The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange settled at a two-month high at the close of trading on Wednesday January 8, climbing by just under 2% and breaching the $2,400-per-tonne resistance level against the highest daily trading volumes since September 2019.Zinc's outright price on the LME closed at $2,403 per tonne, its highest closing price since November 13, while daily turnover...Read More
In what some market participants called a short-term move, the nickel briquette premium crept up in the United States on Tuesday January 7, while all other regions had a slow return to business after year-end holidays. Some US sales pushed up the US nickel briquette premium incrementally Europe welcomes a return to contango in the London Metal Exchange nickel forward price spread Shangha...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday January 8 that are worth another look.Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran have not affected appetite in Southeast Asia for Iranian steel products, sources told Fastmarkets.Limited buying interest ahead of national holidays has dragged the Shanghai copper premium to its lowest level in almost three years, whi...Read More
Bernstein analysed long-term price to earnings (Shiller P/E) for the mining industry, finding valuations are at 100-year lows.Read More
Under terms of the agreement effective from January 2021-2027, Teck will increase contracted shipping capacity from the Price Rupert terminal from three million tonnes per annum to 6Mtpa, with anRead More
BMT had been owned by RCF Jolimont Mining Innovation, which bought the company from its founders in 2015.The BMT technology allows the accurate delineation of ore boundaries after blasting in opencut mines, helping miners reduce waste and only target the material they need. It involves putting orange softball-sized sensors into the blast holes. After the blast those sensors are tracked to fin...Read More
CPB will deliver three separate packages of work at Robe Valley in the Pilbara, including various earthworks and civil works associated with the development of Robe Valley."CIMIC Group companies have a strong track record of delivering significant projects to the iron ore industry," CIMIC CEO Michael Wright said."With our decades of experience in the Pilbara we offer major mining clients certainty...Read More
Eyre has 15 years of experience with senior positions in the mining industry including producing assets, exploration and development stage companies and private equity investment funds.At Avesoro, Eyre was involved in improving the performance of the New Liberty gold mine in Liberia, the acquisition of the Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso, and the company's subsequent acquisition by its largest sha...Read More
Limited buying interest ahead of national holidays has dragged theShanghai copper premium to its lowest level in almost three years, while copper premiums are stable in Europe and the United States with minimal spot activity for the first week of 2020.Limited buying interest ahead of the national holidays has dragged the Shanghai copper premium to its lowest level in almost three years Copper prem...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesJan 7, 2020We are in the best time of the year to be invested in resource stocks. That is from late December into perhaps March. Add to that a quite insane US President eager to accelerate the start of World War III for Israel and you have what at least will be an interesting environment until the US either regains its sanity or becomes a pile of ashes.I was in a war. I didn&r...Read More
By Ira EpsteinIn terms of Bullishness, 18 day moving average crosses over 100 day moving average, gold entering 4th day of over Bollinger bands, another bullish sign of gold market..Read More
Comex February futures rose to $1613.30 as I prepare this report. Big jump of over $30 (from yesterday's close) on Iran's retaliation. American and European reaction will be closely watched. Whether the reaction by Iran will turn into a full fledged war or it is just a one off move remains to be seen. Traders and all alike will prefer to be long in gold than short. Yesterday USA session price mo...Read More
GOLD COT REPORTS WERE DELAYED (JAN. 3), DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS: Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 381,62053,695140,611202,925569,416725,156763,722 Change from Prior Reporting Period 17,310-4,96318,589-27925,81635,62039,442 Traders 23351765558312164 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 61,01022,444786,1...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJan 7, 2020As America loses a ridiculous trade war and manufacturing activity tumbles to 10year lows, the nation’s horrific GDP growth rate for 2019 was ranked an abysmal... number 107 in the world.The outlook for 2020 is even worse.The government’s debt to GDP ratio is more th...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Jan 6, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a short-term BUY signal.Short-term signals can last for weeks and are more suitable for traders.Our ratio remains on a buy signal.Focus on the big picture, major resistance is a long way away.Th...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets remained silent on Wednesday January 8, with mills still in negotiations for cargoes to be shipped in February, sources told Fastmarkets.Mills in Turkey have been mostly quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets since the middle of December due to year-end holidays, but resumed their purchases at the end of the last week.They booked four deep-sea cargoes on J...Read More
North American lithium producer Livent has revised down its financial guidance for fourth-quarter as well as full-year revenues, and is reviewing potential changes to its planned capacity expansion road map, it said on Tuesday January 7. Livent reduced its expected fourth-quarter revenue to $75-80 million from $90-100 million and its full-year revenue to $385-390 million from $400-410 million. The...Read More
Today is Wednesday, January 8, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,560.30. It's down -0.89% from yesterday and u...Read More
Today is Wednesday, January 8, 2020, and this is your daily oil stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN), Enbridge (NYSE: ENB), and ONEOK (NYSE: OKE).Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN)Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) is a $9.748 billion company today with a one-year return of 4.5%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, its enter...Read More