The federal government of Canada announced on Dec. 12, 2018, that traditional coal-fired electric generation plans will be phased out by 2030. Greenhouse gas regulations for natural gas-fired generating stations was also published.The government says it wants to have 90% of this country's electricity generated from non-emitting sources. It estimates that carbon pollution from the electricity secto...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Thursday as Wall Street expressed optimism over U.S. and China trade talks. General Electric Co. (GE) jumped 7% after JPMorgan analyst Stephen Tusa lifted his rating on the stock to "neutral" from "underweight." -Apple Inc. (AAPL) said Thursday it would invest $1 billion to build a ne...Read More
Where are the populist government leaders who are cutting their outrageous government debts?The answer, unfortunately, is that they do not exist.Citizens riot in France over insane fuel taxes, central bankers resign in India, markets crash in America, and England's citizens watch their Brexit turn into an overpriced wet noodle.None of this fazes the world's populist leaders. They believe they alon...Read More
Gold prices have declined so far this year. But 2019 and 2020 should be positive again because analysts at ABN AMRO expect a lower dollar, lower US Treasury yields, a recovery of the Chinese yuan and higher jewellery demand. Speculators are expected to cut their substantial short positions and gold prices should rise to above the 200-day moving average. We keep our year-end tar...Read More
Silver prices have declined by 14% and speculators hold extreme short positions. Silver prices have seen the worst and ABN AMRO analysts are positive on silver outlook, because of lower dollar, lower US Treasury yields and recovery in the Chinese yuan.So far year-to-date silver prices have been the weakest among precious metal prices. They have declined by more than 14%. Silver prices ha...Read More
Dutch bank Rabobank, international trading firm Concord Resources and warehousing firm PGS are developing a blockchain trading platform for the metal repo financing business, the companies said.The parties signed a letter of intent and have already started developing the system, known as Beyond Commodities. Its goal is to drive efficiencies, traceability and transparency in metals trading - specif...Read More
Since its merger with Xstrata, Glencore - previously a trading and marketing firm - has become a mining firm whose earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is dominated by earnings from its industrial activities. The recent appointment of Peter Freyberg as head of the company's industrial mining assets, a newly created position with oversight and responsibility for all Glenco...Read More
Comex copper prices moved higher on the morning of Thursday December 13 in the United States, with easing global trade tensions providing a boost to risk appetite.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 0.90 cents to $2.7790 per lb.Worries that the trade war between the US and China will only escalate in 2019 have softened in recent we...Read More
Since its merger with Xstrata, Glencore - previously a trading and marketing firm - has become a mining firm whose earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is dominated by earnings from its industrial activities. The recent appointment of Peter Freyberg as head of the company's industrial mining assets, a newly created position with oversight and responsibility for all Glenco...Read More
The following is an excerpt from my December 6th issue of the Mining Stock Journal:Trumps Dilemma - The dollar index has been rising since Trump began his war on trade. But right now it's at the same 97 index level as when Trump was elected. Recall that Trump's administration pushed down starting in 2017 to stimulate exports and attempt to cut the trade deficit. The dollar fell from 97 to 88....Read More
The minor metals industry is facing turbulent times and increased volatility in all regions, but some things remain constant and there are always new opportunities if you know where to look, says former-chairman of the MMTA Anthony Lipmann. For Lipmann, owner of niche metals company Lipmann Walton and former chairman of the Minor Metals Trade Association, the constants include an "old fa...Read More
However the optimism could evaporate with reports emerging at the time of writing of a second Canadian believed to have been detained in China.The news follows last week's arrest in Canada of Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has since been granted bail.Base metals were little changed on low volumes on the London Metal Exchange yesterday and the gold price is similar to this time yesterday, around US...Read More
Published 21 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Gold eased to its lowest in nearly one week on Thursday as the dollar rose and investors latched on to gains in global stocks, while palladium touched record highs on expectations of higher demand.Spot gold eased 0.21 percent to $1,242.74 per ounce at 11:21 a.m. EST (1621 GMT), while U.S. gold futures settled at $1,247.40 per ounce, down $2.60.The do...Read More
* Stronger dollar after ECB comments weighs on metals * Tin hits highest level in three weeks * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Copper hit its highest in morethan a week on Thursday after U.S.-China trade tensions eased,but gains were capped due to persistent worries about Chinesedemand and global growth.China made its first purchas...Read More
Since its merger with Xstrata, Glencore - previously a trading and marketing firm - has become a mining firm whose earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is dominated by earnings from its industrial activities. The recent appointment of Peter Freyberg as head of the company's industrial mining assets, a newly created position with oversight and responsibility for all Glenco...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1242.90-$3.00Silver$14.77+$0.03XAU68.75+0.17%HUI156.67-0.06%GDM568.86+0.18%JSE Gold1298.65+25.20USD97.07+0.05Euro113.64-0.02Yen88.03-0.31Oil$52.58+$1.4310-Year2.909%-0.005T-Bond143.15625-0.09375Dow24597.38+0.29%Nasdaq7070.33-0.39%S&P2650.54-0.02% The Metals: Gold held near unchanged in Asia before it dipped to $1240.30 in early New York trade and then bounced back highe...Read More
- 'Gigantic holes in the system' warns former Fed Head- Interest rates will remain lower than they have been in past- Leveraged loans pose risks and there is unfinished regulation- "I think things have improved, but then I think there are gigantic holes in the system"- No new financial crisis in 'our lifetimes', Yellen said only last year- Editors note: Yellen should know as she and her predece...Read More
As part of its series on blockchain in commodities, Fastmarkets takes a closer look at the evolution of blockchain networks for trade financeMarco PoloOne of the fastest growing trade and working capital finance networks in blockchain is the Marco Polo network, a joint venture with technology firm TradeIX and software firm R3, along with a number of major banks and their clients.Designed to facili...Read More
UK ferrous scrap prices for deliveries in December have uniformly dropped by ?20 per tonne due to weaker export prices and a slowdown in domestic consumer demand, trade sources told Fastmarkets MB on Thursday December 13.The move follows a rollover on consumer delivery settlements in the past two months. UK suppliers had signaled a likely drop in December shipment prices due to a fall in European...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to stay out of the deep-sea scrap markets on Thursday December 13. They are unlikely to resume buying any time soon due to the continuing lack of demand for finished steel in the country's domestic and export markets.Steel mills in Turkey have been holding back from scrap purchases for more than two weeks now, with only one cargo booked since November 2...Read More