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
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close of trading on Friday March 1, with a continued trend of record-low inventories failing to spur persistent price rallies amid broad strength in the US dollar index. Both copper and nickel futures remain well supported, while volumes were moderate over the afternoon, with copper leading the complex at 19,890 lots changing hands...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week. Read More
Think gold will be a good inflation hedge in coming months? Think again. Consider: If gold GCJ9, -1.64% were a good inflation hedge, its inflation-adjusted price would be constant. Yet, while U.S. inflation (as judged by the Consumer Price Index) has declined in each month since last October, gold has risen nearly 12%. In the process, the gold-to-CPI ratio has risen markedly, from below 4.8 to ne...Read More
(Reuters) - Venezuela's most successful financial operations in recent years have not taken place on Wall Street, but in primitive gold-mining camps in the nation's southern reaches.With the country's economy in meltdown, an estimated 300,000 fortune hunters have descended on this mineral-rich jungle area to earn a living pulling gold- flecked earth from makeshift mines.Their picks and shovels are...Read More
Miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are starting to look at blockchain as a way to provide supply chain traceability in compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, according to the chief operating officer of Cobalt Blockchain (COBC).Lance Hooper said the Canadian resource company, which has an exploration and development business including assets in the DRC, is extending its...Read More
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Elon Musk a has long track record of being long on promises and short on deliveries - literally and figuratively. His motive, as has been self-professed repeatedly on Twitter, is to torment short-sellers by driving the stock higher with fraudulent tweets. But underlying Musk's garish bravado and overtly fraudulent financial reports is a business operation that, by all indications, is slowly...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday March 1. China The domestic ferro-chrome spot price rose to 6,850-7,100 yuan per tonne from 6,750-6,950 yuan per tonne a week before after domestic suppliers lifted their prices following Tsingshan's announcement that it had raised its tender price by 100 yuan per tonne on February 25. The news broa...Read More
By various gauges ofvalue, the gold and gold mining sector is the most undervalued of all theinvestment sectors; that should change shortly. if we judge by the lack ofresearch coverage of gold companies we might conclude that there is littleinterest, but don't be fooled. Our analysis suggests that we are seeing one of the best opportunities ever...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesMar 01, 2019 The gold miners' stocks have been climbing higher on balance, enjoying a solid upleg that is gathering steam. That's fueling improving sentiment, driving more interest in this small contrarian sector. This gold-stock upleg is likely to grow in coming months, partially because of very-favorable spring seasonals. The gold stocks' second-strongest seasonal rally of t...Read More
Spot copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TCs/RCs) firmed in the latter half of February after Chinese smelters returned to the market for March and April cargoes. Fastmarkets calculated the copper concentrates TC/RC index at $74.3 per tonne/ 7.43 cents per lb as of February 28, up marginally from $74.20 per tonne/ 7.42 cents per lb for the first two weeks of February. TCs...Read More
Mining operations at Rusal's 2.3 million-tonne-per-year Bauxite Co of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) have been suspended for 14 days due to strike action, with no timeline for the return of workers. "Operations of the BCGI have been suspended since February 15, 2019, due to an unannounced protest of workers demanding a salary increase," a Rusal spokesperson told Fastmarkets on Friday March 1. "As of t...Read More
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An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
* Nickel hits six-month peak, helped by China ferrous rally * GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Zinc rose on Friday on concernabout shortages after inventories slid, but some otherindustrial metals were softer after factory activity in topmetals consumer China contracted.Zinc mines have been ramping up, but smelters have not beenable...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 254,086108,43953,521146,161312,638453,768474,598 Change from Prior Reporting Period 39,916-857133-13,51526,85126,53426,127 Traders 21872684755291173 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 50,87130,041504,639 2,0222,42928,556 non reportable positionsChan...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINBig volatility can create no volatility for a while, everyone worn out. Gold in a correction phase, nothing bearish looking on the weekly chart.Read More
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019* Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote (Updates prices)By Saikat ChatterjeeLONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - The pound slipped on Fridayafter survey data showed British factories slashed jobs inFebruary, but still enjoyed its biggest weekly rise in a monthon receding fears that Britain will leave the European Unionwithout a deal.The British currency surged...Read More
Global steel scrap prices began to edge up in Turkey this week while other key markets continued to lose ground, Fastmarkets heard during the week ended Friday March 1.Turkey succeeded in recovering some of its recent losses in new bookings, but these remained sparse and mills were still reluctant to enter the market. The US market continued to stagnate while prices in Asia edged down further due...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India fell by $11 per tonne this week following deals done at lower prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 1.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India was $328.33 per tonne cfr on March 1, down $11.11 per tonne from $339.44 per tonne cfr on February 22.Deals were heard for shredded material into...Read More