Alamos Gold sold 119,392 ounces of gold at an average realized price of $1,448 per ounce for revenues of $172.9 million in the third quarter.The company announced the suspension of construction activities at the Kirazli project in Turkey pending the renewal of the company's mining concessions which expired on October 13, 2019.One strong support seems to materialize at $5.00 at which point I re...Read More
The majority of steel import prices in South America fell slightly during the week ended Friday November 8, because the region had not yet caught up with the recent Chinese upturn and the latest deals had been settled at lower levels.Fastmarkets' most recent price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, import, cfr main ports South America, was $450-470 per tonne on Friday, falling from $455-475 per...Read More
Prices for 18/8 stainless steel scrap increased this week in Europe despite market participants insisting that demand was still at "rock bottom", sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 8. While mills continued to enjoy high discounts for the nickel component of the scrap, traders said the recent fall in alloy scrap prices had happened too quickly and that scrap merchants were u...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 344,59164,76398,524181,688498,826624,803662,113 Change from Prior Reporting Period 9,1685,85533,1194,69120,61346,97859,587 Traders 20283815755290196 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 65,37828,068690,181 -239-12,84846,739 non reportable positionsCha...Read More
The US stock markets have surged to all-time-record highs, fueled by extreme Fed easing. It jawboned about rate cutting, slashed rates, and birthed a new large-scale Treasury monetization campaign! All this has left traders hyper-complacent, assuming the upside will continue indefinitely. But are these lofty stock levels fundamentally-justified? The big US stocks' just-reported Q3'19 r...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold - how far low can it go?Read More
Typical gold and silver price movement after Diwali. Gold and silver have always formed short term peak around Diwali. Irrespective of the news, history has repeated itself. I will prefer to use sharp dips to invest for next year. Long term investment is good at current price. Short term investors and very short term traders need to remain on the sidelines. Physical demand and investment demand...Read More
Christopher Lewis7 hours ago (Nov 08, 2019 5:23 PM GMT)Gold markets have broken down rather significantly during the week, slicing well below the $1500 level. This is a very negative sign, but when you look at the weekly chart, you can see that we are still technically and a bullish flag. Quite frankly, this market needs to save itself rather quickly or it’s going to be serious trouble. The...Read More
BAR has remained resilient since the Fed pushed the "easing pause" button on October 30.This is principally because the market was not convinced that this rate cut would be the last. Our "buy on the dips" strategy was therefore not deployed.Although we contend that gold's spec positioning looks stretched on the long side, there are other offsetting buying forces in the gold market, which should pu...Read More
Earnings season has kicked off for the gold miners, with about one third of the index reporting thus far.Early results aren't terribly encouraging, with mixed results across most of the group.Most of the big names are still left to report, but investors will want to see more traction from the majors.It's been a busy couple of weeks for investors in the metals markets, with the second last Fed...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange staged a modest recovery at the close of trading on Friday November 8, settling back above nearby resistance after slipping below key resistance levels, while tin futures topped the gains with a 1% climb.Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $16.190 per tonne on Friday afternoon, climbing more than 2% from an intraday low of $15,845...Read More
The fob Australia alumina price retreated to $280 per tonne on Friday November 8 because of reduced liquidity and continued poor downstream demand.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia at $280.80 per tonne on Friday, down from $282.12 per tonne on the previous day. The index hit a four-week high of $285.42 per tonne on October 31.Key drivers A deal for 30,000 tonn...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices regained some losses on Friday November 8, narrowing the weekly pace of decline slightly.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.24 per tonne, up $0.67 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $146.12 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $121.70 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $134 per tonne, unchangedLow-vol PC...Read More
SD Friday Wrap: Is it Black Friday already? Because silver's really looking like it's having an epic doorbuster sale today...Last Friday I said the world was descending into madness.The world is descending into madness:Nothing has changed.In the markets, however?Newfound optimism.Total Euphoria.But don't take 'Ol Half Dollar's word for it, see for yourself:That's eight Trump Tweets about the recor...Read More
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Stitcher | RSSCoins, bars & rounds, oh my! Investing in gold & silver is very rewarding, but sometimes it's hard to know what kind of gold or silver to invest in...(Silver Doctors Editors) Coins, bars & rounds, oh my! Investing in gold & silver is rewarding in so many ways, but sometimes it's hard to know what kind...Read More
The inter-merchant spot market for light iron scrap in the UK moved up by ?5 ($6) per tonne in the week ended Friday November 8, repeating the increase by a similar amount the week before, on steady domestic demand and higher European export prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK, was ?70-90 ($90-116) per tonne on F...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange staged a modest recovery at the close of trading on Friday November 8, settling back above nearby resistance after slipping below key resistance levels, while tin futures topped the gains with a 1% climb.Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $16.190 per tonne on Friday afternoon, climbing more than 2% from an intraday low of $15,845...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Due to a reporter error, Fastmarkets' copper concentrates TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific was published incorrectly on Friday November 8. The index was incorrectly published as $55.20 per tonne / 5.52 cents per lb. It should have been $55 per tonne / 5.5 cents per lb. Fastmarkets' price book and database have been updated to reflect this correction. For details of copper concentrate index and o...Read More
The fob Australia alumina price retreated to $280 per tonne on Friday November 8 because of reduced liquidity and continued poor downstream demand.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia at $280.80 per tonne on Friday, down from $282.12 per tonne on the previous day. The index hit a four-week high of $285.42 per tonne on October 31.Key drivers A deal for 30,000 tonn...Read More