So last night after a day of blogging (ha, I didn’t really blog yesterday) but did have some meetings, I went home to a kitchen full of spiders. Not just any spiders mind you, but the creation of my five year old son, who unbeknown to me has proven to have some artistic skills beyond [...]
We have recently written about weighing the merits of anti dumping cases and received some comments from readers regarding the treatment of steel mills by their multi-national owners north and south of the US-Canadian border which we felt deserved further review. No one doubts the need for producers to respond to the changes in the [...]
Have you ever heard the term greenwashing? I admit I had not (though I should have given my general distrust of pretty much most marketing messages). When I shop and see a cereal label that says 75% organic, am I a heel for falling for it? No, I laugh and just assume marketing gimmick. Greenwashing, [...]
Our readers may get a kick out of knowing that our gold and other precious metals predictions appear in our “Top Five” most popular blog posts for 2009. Many will see in our latest perspective, that we take a slightly more bullish position than our original predictions written back here in January. We enjoy the [...]
An extremely bullish article appeared this month in Business Standard, an Indian online publication, regarding Indian stainless steel consumption. It’s interesting not so much because the projections it makes appear wildly optimistic in the current climate but more because the numbers illustrate why investors get so excited by emerging markets in the first place. The gist [...]
Zirconium has what appears the most benign of origins as a raw material. It is generally found as Zircon, an oxide of Zirconium, combined with silicates in sand deposits. When you consider it’s unique properties and applications it is fortunate that deposits are relatively widespread and predominantly from stable reliable sources. Australia leads with South [...]
This is part two of a two part series examining key consumption trends over the next few years and how they will impact metals markets. You can read Part One here. The balance of payments has improved markedly over the last six months partly by a drop in consumption but also by an aversion to [...]
Gold was given a fillip this week following news over the weekend that China has been quietly building its gold stocks for most of this decade. Reserves were last specifically posted in 2003 and have shown on government records as 600 tons since the end of that year. In reality though the State Administration of [...]
