2019 was marked by a big rise in gold, silver and palladium rise among the metals. Natural gas was the biggest looser. UK Pound or cable as we call it was nosedived on brexit but also recovered lost ground after thumping mandate to Boris Johnson in UK elections. Japanese Yen and Euro traded mostly in a range and a trend. Indian rupee had weakened against the US dollar in 2019. There is massive d...Read More
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Buyers and sellers have agreed the premium to be applied to fourth-quarter shipments of direct-reduced (DR) iron pellet, while negotiations for shipments in the first quarter of 2020 have continued but at lower levels, sources told Fastmarkets in late December.Fastmarkets' assessment of the iron ore DR-grade pellet premium, Middle East reference, remained at $39 per tonne on Monday December 31, un...Read More
The three-month price of zinc on the London Metal Exchange had made the greatest gains at the close of trading on Thursday January 2, with the price breaching nearby resistance levels, but copper futures failed to close above the $6,200 per tonne threshold despite an afternoon spike.Zinc's outright price closed at $2,310 per tonne in the afternoon, the highest close since December 27, while tradin...Read More
The majority of Chinese annual blister copper supply contracts for 2020 have settled at significantly lower refining charges (RC) on expected tight supply of the intermediate product. The bulk of 2020 blister copper 98-99% annual benchmark RC cif China supply contracts have been agreed at $125-133 per tonne. The range compares with $155-175 per tonne for 2019. In late November last year, init...Read More
The price of steel rebar in both the Northern and Southern European markets was unchanged this week, with trading activity not yet resumed after the year-end holidays, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday January 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday January 2 that are worth another look.The Chinese city of Ganzhou has launched an exchange for physical trading of rare earths and other minor metals. The outlook for aluminium scrap prices in the United States appears gloomy on the surface for 2020, with market sources noting that the US market remains plagued b...Read More
Chris Vermeulen9 hours ago (Jan 02, 2020 03:31 PM GMT)The rest of the year, Gold consolidated near $1500 as a strong US Stock Market rally took hold in Q4 of 2019. Our original prediction was that Gold would rally to levels near $1750 before the end of 2019 based on our Adaptive Dynamic Learning predictive modeling system (ADL). This did not happen in 2019 as out ADL modeling systems s...Read More
Cobalt hydroxide consumers will continue to have exposure to the spot market this year, with some of their requirements likely to be topped up from producer stocks held in Asian warehouses, sources told Fastmarkets. The creation of a nearby spot market has appeal in cutting the long shipping times, as well as reducing the potential for logistical difficulties and price risk associated with shippin...Read More
The three-month price of zinc on the London Metal Exchange had made the greatest gains at the close of trading on Thursday January 2, with the price breaching nearby resistance levels, but copper futures failed to close above the $6,200 per tonne threshold despite an afternoon spike.Zinc's outright price closed at $2,310 per tonne in the afternoon, the highest close since December 27, while tradin...Read More
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Center. Credit: Samuel Wang via Flickr A public sale for assets originally valued at nearly 25 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) owned by Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Firm (SHE: 000792) has failed. China's largest potash producer - dubbed the nation's "potash king" - closed the sale Wednesday on Alibaba's Taobao platform without a single bid, and is now liable for a potential invent...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Thursday January 2.Please click...Read More
James HyerczykDec 31, 2019 10:47 AM GMTGold futures surged to their highest level since October 3 early Tuesday on the back of another plunge in the U.S. Dollar. A weaker dollar tends to drive up demand for dollar-denominated gold because it makes it more attractive to foreign buyers.The dollar is weakening because investors are dumping greenback positions placed as hedges against an escalation of...Read More
Silver looks extraordinarily cheap here, with its price being way below its 2011 highs, especially taking inflation into account, and...by Clive Maund of Streetwise ReportsWhile silver's charts do not yet look as positive as gold's, that is normal at this early stage in the cycle, when gold is favored over silver, which attracts more speculative interest as the bull market progresses.Nevertheless...Read More
The Chinese city of Ganzhou has launched an exchange for physical trading of rare earths and other minor metals. The Ganzhou Rare Metal Exchange was launched on December 31, 2019, according to the Association of China Rare Earth Industry. The Ganzhou exchange will trade cobalt, rare...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Thursday January 2.Please click...Read More
The price of steel mesh-quality wire rod in the Northern and Southern European markets was unchanged in the week to Thursday January 2 due to the lack of trading activity resulting from year-end holidays.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?450-460 ($504-516) per tonne...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday January 2 that are worth another look.The Chinese city of Ganzhou has launched an exchange for physical trading of rare earths and other minor metals. The outlook for aluminium scrap prices in the United States appears gloomy on the surface for 2020, with market sources noting that the US market remains plagued b...Read More
Gerald has appointed Patricia Nikolopoulos as its new chief financial officer and to its board of directors, the company said on Monday December 30. Nikolopoulos, who was formerly CFO of Gerald's North America business, is formally replacing Vittorio Conti who left...Read More
The Chinese city of Ganzhou has launched an exchange for physical trading of rare earths and other minor metals. The Ganzhou Rare Metal Exchange was launched on December 31, 2019, according to the Association of China Rare Earth Industry. The Ganzhou exchange will trade cobalt, rare...Read More