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

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The London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price continued its downturn up to the close of trading on Monday March 23, falling over 3.5% and dipping below nearby support levels, while tin futures failed to hold on to Friday's gains. Nickel's underlying price on the LME closed at $10,880 per tonne on Monday afternoon, its lowest closing price since December 2018, while turnover was high at more t...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 19 points in pre-opening trade. Netflix gained $1.48 to $278.38 after CFRA upgraded the stock from Sell to Buy. Target price was increased from $225 to $310. Walt Disney advanced $0.61 to $84.78 after its latest Avator film surpassed $1 billion globally in box office sales. Pfizer added $0.01 to $50.81 after announcing...Read More

Haribo is one of the largest gummy candy manufacturers in the world, with its Wisconsin factory producing 60 million Goldbear ...Read More

Dear reader,Almost exactly a year ago, oil prices went negative $40.Today, with crude trading at $60, you're hearing lots of opinions as to what's next."Electric car revolution" ... "reopening economy" ... "end of commute" ... "start of travel season" ... bullish ... bearish ... who's right? ... who's wrong?We get the challenge -- and our friends at Elliott Wave International are ready to offer yo...Read More

Global crude steel production was at 158.98 million tonnes in June, up 4.6% from 152 million tonnes a year ago, according to data released by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).Output from Chinese steelmakers was 87.53 million tonnes, a 10% increase from 79.59 million tonnes in June 2018. India's output rose 4% to 9.34 million, while Japanese...Read More

"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftOdd as it might sound, the best way into palladium at this late stage of a spectacular rally is through another metal that has similar chemical properties when used as an auto-catalyst in the exhaustRead More

The United Kingdom and European Union have reached an agreement on a trade deal that will ensure tariff-free trading of most goods between the country and the bloc after December 31 when the withdrawal transition period ends, easing metals and minerals market participants' fears of logistics paralysis and material shortages. Following four years of slow negotiations after the 2016 Brexit referendu...Read More

The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India was almost unchanged week on week due to market uncertainty and poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 31.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India was $330.40 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on Friday, little changed from $330.25 per tonne cfr one week earlier.Last week, prices went up by $10 per...Read More

RAPAPORT... A coronavirus surge in India and continued restrictions in Hong Kong have forced jewelry-fair organizers to reschedule upcoming events, compounding the woes the exhibition industry has suffered in the past year.India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has postponed the IIJS Signature show, which was due to begin this Wednesday in Mumbai, according to a recent n...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Coronavirus continues to shape scrap markets but tighter supply may partly offset lower demandWe have downwardly revised our ferrous scrap price forecasts for the following few months and, as a result, for the whole year of 2020, with the Covid-19 outbreak outside China stalling the markets. The Fastmarkets' daily benchmark...Read More

With no let-up in the number of coronavirus (2019-nCov) infections in China, the market is this morning, Friday February 14, waiting for signs that the virus is being contained. In the meantime, it seems as though equities are riding high on the back of China monetary stimulus measures, while the metals markets are more aware that the disruption to production and demand will have a mixed impact co...Read More

Chilean copper output fell by 6.7% year on year in November due to a combination of nationwide protests and operational problems, the country's national statistics institute INE said on Tuesday December 31.The country mined 504,366 tonnes of copper during November, in comparison with 540,720 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2018, when output was at a 13-year high, INE added."[Novembe...Read More

"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it" - George OrwellThe western Central Banks, led by the BIS, are operating to push the price of gold and silver as low as possible. It's a highly motivated effort to remove the proverbial canary from the coal mine before it dies. A soaring price of gold signals to the world that the Central Banks have lost contr...Read More

Amr Alfiky/ReutersJPMorgan is set to pay almost $1 billion to settle charges from US regulators of spoofing in precious metals and Treasury m...Read full newsRead More

The D? 1/4 sseldorf wire and tube fair has been postponed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the fair organizer, Messe D? 1/4 sseldorf, said on Saturday February 29.The international trade fair for wire, cable, tube and pipe industries was due to take place on March 30 to April 3. "We are following the recommendation of the crisis management team of the German government to ta...Read More

By: Richard (Rick) Mills Gold was riding high Monday on bad news regarding the US economy, causing stocks to fall and Wall Street traders to pile into bullion. US markets were choppy on the first trading day after June 1, when the United States increased the tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. Shares of the so-called 'FAANG' stocks slumped, pulling the S&P 500 and the D...Read More

It said Mexico's tax authority, Servicio de Administracion Tributaria, had "exhibited a total disregard for the applicable provisions of three separate double taxation treaties" and had unlawfully opted to ignore an advanced pricing agreement, governing the tax on silver sales between 2010-2014 by its subsidiary Primero Empresa Minera.The silver miner said its efforts to resolve the dispute had be...Read More

Prices in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) export steel billet market continued to climb on support from demand in Latin America while momentum in China slowed down, sources told Fastmarkets."Everyone in the CIS is now offering [billet] at a minimum of $600 per tonne fob Black Sea," one trader said.Some market participants reported offers from the CIS at up to $605 per tonne fob Black...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses gold's recent price decline and how that could be setting it up for a sustainable breakout. The rather sharp drop in gold late last week, especially on Friday, came as something as a shock to many investors in the sector, yet as we will proceed to see it was set up to react back here or soon, and a period of consolidation or reaction at around this level wi...Read More