Oursummary of the current situation in the precious metals is not going to differmuch from whatwe wrote yesterday, and the reason is simple. The decline in gold,silver, and miners is developing justas we’ve been expecting it to. Most importantly, gold has justconfirmed its breakdown and everything that we reportedon gold’s outlook and price targets just got a huge confirmation.Let&rsqu...Read More

In Part I of this research post, we highlight how the ES and Gold reacted 24+ months prior to the 2007-08 market peak and subsequent collapse in 2008-09.  The point we were trying to push out to our followers was that the current US stock market indexes are acting in a very similar formation within a very mature uptrend cycle. We ended Part I with this chart, below, comparing 2006-08 with 201...Read More

The metals market is an extremely emotional one. The highs and lows you see with metals traders are evident at each of the extremes. I think we are now approaching another extreme.Several months ago, back in early June, I notified those willing to listen that gold was preparing to “take off like a rocket-ship.” To my members of ElliottWaveTrader.net, I outlined my expectations for a st...Read More

The fob Australia price for alumina has hovered around the $280 per tonne mark in relatively liquid trading over the week ended Thursday November 14.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $281.10 per tonne on Thursday, up from $279.72 per tonne on the previous day.Key drivers Market participants heard of several deals throughout the week, for a combined total o...Read More

Gold and silver stocks have held up decently during the correction in precious metals, which is now in its 3rd month. However, as we mentioned last week, the bugaboo has been the relatively high net speculative position in Gold, which has not changed much despite recent weakness in the sector. Technically Gold cracked last week and the downside momentum coupled with the relatively high net spec po...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:If you want to know which investment houses have been getting the infamous "repo" loans from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in recent weeks, as GATA has wanted to know, you'll have to wait two years, according to a letter received from the bank today in response GATA's request for the information.The delay, the New York Fed's letter says, is authorized by the D...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold resistance in DEC-Gold around $1485-1488. Neutralize the bear case short-term with a move above $1,496:Read More

There will be short covering and renewed buying in gold and silver if they rise today and tomorrow. Better to wait and watch before going short. Crude oil if it rises till Monday will break past $60.00 and may be even form a lower base at $60.00. China is in a recession. There is severe jobs woes in China just like India. Chinese urban jobless rate continues to climb. Chinese service activity ex...Read More

Turkish steel producers have continued to book scrap shipments for December deliveries at prices remaining largely stable, sources said on Thursday November 14.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $260 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $265 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of plate and structural scrap (P&S) at $270 per tonne cfr late...Read More

Key data from the Wednesday November 13 pricing sessions in Shanghai and London. Key drivers China's cobalt sulfate price dropped by 6% from last Friday when weak demand forced suppliers to cut offers to encourage sales and facilitate cashflow in the run-up to year-end.The cobalt tetroxide price is under...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday November 14 that are worth another look.China's annual scrap consumption could reach 330 million tonnes by 2030 and account for up to half of the country's steel output, according to the China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization (Camu).Copper miners and smelters look set to agree the lowest annual benchmark for concentrate i...Read More

David Becker6 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 6:48 PM GMT)Gold prices continued to rise on Thursday, completing a two-day rally. The declined as US yields moved lower paving the way for higher gold prices. Stronger than expected wholesale inflation data released on Thursday followed solid consumer price data released yesterday. Commentary from the Federal Reserve Chair Gerome Powell showed that the Fed wo...Read More

Alexander Kuptsikevich17 hours ago (Nov 14, 2019 8:16 AM GMT)Started this week with a decline, the Gold found support near the $1,450 area, from where it turned upside.The reason for the pressure on Gold in November is the recovery of demand for risky assets. Also, this month, the dollar returned to growth, affecting the valuation of raw materials and many other assets. However, Gold does not mere...Read More

The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Thursday November 14, closing at its lowest level since late-October, while zinc's outright price similarly fell to its lowest level in just over a month.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,742 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, its lowest closing price since October 28, although turnover...Read More

The fob Australia price for alumina has hovered around the $280 per tonne mark in relatively liquid trading over the week ended Thursday November 14.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $281.10 per tonne on Thursday, up from $279.72 per tonne on the previous day.Key drivers Market participants heard of several deals throughout the week, for a combined total o...Read More

An informal suspension of coal imports at ports in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu province and some parts of southern China has raised uncertainties in the seaborne coking coal market, though the country's downstream steel market strengthened on Thursday November 14.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.53 per tonne, down $0.88 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr...Read More

Technical glitches on familiar websites aside, here's why $6 overnight moves in the price of silver could happen...by Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneLast Sunday obviously was an error, but what if something like that did happen?Support Silver Fortune through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silverfortune Read More

Despite all the bearish developments, it seems that silver is about to rally. Here's why...by Przemyslaw Radomski via Sunshine ProfitsYes, you read that right. Despite all the bearish developments that we described in the previous analyses, and despite myriads of bearish factors that remain in place for the following months, it seems that the white metal is about to rally. Gold, and mining st...Read More

You can't really find a pure silver play anywhere in the world...by Maurice Jackson via Streetwise ReportsMaurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp.Thank you for joining us. Two years ago, Mickey, we discussed the value propositions in tax-loss selling. Last year we did one on peak gold. I like to have your thoughts today regarding the value proposit...Read More

Argentina's steel consumption is likely to be little changed from this year's level in 2020 and recover only in 2021, according to a preliminary forecast by Ternium Argentina.Next year is expected to be a period of transition due to the change of government in the country, Ternium Argentina general director Mart?-n Berardi said on Wednesday November 13 during the 60th Latin American Steel Congress...Read More