Manganese ore prices are overheated compared with production costs and manganese alloy prices, making them prone to a decline next year, panelists said at Fastmarkets' 34th International Ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon this week. Manganese ore prices have trended higher since May this year. Fastmarkets MB's 44% manganese ore index was last calculated at $7.13 per dry metric tonne unit dmtu,...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
(Kitco News) - Brexit is making headlines again and the uncertainty on whether or not negotiations between UK and EU officials will lead to an agreement has kept the European economy on edge.However, according to one key European official, regardless of the outcome, the continent needs to focus on maintaining its “Union,” which he says has continued to benefit the continent and its cit...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76% The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot back up in New Yor...Read More
Crude oil can rise anytime. Momentum can reverse on value-based buying. I am satisfied with the gold price performance yesterday. It did not nosedive. If gold and silver do not fall today, then there will be short covering and a rise. Any reconciliation between China-USA on the trade war issue will be bullish for copper and industrial metals. Right now everything is mere speculation. Next week...Read More
The Turkish steel mills continued their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets for another day on Wednesday November 14, because of a softening rebar market and increasing scrap supply in Europe, Fastmarkets was told.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases. Meanwhile, rebar prices have shown a downturn with news of recent sales at $506-5...Read More
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut oil output by 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd), three sources familiar with the issue said, although Russia may not be on board for such a large reduction.Worried by a drop in oil prices due to slowing demand and record supply from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday, after consumer prices in October rose as expected, adding little pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates swiftly, while a rebound in oil prices lifted energy stocks.Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) rose 0.5 percent and Chevron Corp (CVX.N) gained 1.6 percent as oil prices recovered on growing prospect of an output cut by OPEC and...Read More
The Wednesday Market Minute Global stocks retreat as of the world's biggest economies shrink in the wake of world trade disputes and oil prices extend their longest losing streak on record.Brent oil has fallen more than 25% since its early October peak, and four-year high, as ramping U.S. production and waivers allowing for the sale of Iranian crude have hammered global prices.Japan and Ger...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Global insurance regulators will suspend designating globally systemically important insurers, who are required to hold extra capital, in a victory for companies such as American International Group (AIG.N) and Prudential (PRU.L).The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) said it wants to replace the list of “too big to fail” insurers, last publish...Read More
A series of Chinese policies aimed at restricting imports of copper scrap is not expected to significantly alter the supply/demand balance in the world's largest copper consuming country, industry executives said during a panel discussion at Asia Copper Week in Shanghai. "Despite the restriction of category-7 copper scrap imports this year, we have seen limited impact on the industry this year," Q...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in nine months in October amid gains in the cost of gasoline and rents, pointing to steadily rising inflation that likely will keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates again next month.The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index rose 0.3 percent last month after edging up 0.1 percent in September...Read More
Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street had this to say at the time:Oil and Gas Bloodbath Spreads to Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans. Defaults NextThe price of oil has plunged nearly 40% since June to $65.63, and junk bonds in the US energy sector are getting hammered, after a phenomenal boom that peake...Read More
Vietnam, a major consumer of scrap in Asia, has purchased at least 30,000 tonnes of Japanese H2 materials this week.Deals involving at least two bulk shipments bound for southern Vietnam were heard concluded around $329-330 per tonne cfr Vietnam.This suggests that fob Japan prices have fallen further from last week's level of ?34,700-35,000 ($305-307) per tonne after a tender held by the Kanto Te...Read More
Escobal Mine in Guatemala. Source: Tahoe Resources Inc.Pan American Silver Corp. [PAAS-TSX, NASDAQ] said Wednesday November 14 that it has agreed to acquire Tahoe Resources Inc. [THO-TSX, NYSE] in a US$1 billion transaction that will create the world's largest premier silver mining company.Under the agreement, shareholders of Tahoe can elect to receive US$3.40 in cash or 0.2403 Pan American commo...Read More
Image: Denis Costille/Shutterstock.com(Kitco News) - France wants to play a bigger role in the international bullion market by capturing part of London’s global gold trade following Brexit, according to British news reports.In the most recent step to up its game, the Bank of France announced a partnership with the U.S. banking group JPMorgan that will offer a range of new gold bullion servic...Read More
Based the last few days' headlines you'd never know the world is in year 10 of a pretty good expansion. Check this out:Not terrified of a recession? These stocks hint you should be Cyclical commodities continue to weaken, gold moves in relation Italian banks on verge of new crisis on ?,?400 million hole at Banca Carige China rate-cut chatter becomes louder as growth risks gather "iPhone story is...Read More
* Silver matches its lowest since Jan. 21, 2016 * GRAPHIC-Gold/silver ratio:* SPDR Gold Trust holdings fell on Tuesday (Updates prices)By Sumita LayekNov 14 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell on Wednesday as thedollar held near a multi-month high buoyed by interest frominvestors seeking cover from sliding stocks and by prospects forhigher U.S. interest rates.Spot gold was down 0.1 percent at $1,201.08 p...Read More
Comex copper prices moved higher on Wednesday November 14 despite a stronger dollar due to growing optimism that a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and China could be reached in the next few months. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 1.25 cents to $2.6995 per lb. Markets have seen chaotic price movement in th...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will try to convince senior ministers on Wednesday to accept a draft European Union divorce deal that opponents say threatens both her government and the unity of the United Kingdom.The weakest British leader in a generation, she has to try to get the deal approved by parliament before exiting the bloc on March 29, 2019.Brexit campaigners in May’...Read More