Bullish...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it’s published.Su...Read More
LME aluminium prices back at levels...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as so...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are modestly down in early-afternoon U.S. trading Tuesday. A strongerU.S. dollar index that scored a new for-the-move high today is weighing on the precious metals markets. A rebound in the U.S. stock market so far today is also a negative element for the safe-haven gold and silver markets. December gold futures were last down $2.10 an ounce at $1,225.40. December Comex...Read More
Comex copper prices tumbled to a mid-September low on October 30 morning in the US amid rising bearish sentiment in the equity market, a rising dollar and ongoing worries regarding the trade war between the US and China.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange tumbled 5.70 cents to $2.6835 per lb. Earlier in intraday trading, the contract h...Read More
Aluminium LME aluminium prices remain under pressure after...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus dow...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Tuesday October 30*Copper -$147.06 (-1,026.81 yuan) Aluminium -$434.25 (-3,032.13 yuan) Zinc -$96.83 (-676.11 yuan) Nickel $500.55 (3,495.02 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using...Read More
Week in review The LME 3M...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it&#...Read More
BOSTON - (Kitco News) - Gold and palladium are the darlings of the precious-metals sector, but one analyst is paying more attention to dark horses silver and platinum.In an interview with Kitco News during the London Bullion Market Association annual conference, Johann Wiebe, lead precious metals analyst at GFMS, Refinitiv, formerly the Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Unit, said that while gold...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday October 30.Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly lower during Asian morning trading on Tuesday October 30 due to a firm dollar index, with nickel the only metal to gain on investor dip-buying.A firm dollar put downward pressure on the SHFE base metals this morning. The dollar index ha...Read More
Mine and refined output still...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as...Read More
Prices succumb to selling pressure and break down......ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the l...Read More
BOSTON - (Kitco News) - The Nov. 6 mid-term elections could have a direct impact on the physical bullion market, according to the head of Perth Mint. Richard Hayes, CEO of Perth Mint Richard Hayes, CEO of the Australian mint, told Kitco News on the sidelines of the London Bullion Market Association’s 2018 precious metals conference that if Democrats regain control of Congress next week h...Read More
Most resilient LME base metal... LME...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as s...Read More
BOSTON -(Kitco News) - While gold investors have lamented the lackluster price action as a sign that nobody cares about the yellow metal, the world’s most liquid gold markets said that perception is the farthest thing from the truth. Young-Jin Chang, global head of metals at CME Group In an interview with Kitco News on the sidelines of the 2018 London Bullion Market Association annual P...Read More
Refined market deficit widens to 292,000...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday October 31.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Tuesday October 30, with broad strength in the US dollar index prompting sharp drops in the three-month copper and zinc contract prices while aluminium drifted to levels not seen since August 2017. Read more in our live futures r...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold may need further weakness in the equity market to retain its October rally, says TD Securities.The metal spent much of the summer “in the gutter” as bearish traders piled on short positions, the firm pointed out a research note late Monday. However, a sharp correction lower in equities this month convinced many of these shorts to buy in order to cover, or exit, posi...Read More
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Competition regulators in the European Union have opened an in-depth investigation into the 50:50 European flat-steel joint venture between ThyssenKrupp and Tata Steel Europe, the European Commission (EC) said on Tuesday October 30.The EU authorities will have 90 working days, until March 19, 2019, to make a decision in the case. The EC has opened the investigation to assess the proposed creatio...Read More