The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday December 6.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board during morning trading, with downward pressure across the complex stimulated by broad strength in the dollar index, which continues to trade in positive territory after last week's G20 summit.The three-month nickel price ha...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday December 6. Base metals prices, bar those for zinc, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly lower during Asian morning trading on Thursday, with lingering concerns surrounding the trade tensions between the United States and China causing prices to soften.Check Fastmarkets MB's...Read More
Investors presume that the Sino/US cease-fire will be broken and markets are roiled by such prospects. Gold has made a round trip but holds the 38.2% fibo at 1238. Spot gold has broken above the 38.2% fibo of the 2018 decline as investors run for the exits following a terrible start on Wall Street that has progressed into a bloodbath on Thursday ahead of the key nonfarm payrolls d...Read More
• Bulls continue to struggle above $1240 level despite risk-off mood. • A modest pickup in the USD demand prompts some fresh selling. • Traders eye US macro data for some impetus ahead of Powell’s speech. Gold reversed an early uptick to $1241 area and has now drifted into negative territory for the second consecutive sess...Read More
(Kitco News) - 2019 will see the start of a new bull cycle for gold and push the metal up to $1,500 an ounce, said E.B. Tucker, director of Metalla Royalty & Streaming. "To make big money in this market, you have to see the cycles. Nothing changes. We've had three big cycles in gold since 2000 and we're about to have another one," Tucker told Kitco News. Tucker said that the next cycle peak c...Read More
Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) announced today that it has received a work permit to carry out exploration programs consisting of line cutting, ground geophysics and 3,000 metres of diamond drilling on its Oxford Lake project in Manitoba, central Canada. The work permit, however, was issued with certain conditions including a requirement that a heritage resource impact assessment is completed before wo...Read More
Powell has recently came up with the metaphor of wandering in the darkness. Will golden sunshine brighten the dark? I Am the Fed Chair and I Know Nothing On November 14th, Powell discussed global perspectives in Dallas Fed with its President, Robert Kaplan. He characterized the Fed's stance, providing an interesting analogy: A non-economic example [of the approach adopted by the Fed] wo...Read More
Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold rebounded to a near 5-month peak on Thursday as the dollar declined amid expectations of a slowdown in the pace of U.S. rate hikes, with investors seeking refuge from a sell-off in global stocks.Spot gold rose 0.11 percent to $1,238.82 per ounce, having reached $1,244.32 per ounce, its highest since July 17. U.S. gold futures were 0...Read More
Gold is trading near a 5.5-week high of $1,243 hit on Tuesday. The US yield curve inversion could trigger dollar sell-off, leading to further gains in the yellow metal. Gold is currently trading at $1,240 per Oz, having hit a high of $1,243 on Tuesday - the level last seen on Oct. 26. The yellow metal crossed the resistance of the descending trendline connecting the Oct.26 high and Nov. 7 high o...Read More
Lower lithium prices than a year ago have led to differing price expectations between producers and consumers of lithium compounds in their negotiations for 2019 supply contracts. In light of lower spot prices in China, lithium consumers are seeking to lock in lower contract prices for 2019 by referencing the Chinese spot market price in their deals. But lithium producers are trying to keep prices...Read More
Bix says the DERIVATIVES IMPLOSION pin is getting pulled NOW! Bix says IT'S HAPPENING. Here's a critical update on this creative destruction event...by Bix Weir from Road to RootaHang on tight! Deutsche Bank is the lynch pin of the Derivative Implosion and that lynch pin is getting pulled NOW! Noble Group just failed and was DB's counter party to MASSIVE SILVER DERIVATIVES! Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower at the close of trading on Thursday December 6, with downward pressure emerging across global equity indices in addition to a sharp downturn in oil futures, which tricked through to metals prices. Prompting the sell-off, escalating concerns over trade tensions between the United States and China continued to deter investors, a...Read More
Comex copper prices sank to a multi-week low in the US morning on Thursday December 6 with the recent equity market downturn suppressing the entire base metals group. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange tumbled 4.30 cents to $2.7310 per lb. Earlier, the contract touched an intraday low of $2.7130, the weakest point since November 14. US e...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board during morning trading on Thursday December 6, with downward pressure across the complex stimulated by broad strength in the dollar index, which continues to trade in positive territory after last week's G20 summit. The three-month nickel price has fallen 1.6% and is now back below $11,000 per tonne after trading above the...Read More
Chile's state copper miner Codelco said on Thursday it had reached agreement on a new collective labor contract in early negotiations with the union of workers at its Gabriela Mistral mine in northern Chile.The 36-month contract included a signing bonus of 4.2 million pesos ($6,216.63) and a 2 million peso ($2,960.30) premium paid to workers for agreeing to the early negotiation, Codelco, the worl...Read More
Mining companies across the globe now consider the risk of losing their licence to operate as the biggest risk to their businesses in the next two years, a new study shows.According to the 11th annual EY survey of 250 executives, the topic was listed sixth in the list of the ten major risks facing mining and metals firm in 2019-2020. Other challenges listed by the participants were rising national...Read More
PERU - SENACE, the Peruvian National Environmental Certification Service, has rejected Toronto-based Sierra Metals' environmental impact assessment for the expansion of the tailings management facility at the Yauricocha polymetallic mine in the Yauyos province.Sierra Metals has 15 business days to provide a re-evaluation to the authorities to initiate a review process. This process will delay the...Read More
* OPEC ends meeting with no output cuts announced* OPEC, Russia to discuss potential supply cut on Friday* GRAPHIC-OPEC, U.S. & Russia output: https://tmsnrt.rs/2E0xgTz* U.S. turns into net exporter of oil (Updates to settlement, details on Friday meeting)By Devika Krishna KumarNEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Oil fell nearly 3 percent in choppy trading on Thursday after OPEC and its allies ended a...Read More
(Corrects first paragraph to clarify timeframe is end, not middle, of 2019)NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings said on Thursday it expects the Indian currency to weaken to 75 rupees against the U.S. dollar by the end of next year on a widening current account deficit and tighter global financing conditions.Despite a few recent advances, the rupee is on track for its worst yearly performance...Read More
* NSE index end down 1.7 pct, BSE index close 1.6 pct lower* Only 2 stocks on NSE index, 1 on BSE index finish in the greenDec 6 (Reuters) - Indian shares ended lower on Thursday, marking their worst closing levels in two weeks, dragged down by index heavyweights such as Reliance Industries Ltd RELI.NS and Infosys Ltd INFY.NS .The broader NSE index .NSEI closed 1.69 percent lower at 10,601.15,...Read More