Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold rose a percent to a one-week high on Friday, briefly breaching the pivotal $1,300 ceiling, as weak U.S. payroll data dented the dollar and risk sentiment, while also exacerbating a gloomy global economic picture.U.S. job growth almost stalled in February with the economy creating only 20,000 jobs amid a contraction in payrolls in co...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower at the close of trading on Friday March 8, with most metals ending the week down despite strong fundamentals across the complex and continued market optimism over US-China trade resolution. Losing momentum over the afternoon, the three-month nickel price fell to just over $13,000 per tonne amid continued selling pressure. ...Read More
European stocks post heavy losses on Friday. US Dollar Index retreats from multi-month highs. Coming up: February NFP report from the U.S. Following yesterday's drop to a 6-week low of $1280 on Thursday, the XAU/USD pair rebounded decisively on Friday and erased the majority of this week's losses. As of writing, the pair was trading at $1293, adding $7.5, or 0.6%, on a daily basis. The E...Read More
• A fresh wave of risk-aversion trade underpins the commodity’s safe-haven demand. • A modest USD pull-back provides an additional boost and remained supportive. • Investors’ focus remains glued to today’s key release of the US monthly jobs report. Gold gained some positive traction on the last trading day of t...Read More
Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners (ECTP), formerly known as BTG Pactual Commodities, has exited London Metal Exchange warehouse operations in Malaysia, according to an LME notice published on Friday March 8. The London-based commodity trader has been reducing its physical base metals trading operations since November 2018, liquidating aluminium stocks and cutting down its team of physical tra...Read More
Gold could see a corrective bounce above $1,290, as the 4-hour chart is showing signs of bearish exhaustion. 4-hour chart Multiple long-tailed candles near $1,280 support indicate seller exhaustion. That coupled with a bullish divergence (higher lows on the RSI) indicate scope for a corrective move higher to descending 10-day MA, currently located at $1,300. The probability of a corrective...Read More
Base metal stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses were mostly down week on week on Friday March 8, with lead leading the descent in percentage terms, while copper stocks registered a 4% gain. Deliverable lead stocks at SHFE-approved warehouses have fallen by 928 tonnes or 3.2% since March 1 to 28,427 tonnes as of March 8. Over the week to Friday, warehouse company Guochutianwei in...Read More
Tanzania has given Barrick Gold-subsidiary Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) until March 30 to stop waste water pollution at its North Mara mine or face a shutdown, but the country's No.1 gold producer said Friday a brief spill affecting the operation has already been halted.The miner says the spill happened because sections of a pipeline used to carry water to a tailings storage facility were either vanda...Read More
Aluminium foundry premiums in Europe and the United States remain under pressure this month due to continuing weak demand in the automotive industry. Foundry premiums in Germany fell 5% month on month and are down more than 16% from the start of 2019. In Germany, the premium for silicon 7 aluminium wheel alloys over London Metal Exchange cash prices delivered to the Ruhr region with 30-day payment...Read More
Crystal Lake Mining's (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: SIOCF) maiden drill program has uncovered a new copper discovery consisting of more than 20 mineralized zones at its 430 sq. km Newmont Lake project northwest of Eskay Creek in B.C.'s Golden Triangle.Last fall the company drilled 550 metres across four reverse circulation holes at the project's Burgundy Ridge target, hitting copper, gold and silver mineral...Read More
Prices for long and flat stainless steel products in Europe were stable this week, but higher prices were beginning to emerge in the market following the increase in monthly surcharges, market participants told Fastmarkets on Friday March 8.The March surcharges for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless sheets increased to ?,?1,308-1,351 ($1,474-1,522) per tonne on March 1, according to data release...Read More
Goldcorp, (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) Yamana Gold, (TSX:YRI; NYSE: AUY) and Glencore (LSE:GLEN; JSE:GLN) signed an integration agreement this week that stipulates the Agua Rica copper-gold project in Argentina will be developed and operated using the existing infrastructure and facilities at the Alumbrera mine."The integration of the Agua Rica project and the Alumbrera mine has significant merit given the...Read More
The Indonesian government issued one-year export recommendations for copper concentrate to miners PT Freeport Indonesia and PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Friday.Freeport was given an allowance of 198,282 wet tonnes of copper concentrate, while Amman was given 336,100 wet tonnes, said Yunus Saifulhak, director of minerals at the...Read More
Brazil's new right-wing government, led by former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.Most of the country's original population lives in the Amazon rainforest, which has an ecosystem seen by many as having worldwide ecological importance. Speaking at an event in...Read More
Tanzania has given Barrick Gold-subsidiary Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) until March 30 to stop waste water pollution at its North Mara mine or face a shutdown, but the country's No.1 gold producer said Friday a brief spill affecting the operation has already been halted.The miner says the spill happened because sections of a pipeline used to carry water to a tailings storage facility were either vanda...Read More
The US copper rod premium has again held steady, although market participants noted pressure from solid demand and tightening supply, citing reported output issues at copper rod producer Asarco.Fastmarkets AMM's assessment of the US copper rod premium was unchanged at 15-17 cents per lb delivered to the Midwest on Thursday March 7; the premium has remained at that level since January 3. "Demand is...Read More
The price of copper slid back again on Friday after trade data showed a plunge in Chinese imports of refined metal, even as concentrate shipments set fresh highs.Copper for delivery in May hit a low of $2.89 per pound ($6,370 a tonne) in overnight trading on the Comex market in New York, down from just shy of the $3.00 mark reached a week ago.China consumes half the world's copper, and trade data...Read More
The aluminium scrap market in the United States was largely unmoved over the past week, but with expectations of warmer weather to come - and uncertainty regarding the robustness of secondary aluminium alloy demand - some scrap prices came under pressure."Some suppliers are still trying to eke out a little push in terms of price from previous weather delays, but with warmer weather coming now and...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower at the close of trading on Friday March 8, with most metals ending the week down despite strong fundamentals across the complex and continued market optimism over US-China trade resolution. Losing momentum over the afternoon, the three-month nickel price fell to just over $13,000 per tonne amid continued selling pressure. ...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More