* Dollar, bond yields slip on Trump* Eyes on key Brexit speech from British PM May* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVhBy Nigel StephensonLONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Stocks, bond yields and the dollar fell on Tuesday, while gold rose as investors drew in their horns in response to comments on the dollar from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and ahead of a speech on Brexit from...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices climbed to the highest level in around eight weeks on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May later in the day, at which she is expected to outline her plans for a 'Hard Brexit'.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,212.50 a troy ou...Read More
China has basically completed capacity cuts in the steel sector, said Shen Ying, general accountant of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on Wednesday January 17. Moving forward, China will push for a technology upgrade in the steel industry.In 2018, the country aims to further restructure the coal industry and reduce capacity by more than 10 mi...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?SHFE lead stood out from the performance of other nonferrous metals on Wednesday afternoon, with a 0.6% rise. Nickel was down 2% and copper was down almost 2%. Aluminium dipped 1.8%. Zinc and tin also slid slightly.The ferrous complex also dipped. Coking coal fell 2% despite a slight rise of rebar. Coke and iron ore dipped almost 1% and hot-rolled coil slight...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,030-7,230/mt while the SHFE 1803 contract is to trade at 53,450-54,600 yuan/mt. On the spot market, the discounts are expected to move at 160-120 yuan/mt.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expected to trade at $2,180-2,200/mt with support at the 20-day moving average while SHFE aluminium is expected to trade at 14,500-14,750...Read More
A team of researchers from Canada's University of British Columbia (UBC) say that recovering metals such as copper and rare earths from LED lights may turn to be an economical option.Professor Maria Holuszko and PhD student Amit Kumar told The Province they have successfully recovered copper, silver and are certain they might also be able to extract some rare earths such as europium, cerium and...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices started the week higher on Monday, rallying to the strongest level in around two months as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this week.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange touched a session peak of $1,208.70...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Nonferrous metals futures were weak on Tuesday afternoon, with aluminium dropping nearly 3% and nickel down 1.8%. Lead was down 1% and copper down 0.7%. Tin also dropped slightly.The ferrous complex also dropped in the afternoon. Coking coal dropped almost 4% and iron ore dropped 1.6%. Coke slipped 1.5% and hot-rolled coil dropped slightly. Rebar edged up slightly at c...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 16 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper is expected to trade at $7,150-7,250/mt today while the SHFE 1803 copper is to trade at 54,430-55,200 yuan/mt. We see spot discounts at 220-140 yuan/mt today as buying interest weakened following higher futures prices.Nickel: LME nickel is expected to stay rangebound today and its Chinese counterpart is to trade at 99,200-100,600 yuan/mt. Spot prices...Read More
Public Service of Canada prosecutor Alexander Clarkson announced that the Crown wants to enter a stay of proceedings in relation to MiningWatch Canada's private prosecution against the Mount Polley Mining Corporation and the Government of British Columbia over the 2014 Mount Polley Mine tailings breach near the city of Williams Lake.In other words, the federal government is seeking a withdrawal of...Read More
One week after releasing its final report on a 2015 toxic wastewater spill accidentally triggered by its own staff at a defunct Colorado mine, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced it won't pay the $1.2 billion in claims filed by local governments, farmers, ranchers, tribes, and river-running raft companies that were seeking compensation for lost business or wages from the spill.Accordi...Read More
Radomiro Tomic copper mine in Chile. (Image courtesy of Codelco via Flickr)Copper, until recently one of the worst performing commodities of the past two years, experienced a sudden spike at the end of 2016, posing several questions as to the direction of the market as we move into 2017.The rally, which began on the heels of Donald Trump winning in the US presidential election, has been partly bas...Read More
Investing.com - Gold ended lower on Friday as investors took profits after prices hit a seven-week peak in the previous session, but still notched up a third consecutive weekly gain.Gold for February delivery settled down 0.21% at $1,195.3 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.The metal was still 1.98% higher for the week, helped by a broad weakening of the U.S. dollar.The U.S....Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 15 (SMM)? 1/4 ? Nonferrous metals futures on the SHFE saw mixed trading on Monday with copper closing with 0.57% rise and nickel up 0.42%. While zinc and aluminium edged up slightly, lead dropped 0.49% and tin slipped 0.3%.The ferrous complex was weaker as iron ore and coking coal dropped around 2% and coke dropped 1.5%. Both hot-rolled coil and rebar were also down slightly.Copper:...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 15 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper traded lowered between the 10-day and 20-day moving averages and is expected to trade at $7,080-7,160/mt today. SHFE copper is expected to trade at 54,260-54,790 yuan/mt while spot premiums are to rise to 40-100 yuan/mt today.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expected to trade higher at $2,210-2,240/mt due to the suspension of Alcoa’s overseas plant...Read More
Rick Rule of Sprott Global Resource Investments sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss why investors need to place more importance and prudence on selecting the best of the best people as they will outperform the best commodities. Mr. Rule shares his unique, proven perspective and selection process as he outlines many aspects such as good stewards of capital, change of co...Read More
At the end of November copper hit an 18-month high on the back of optimism about the possible impact of president-elect Donald Trump's $500 billion-plus infrastructure plan on the metal, widely used in construction, manufacturing transportation and power industries.The price has since come off the boil, official customs data from China, responsible for some 45% of global consumption of the red...Read More