Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
AMZN results could weigh down the tech sector, thoughU.S. stock futures are trading mixed, as traders consider this morning's surprising jobs report. Specifically, nonfarm payrolls for January showed the economy added304,000 jobs, torching estimates of 170,000 despite the government shutdown. While the unemployment rate moved up slightly to 4%, Wall Street will be wondering how the strong economic...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More
* Quotas set at 2015-2017 average imports, plus 5 pct * Tariffs of 25 pct apply if quotas are filled * Steel group welcomes move, carmakers don't (Adds EU steel body, Swiss inclusion)By Philip BlenkinsopBRUSSELS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The European Union will imposelimits on steel coming into the bloc from Saturday in responseto U.S. President Donald Trump's metals tariffs, a filing in theEuropean Unio...Read More
Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1.The federal prosecutors' office, state prosecutors and the state government of Minas Gerais, where Feij??o is located made most of the complaints. Additionally,...Read More
China's crude stainless steel output rose 3.6% to a new high in 2018, according to data released by the China Stainless Steel Council.The country produced 26.71 million tonnes of crude stainless steel last year, up 940,000 tonnes from 25.77 million tonnes a year earlier, according to the statistics released late on Thursday January 31. Of the total, 48% or 12.82 million tonnes consisted of 300-ser...Read More
COT SPECIAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE -- The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018 (based on data from Monday, December 24, 2018). The CFTC expects to publish this report on Friday, February 1, 2019. After this, the...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerLast month the Government's Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs in the latter half of the month. The BLS happily counts those jobs when hired in October but forgets to remove them when are dismissed at the end of the holiday shopping season. As John Williams (Sh...Read More
By: Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report Official gold purchases reached a new record in 2018 as central banks continued to diversify away from the U.S. Dollar. Not only was 2018 a banner year for central bank gold purchases, but it was also the highest amount for more than five decades. Central banks haven't bought this much gold in one year since Nixon ended the convertibility of the U.S. Do...Read More
While some may have been confused by Fed Chairman Powell's circular statements in yesterday's press conference, the takeaway should be abundantly clear: the period of Fed tightening, is over. The Fed will now hold steady on interest rates, and when they move again, they are more likely to lower rates than to raise them. And while the Fed's program of balance sheet reductions is technically still...Read More
Last year was admittedly a tough one for emerging markets. A number of currencies were under considerable pressure, with some of them falling to record or near-record lows against the strong U.S. dollar. Global trade tensions, threats of sanctions, rising U.S. interest rates and higher oil prices before they began to crater in October, that is also contributed to the selloff. From its 52-week hi...Read More
Eastern China's Shagang has increased the prices for its long steel products for orders booked in the first 20 days of February.The mill is selling its HRB400 16-25mm rebar at 3,900 yuan ($582) per tonne over the February 1-20 period, up 20 yuan per tonne from its last set of prices, it said on Friday February 1.Shagang is also...Read More
Global scrap prices pushed upward during the working week from Monday January 28 to Friday February 1, driven by heightened demand due to restocking activity from steel mills worldwide. Steelmakers in Turkey secured at least 17 ferrous scrap cargoes over the past week, pushing Turkish scrap import prices and US ferrous scrap export prices higher during that period. Asian and Indian import pri...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Despite the fact that European steel mills published significantly lower alloy surcharges to come into effect on Friday February 1, prices have remained unchanged, Fastmarkets has heard.Transaction prices for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel sheets remained at ?,?2,000-2,040 ($2,295-2,341) per tonne delivered on the day.Whether the lower surcharges will be reflected in transaction prices...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Friday February 1, with most futures prices ending the week higher amid continued weakness in the US dollar index and LME stock drawdowns. Despite consolidating 0.5% lower over the afternoon, copper's three-month price remains well supported above $6,100 per tonne. While on-warrant material is now above 100,000 t...Read More
The price of copper on the Comex exchange in the United States edged lower in the final session of trading on Friday February 1, with the market awaiting further news on US-China trade talks.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.20 cents to $2.7825 per lb.Price action in the red metal has been positive throughout the week, on lo...Read More
Gold's four-month winning streak - the longest since September 2012 - could pause in February if the US data continues to beat estimates, forcing markets to reassess Fed outlook. The yellow metal closed at $1,321 yesterday - up 3 percent from the monthly opening price of $1,282. Prices rallied 2.07, 0.59, and 4.91 percent, respectively, in the previous three months. That is the longest stretch...Read More
Gold prices are acting as a tailwind.KGC is likely to deliver a strong Q4 when it announces results in mid-February.The long-term outlook will depend on the company's operational performance delivered in-line with targets, and a sustained improvement in gold prices.The technical price chartand analysts' recommendations also indicate a buy at current prices.When I last wrote on Kinross Gold (KGC),...Read More
Manganese ore prices are showing signs of recovery after a poor start to 2019 that was blamed largely on bearish sentiment around silico-manganese and steel markets in China.Low-grade manganese ore prices have edged up in late January amid a flurry of demand ahead of Chinese New Year, which meant some of the firmer offers in the market were successful, despite the fact that some miners had cut off...Read More
Eldorado Gold unexpectedly changed its Kisladag development plans.The heap-leach mining will resume in Q1, without the need to build the expensive mill.Eldorado Gold should produce 390,000-420,000 toz gold this year and 520,000-550,000 toz gold next year.With the improved cash flow and no Kisladag mill expenditures, a range of new options opens up for Eldorado Gold.Shares of Eldorado Gold (EGO) ju...Read More