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Original Post By Sohrab Darabshaw For Indian steel producers, 2019 was an unremarkable year. Like some of the previous years, the steel sector slumped throughout the year, save for the last two months. Globally and domestically, the steel industry witnessed a steep price fall not...
Trading exchanges in the US and UK went from member-owned clubs where a "seat" or membership bestowed trading rights on the holder. The advent of electronic trading made it necessary for exchanges to make significant investments in technology. Before this century, there were many independent e...
Base metal prices fell by 23.43% in 2015, but in 2016 they appreciated by 26.77%. In 2017, the sector of nonferrous industrial metals was the best-performing commodities sector posting a 21.99% gain for the year. In 2018, the industrial commodities shed 15.78% of their value. The base metals...
Original post By Sohrab Darabshaw India may have become a net exporter of steel this year, but domestic demand may remain a problem area. The US-based Moody's Investors Service has said in a recent report, titled "Asia: Steel - 2020 outlook," that India's steel growth will slow dow...
Original Post By Stuart Burns Talk about an own goal. India, the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world, could become a net importer next year , Cogencis reported recently. In the April-September period this year, India imported 900,000 tons of iron ore and exported 17.18 m...
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation ( USAS ) is a company that explores for silver, lead, zinc, and copper. Gold is a small bonus for the company as it is present in the ores. The company has been around since 1998 and changed its name in 2019. USAS's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, Can...
Original post By Stuart Burns By most accounts, nickel has had a good run this year. Among a falling commodity market, nickel has been one of only a couple of metals products that have bucked the trend and seen strong gains. Nickel has jumped some 35% this year, largely on the back...
The price of copper hit its lowest level since late 2016 in early September when the price of the nearby COMEX futures contract fell to a low at $2.4675 per pound. The active month December contract found its bottom at $2.4820. The base metal that is often a barometer for the health and wellbe...
Since 2018, the escalating trade war between the United States and China is one of the most significant issues facing markets across all asset classes. The wave of protectionism in the form of US tariffs on Chinese goods and China's retaliation against US goods has distorted the prices of more...
Original post By Stuart Burns Editor's Note: This article has been corrected to reflect the most recent AISI capacity utilization rates and the price delta between the ROW and the US. Judging by the plunging share price of steel producers and the collapse in steel prices from ...