The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Thursday February 20, falling by more than 1% but holding above the nearby support level, while nickel failed to reduce its losses despite low turnover.Zinc's outright price on the LME closed at $2,112 per tonne in the afternoon, with daily trading volumes the second-highest across the base-metals complex...Read More
Alumina prices on an fob Australia basis have gone up over the past week due to a high-priced deal for material destined for China, but market participants were still searching for clarity on market conditions on Thursday February 20.Fastmarkets calculated the daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $289.84 per tonne on Thursday, up from $281.69 per tonne a week earlier.It was now at its highest le...Read More
Futures are also looking up.Base metals were mixed on the London Metal Exchange.Tesla stocks were in favour again amid the prospect of a stronger balance sheet, speculation of a new partnership and a bullish broker note all likely contributing to its 6.88% gain yesterday, IG said."The party looks like it will keep raging," IG analyst Kyle Rodda tweeted.Lithium stocks had soared earlier this month...Read More
As well as being a win for current shareholders, any re-rate is also seen as giving the company the market heft needed to further attract institutional investment interest.Read More
Alumina prices on an fob Australia basis have gone up over the past week due to a high-priced deal for material destined for China, but market participants were still searching for clarity on market conditions on Thursday February 20.Fastmarkets calculated the daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $289.84 per tonne on Thursday, up from $281.69 per tonne a week earlier.It was now at its highest le...Read More
Copper output by global miner Anglo American was down slightly in 2019, which the company attributed to the year being one of the driest on record in Chile, it said on Thursday February 20.Output of the red metal dropped by 5% year-on-year to 638,000 tonnes, compared with 668,300 tonnes a year earlier, according to Anglo's 2019 results statement.Production by the Los Bronces copper asset shrank by...Read More
According to the 2020-21 budget document, revenue from mineral tax, fees and miscellaneous mining receipts is forecast to fall 29% in fiscal 2020-21, mainly owing to assumed weakening coal prices onRead More
RambusJust a quick update on the Yen / PM combo we've been following. Today the yen is moving lower in its new impulse move to the downside doing away with the positive correlation it used to have with the PM complex. While the yen is moving lower more PM stock indexes are breaking out to the upside. I just wanted to post this combo chart early so you can follow the breaking out and the backtest...Read More
- Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report According to a precious metals dealer I spoke with, the world out on the street is that demand for gold and silver has recently surged due to investor concerns about a disruption to the Global Supply Chain. We are already seeing a massive slowdown in China's oil demand as official reports show a 20% reduction in oil consumption. However, I believe China'...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold Market: higher highs ad higher lows short-term. What resistance exists above? Markets in general are looking at the "what if" scenarios..Read More
Alcoa Corp has been certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to market products under ASI's chain of custody standard. It marks another step in the drive by the company toward sustainable manufacturing practices and is in line with its strategic goal of becoming the lowest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) among the world's major aluminium smelters over the next five years.In October...Read More
One needs to keep on booking profit as long as gold does not break $1633.80 and silver does not break $1882.90. There is a big technical resistance between $1633.80-$1648.50 and $1663.30. For gold to rise to $1900-$2000 for the rest of the year, it has to break and trade over $1633.80-$1648.50-$1663.30 zone. Why am writing this? This is always a slip between the cup and the lip. The Lip here is...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices remained largely unchanged on Thursday February 20, despite the market going quiet after this week's buying spree, sources told Fastmarkets. Steel mills in the country have booked at least six deep-sea cargoes so far this week, totaling around 180,000 tonnes. The most recent deals put the price for Baltic Sea-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $279 per tonne c...Read More
Equity markets remain buoyant in Asia, but pre-market western equity indices have started to weaken, while metals are mixed this morning, Thursday February 20.It seems as though equities are focused on how well the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is being contained, while the metals are taking a more cautious stance as they wait for the market to assess the impact on supply and demand. Indeed, given...Read More
You hear it all the time...The game is rigged.And it is.?EUR??EUR?I don't care how smart you are or how much research you do, you'll never be able to compete with high-frequency trading firms deploying predatory trading strategies.?EUR??EUR?And while I criticize no one for making a buck, there's something about predatory high-frequency trading that dirties the whole concept of investing. It create...Read More
Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. Canadian Insider Club Ultra members have access to both premium and free content. If you are asked to sign in, select Canadian Insider as your subscription website.1. India: Uncaging a tiger - Real VisionAndrei Stetsenko, partner at Farley Capital, joins Real Vision to discuss how India's positive demographic tailwinds could serve as a solution to the...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have been fairly stable due to limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday February 20.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was ?,?481.07 ($519.45) per tonne on Thursday February 20, down by ?,?0.18 per tonne from ?,?481.25 per tonne on February 19.The index was calculated based...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices rose on Thursday February 20 amid optimism attributed to the progress of work resumption in downstream markets in the wake of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,490-3,510 yuan ($499-502) per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,270-3,300 yuan per tonne, up 40-70 yuan per tonneWhile sellers in Shanghai...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) increased in Northern Europe over the past week, supported by strong demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?570-600 ($615-648) per tonne ex-works on February 19, compared with ?,?560-600 per tonne ex-works a week earlier. Starting from the year beginning the asse...Read More
Turkish domestic long steel prices have increased over the past week on further weakness of the country's lira, rising scrap costs and improving demand that was itself triggered by the upturn in prices, sources said on Thursday February 20.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, was 3,150-3,190 lira ($518-525) per tonne on Thursday, up from the...Read More