Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort328,94262,27253,868116,697418,160499,507534,300Change from Prior Reporting Period 20,4835,7706,3132,28716,45829,08328,541Traders22268805359310177 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 62,12127,328561,628 44498629,527 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting p...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold higher high, higher low pattern. Swingline $1807.70..(recorded July 3)Read More
Remain on the sidelines in gold, copper and crude oil till UK opens. Overall gold and silver will remain firm as coronavirus is showing no mercy to the human population. USA became a Afghanistan on its Independence Day. Violence and lawlessness is rising with in USA with passing of each day. "Black Lives Matter" is no more a peaceful protest. US dollar attracts less safe haven demand with passin...Read More
Brazilian vehicle manufacturers' association Anfavea recorded a 57.5% year-on-year decrease in production during June 2020, with plants still reopening from temporary idle periods while they readjusted to the fall in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it said on Monday July 6.Output totaled 98,708 units in June, down from 233,150 units a year before. But it was up by 129% from 43,080 units produ...Read More
China's infrastructure spending has aided the steel market's recovery from the effects of Covid-19 shutdowns and is very likely to facilitate "a great prospective" for the consumption of steel and ferro-alloys used in infrastructure, delegates heard at Fastmarkets' "Covid-19 and Asian ferro-alloys market" webinar on Tuesday June 30. In a poll at the end of the second session of the webinar, 65% of...Read More
Tata Steel has reached an agreement with trade union FNV Metaal over its Dutch assets, bringing an end to 25 days of industrial action, the company said on Friday July 3.There will be no redundancies at Tata Steel at IJmuiden and the parent company will invest in site's upgrade, FNV said.In addition, an employment pact for the company's Dutch workers has been extended by five years until Octo...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort328,94262,27253,868116,697418,160499,507534,300Change from Prior Reporting Period 20,4835,7706,3132,28716,45829,08328,541Traders22268805359310177 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 62,12127,328561,628 44498629,527 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporting p...Read More
By: Stefan Gleason, Money MetalsLast week we heard the first half of an interview Money Metals president Stefan Gleason did during a recent 360 Gold Summit. Today we'll hear part two of that interview. Stefan gives some important warnings to gold and silver investors; discusses why he favors one of the precious metals over the others and also talks about some really important things to conside...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold higher high, higher low pattern. Swingline $1807.70..(recorded July 3)Read More
Each of us seeks our own version of the truth when we turn on the news. Tucker Carlson, one of the most courageous and honest journalists of this era, is my choice. He has excoriated Democrats and Republicans alike for their moral cowardice in coddling torch mobs. I can't get my liberal friends to watch him, however, probably for the same reasons they could never get me to watch Rachel Maddow....Read More
Remain on the sidelines in gold, copper and crude oil till UK opens. Overall gold and silver will remain firm as coronavirus is showing no mercy to the human population. USA became a Afghanistan on its Independence Day. Violence and lawlessness is rising with in USA with passing of each day. "Black Lives Matter" is no more a peaceful protest. US dollar attracts less safe haven demand with passin...Read More
The Black SwanWhen "Because" Isn't EnoughGliding into DisorderBig DreamsBirthdays, Anniversaries and the 4th of July"A similar effect is taking place in economic life. I spoke about globalization in Chapter 3; it is here, but it is not all for the good: it creates interlocking fragility, while reducing volatility and giving the appearance of stability. In other words, it creates devastating Blac...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 2 that are worth another look.European importers of long steel and hot-rolled coil have claimed that this week's definitive decision in the EU steel imports safeguard case review ignored the interests of independent buyers and focused protection only on steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 1.Chilean...Read More
Most Turkish flat steel prices hit a monthly peak on June 12, following feedstock prices, before edging back down when buyers concluded their procurement activity, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 2. Turkish flat steel producers are fully booked until mid-September. Feedstock scrap prices fluctuated in June. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), U...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday July 6 that are worth another look.A deadly border clash which began in the cold and windy highlands of Ladakh, in northeastern Kashmir, has spilled over into steel trading between China and India.China's infrastructure spending has aided the steel market's recovery from the effects of Covid-19 shutdowns and is very likely to facili...Read More
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has predicted an impending collapse of a portion of its Nchanga open-pit copper mine in Zambia after a series of geotechnical assessments found some slope instability.Preliminary indications have shown that the slough, or caving in of ground, will be confined to a stretch of around 350 meters, the Zambian copper producer said, putting the estimated area and volume of the...Read More
Seaborne manganese ore prices continued to face pressure last week against a backdrop of falling portside ore prices, weak alloy futures contracts, and lower-than-expected tender price for July-delivery silico-manganese from Hebei Steel, China's second largest steel mill. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index, 37% Mn, cif Tianjin tumbled to $4.21 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on July 3, down by...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange was the standout performer at the close of trading on Monday July 6, with turnover at its highest since June 2, while copper futures similarly found momentum over the afternoon, closing above nearby resistance.Nickel's underlying price on the LME closed at $13,336 per tonne on Monday afternoon, climbing from an intraday low of $12,985 per t...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday July 6 that are worth another look.A deadly border clash which began in the cold and windy highlands of Ladakh, in northeastern Kashmir, has spilled over into steel trading between China and India.China's infrastructure spending has aided the steel market's recovery from the effects of Covid-19 shutdowns and is very likely to facili...Read More
The London Metal Exchange is looking for ways to boost its options market, which has been struggling for some years to replicate the growth seen in the same sector among its peers.The exchange has launched a consultation, scheduled to end on July 29, on developing electronic options via a new trading platform while retaining its current inter-office options trading structure.Items up for discussio...Read More