* Zinc falls to lowest since June 2016 * Nickel sinks to seven-month low * Copper, aluminium at weakest in about two weeks * Aluminium has biggest short position on LME -broker (Updates with closing prices) By Eric Onstad LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Zinc hit its lowest level sinceJune 2016 on Monday and other industrial metals prices alsoslumped on fears the spread of the coronavirus outside Chinaw...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices rose in the eastern region but weakened in the north on Monday February 24 on mixed sentiments caused by downstream industries' low operating rates despite many companies having resumed work.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,550-3,570 yuan ($505-508) per tonne, up 50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,350-3,360 yuan per tonne, narrowing downward by 20 yuan...Read More
Broader markets are seeing risk-off while they focus on the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) this morning, Monday February 24, after the number of cases and deaths escalated outside of China, especially in South Korea.China remains in a very difficult position as it needs to ramp-up the return to work, while at the same time the virus is not contained. China exported $60 billion of auto...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices increased on Monday February 24 due to a pick-up in activity among trading houses, market participants said. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,460-3,490 yuan ($492-496) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,390-3,420 yuan per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonne Some traders took orders from end-users with delivery time in February and March in late...Read More
Equity Index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 85 points to 3,259.25. Index futures responded to concerns that the coronavirus has spread beyond China. Several sectors responded strongly to rising coronavirus concerns. Gold jumped $33.60 to U.S. $1682.20 per ounce. WTI crude oil dropped $2.02 to $51.32. Technology stocks were notably weaker. Apple fell $3.48 to $53.28....Read More
Key data from the pricing session in Europe and Asia for the week ended Friday February 21. Europe Key driversPrices for silicon grades 4-4-1 and 5-5-3 jumped again in Europe due to a lack of prompt shipments exacerbating already tight supply.The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has caused disruptions to the flow of material from China.A number of European buyers reported difficulty...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday February 21. China Key drivers Some antimony suppliers lifted their offer prices again and were resistant to compromising on offers last week, citing limited available cargo, according to market sources. A number of producers and traders held off from offering in anticipation of higher prices in the coming week...Read More
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The price of UG2 chrome ore dropped in the week to Friday February 21 due to lower bids from alloy smelters after China's major stainless steel mills kept their February tender prices flat month on month. China's Tsingshan Group and Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Tisco) held their ferro-chrome tender prices for February delivery unchanged from January. The latest tender prices came as a shock to the mark...Read More
QUESTION: Hi MartyI hear what you are saying about the next gen and Gold vs BTC. To me it begs the question as to how the Next Gen’s look at crypto’s. Is there an argument that they like BTC etc because it is anonymous [mostly] and not part of the ‘system’. If that is the case, what will they think when Govs adopt sovereign crypto’s and outlaw BTC. Will they then loo...Read More
QUESTION: My reading of the gold was that for the slingshot up to dramatic new highs it needed the fakeout bear trap just below the 1000 mark. Since it took out your 1,362.50 number and the yearly bullish reversal at the end of 2019, does that mean the slingshot is now dead? Do you think the shift to millennials and how they rush into Bernie’s arms means that gold is losing its luster for...Read More
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Chinese rebar remained the most competitively priced of imports of the long steel product in Singapore over the past week, edging out Turkish products.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis - was $430-435 per tonne for the week to Monday February 24, unchanged fro...Read More
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE:TCK) has officially withdrawn its application to build the C$20.6-billion (US$15.7 billion) Frontier oil sands mine, just days before the Canadian government was slated to make a decision on the 260,000-barrel-per-day project in northern Alberta.Canada's largest diversified miner will take a C$1.13-billion (US$852.12 million) write-down on the project, which it sa...Read More
When gold and gold stocks struggle in coming weeks, as I expect they will, it won't be because the COVID-19 threat has decreased. Instead, they will have been sabotaged by the excess bullishness that currently prevails among gold-market investors. This isn't to say a lessening of the virus' threat wouldn't also cause gold to recede from its recent seven-year high. But my argument is that gold will...Read More
Gold futures climbed Thursday, sending bullion up for a sixth straight session to its highest finish in seven years,as persistent worries about China's coronavirus and a benign interest-rate environment provide a runway higher for the precious metal. "Coronavirus fears magnetized investors towards safe-haven assets," said Lukman Otunuga, senior research analyst at FXTM. "With the virus outbreak f...Read More
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