Christopher Lewis6 hours ago (Nov 29, 2019 6:42 PM GMT)Gold markets have rallied a bit during the trading session on Friday, showing signs of resiliency, and at this point the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level has been offering quite a bit of support. The $1450 level is a large, round, psychologically significant figure and it is also at the top of the ascending triangle that we had broken out of....Read More
Global scrap prices returned to growth during the week ended Friday November 29, with trading continuing in all the major scrap markets except the United States, which was quiet due to its Thanksgiving holiday,Prices move up in Turkey but trading thinUS market quiet on Thanksgiving holidayIndian market inches up on fresh dealsPrices up in Vietnam on higher transaction pricesTaiwan prices up on sol...Read More
Christopher Lewis8 hours ago (Nov 29, 2019 5:09 PM GMT)Gold markets have fallen initially during the week, reaching down towards the $1450 level, an area that has been important more than once. By doing so, the market looks as if it is ready to turn around and bounce, but we need to break out above the top of the weekly candle from the previous week. Otherwise, if we were to break down below the $...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinNothing bullish on the daily chart. This could change..Read More
The export price for Brazilian steel slabs continued its uptrend during the week ended Friday November 29 with more expensive offers to North America starting to be accepted, market participants told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, at $360-380 per tonne on Friday, narrowing upward from $355-380 per tonne a week before. The midpoint was at it...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves from the past week.Read More
The inter-merchant spot price for light iron scrap in the UK was unchanged in the week ended Friday November 29, based on a steady increase in European export prices to Turkey and regular demand from major British shredders, trade sources told Fastmarkets.In the near term, year-end holidays in the UK and across Europe, as well as winter conditions, were expected to underpin or possibly raise scrap...Read More
The three-month price of nickel traded on the London Metal Exchange continued its descent below $14,000 per tonne to close at $13,675 per tonne on Friday 29, down by 2.3%, amid stainless steel demand concerns and ongoing macro tension between the United States and China. Nickel futures have come under constant pressure from the LME three-month nickel price depreciating by 27% to its current level...Read More
Benchmark fob Australia prices for alumina remained below $280 per tonne in the week ended Friday November 29 despite deals for India-origin material still being made at higher levels.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $277.81 per tonne on Friday, down from $279.30 per tonne at the start of the week.Key drivers The most recent fob Australia deal this week w...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices ended the week higher amid a flurry of transactions on Friday November 29. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.66 per tonne, up $0.99 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $147.30 per tonne, down $0.47Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $120.70 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $130.25 per tonne, unchanged...Read More
Taking delivery of physical silver broke the ponzi scheme...Nick Giambruno interviewed by Patrick V. on SBTVWe are joined on SBTV by Nick Giambruno, Chief Analyst at Casey Research, as we review the silver trade of the Hunt Brothers and how current inflationary monetary policies could force market participants to repeat the Hunts' silver trade.Nick's article - Silver Will Benefit From America's De...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday November 29.ChinaChinese spot domestic ferro-chrome prices resumed their decline, which reflects weaker demand from mills and traders, which have a broadly bearish outlook on forthcoming announcements on tenders from major mills. Charge chrome prices dropped in...Read More
Austenitic alloy steel scrap prices in the UK domestic market were largely stable this week because low demand was matched by dwindling supply, sources said on Friday November 29.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel scrap 316 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, was ?1,170-1,250 ($1,512-1,615) per tonne on November 29, widening upward by ?20 per tonne and returning to the level...Read More
The three-month price of nickel traded on the London Metal Exchange continued its descent below $14,000 per tonne to close at $13,675 per tonne on Friday 29, down by 2.3%, amid stainless steel demand concerns and ongoing macro tension between the United States and China. Nickel futures have come under constant pressure from the LME three-month nickel price depreciating by 27% to its current level...Read More
Benchmark fob Australia prices for alumina remained below $280 per tonne in the week ended Friday November 29 despite deals for India-origin material still being made at higher levels.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $277.81 per tonne on Friday, down from $279.30 per tonne at the start of the week.Key drivers The most recent fob Australia deal this week w...Read More
Copper stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses recorded the largest drop in percentage terms in the week ended Friday November 29.Copper inventories dropped by 11%, or 14,845 tonnes, week on week to 120,192 tonnes on Friday.Warehouses operated by SIPG Logistics in Shanghai registered the largest outflow, at 7,533 tonnes.Analysts attributed the slump in...Read More
A significant 42,050 tonnes of aluminium was put back into London Metal Exchange-approved warehouses on the morning of Friday November 29 while metal holders' bids to put nearby spreads into contango continue but as yet remain unsuccessful.A total of 25,275 tonnes entered LME-approved sheds in Port Klang, Malaysia, while 15,800 tonnes was delivered into warehouses in Singapore. A smaller delivery...Read More
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during the morning trading session on Friday November 29, with the complex under pressure following a pick-up in tensions between China and the United States.The lackluster performance comes while market participants await further news of progress in China-US trade talks, but recent optimism has faded after US President Donald Trump si...Read More
The Shanghai Futures Exchange is moving closer to opening up to overseas investment with a recent feasibility study for the launch of qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII) and RMB qualified foreign institutional investors (RQFII) programs for copper and other products, the exchange's senior manager of commodity trading section I told Fastmarkets."This move is part of [SHFE's intention]...Read More
Indian domestic secondary billet prices continued to be subdued during the week ended Friday November 29 with makers of long steel products reducing their purchases of semi-finished material.The price of steel billet domestic, exw India, assessed by Fastmarkets on November 29, dropped by 100 rupees per tonne week on week to 26,000-26,200 rupees ($364-367) per tonne, compared with 26,100-26,300 rup...Read More