Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday October 12.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly up during Asian morning trading on Friday October 12, with the weakening dollar supporting investor confidence. Check Fastmarket MB's live futures report here.Codelco's Chuquicamata division will be&nb...Read More
Gold is flashing red in Asia, possibly due to an uptick in the US equity index futures. The oversold safe haven found love this week as the sell-off in the US equities triggered a flight to safety. Technically speaking, the metal's bull breakout would gain more credence above the 100-day exponential moving average (EMA). Gold is losing altitude in Asia, having clocked a ten-week high of...Read More
Christopher Lewis22 hours agoSilver markets were extraordinarily bullish during the trading session on Thursday, as we reached towards the $14.50 level. That’s an area that of course will offer a lot of support and resistance, as we had sold off from that area rather drastically, but we had a little bit of a pullback only to turn around and slam back into it. If we can clear the impulsive c...Read More
Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market during the week ended Friday October 5.Raw materials The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch a high-grade iron ore derivative product to be settled against the daily MB 65% Fe iron ore index published by Fastmarkets. Subsequently, market participants hailed the decision, saying it will serve the burgeoning need for bette...Read More
The world's central banks have been ramping their purchases of gold recently, including purchases by a few banks that have previously ignored gold.The United States continues to run an enormous deficit that shows no possibility of going down in the future.There are signs that foreign investors are no longer willing to keep financing this deficit, which could ultimately lead to money printing.D...Read More
David dives deep into the topic where so few can. Concerned about a potential confiscation? You won't want to miss what David has to say about it...David Morgan interviewed on Reluctant PreppersRenowned silver guru David Morgan returns to Reluctant Preppers to answer YOUR viewer questions, starting with:"What was the David's 'Red Pill' moment??EUR<"David also weighs in on:- Direction of the market...Read More
Domestic steel prices in China are expected to experience downward pressure over the next few months due to less stringent limits being implemented by the authorities in the country's northern region where the bulk of the country's steelmaking capacity is located.Steelmakers in Hebei province's Tangshan city, China's steelmaking hub, will be allowed to maintain their production rates if they meet...Read More
Indian iron ore pellet producer KIOCL is looking to tap into the thriving seaborne market for the steelmaking raw material with plans underway to add a 2-million-tonnes-per-year plant in Visakhapatnam over the next 2-3 years. "We expect to get the approvals for this plant over the next six months and it should be completed in 18-24 months after approvals have been obtained," its chairman and manag...Read More
Gold prices surged Thursday to the highest in more than two months, with the metal's haven status in full force and attracting investment interest amid a sharp retreat for U.S. stocks that has infected foreign indexes. Gold gained as global stock markets suffered from broad declines Thursday. Major U.S. stock indexes headed lower Thursday, as well, failing to recover from Wednesday's plunge. The d...Read More
Movements in the prices of base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly upward at the close of trading on Friday October 12.This was supported by the emergence of fresh buying amid a softer US dollar index and increased market optimism about trade talks between the United States and China.Most prominent among the gains in the complex over the afternoon was the rise in the three-month lead...Read More
Fastmarkets MB rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.Base metals In breaking news this afternoon, the US Treasury Department has further extended the expiration date of general licenses relating to UC Rusal until December 12.Codelco's Chuquicamata division will be running at reduced operating rates until mid-November following a technical fault at...Read More
Seaborne coking coal spot prices moved in opposite directions on Friday October 12 following the emergence of a lower offer in the fob Australia segment, even as a cargo of premium hard coking coal fetched a higher cfr China price.A top Australian brand was traded at $216.50 per tonne cfr China, sources said. This is $0.50 per tonne higher than the last transaction involving the same brand two wee...Read More
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump didn't make it to LME Week, the annual jamboree of the global metals trading community.But the U.S. president was the hot topic at the myriad seminars, cocktail parties and private meetings across London this week.The industrial metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME) have found themselves at the heart of the escalating trade tensions between the U...Read More
BEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China's unwrought copper imports surged to their highest in 2-1/2 years in September, while copper concentrate imports climbed an all-time high as the world's top copper consumer's crackdown on scrap leaves it needing other forms of the metal.China's imports of copper, which include anode, refined, alloy and semi-finished copper products, rose 24 percent from August to...Read More
Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, has revealed its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, will be running at reduced rates until at least the end of the year, as it hurries to complete a planned overhaul ahead of stricter emissions standards coming in effect.Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second la...Read More
MUMBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - India's core consumer inflation was seen at 5.8 percent in September, compared with around 6 percent in August, four analysts estimated from the inflation numbers released on Friday.India's retail inflation rate INCPIY=ECI slightly picked up to 3.77 percent in September from August's 3.69 percent, government data showed on Friday, lower than the 4.0 percent that analysts...Read More
By Sumeet ChatterjeeNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - State Bank of India SBI.NS , the country's largest lender, sees its provision for bad loans remaining high for at least the next two quarters, after which it will start softening as it steps up efforts to improve asset quality, its chairman said on Friday.The state-run lender is also seeing a slowdown in "accretion" of new bad loans, Ra...Read More
Investing.com - Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Friday, October 12:1. Big Banks Report EarningsResults from three of the four big banks are expected before the opening bell on Friday. Investors are waiting to see whether bank stocks remain a safe haven after the volatile week in the stock market, as JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Citigro...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices were lower on Friday as the greenback recovered from a two-week low as inflation pressures eased.Comex gold futures for December delivery fell 0.39% to $1,222.80 a troy ounce as of 8:58 AM ET (12:58 GMT), after recording its largest daily percentage gain on Thursday since June 2016 amid a selloff in equities.Cooling inflation data and rate hike expectations lead to a ri...Read More
(Adds company news items and futures)Oct 12 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 27 points higher at 7,034 with FTSE 100 futures .FFIc1 up 0.51 percent ahead of the cash market open on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* ASHMORE: Emerging markets-focused fund manager Ashmore ASHM.L said assets under management rose 3 percent in its first quarter, boosted by inflows of client...Read More