the prospects in this well-known mining district between Fairbanks and the Canadian Yukon. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Gregory Beischer, the president, director and CEO of Millrock Resources Inc. (MRO:TSX.V; MLRKF:OTCQX), along with Senior Project Geologist Chris Van T...Read More
This explorer in the Yukon and British Columbia's Golden Triangle is ready to make news in upcoming drill season, says Rick Mills of Ahead of the Herd. May is the month when junior resource companies either spring out of hibernation from a winter spent poring over last year's results, secure in the knowledge their treasury is in good shape, or return from cash-raising junkets, hopefully with pock...Read More
VANCOUVER, May 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Barrian Mining Corp. ("Barrian" or the "Company") (TSX-V: BARI) (FSE: BM5) is pleased to announce that the recently completed induced-polarization (IP) and resistivity geophysical survey completed at the Bolo Gold Property ("Bolo") has identified multiple high-priority anomalies that warrant follow-up reverse circulation (RC) drill testing. The new anomali...Read More