The aluminium import arbitrage between the United States and Asia tightened this month for both duty-free and duty-paid material, with market participants noting that the arbitrage opportunity is looking less attractive.The differential between canceling aluminium without the 10% Section 232 tariff from London Metal Exchange-listed warehouses in Asia and shipping the material into the US Midwest h...Read More

The London Metal Exchange has started a consolidated consultation process to enable it to make the changes it put forward in its new business proposal.The proposed consultation period, which will last until the close of business on September 28, is open to all interested parties among LME members. Any subsequent rule amendments will take effect from the fourth quarter, the exchange said in a note...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

As a result of a technical error, Metal Bulletin's low-grade cobalt price assessment for August 1 was published on the Metal Bulletin price book later than scheduled. Metal Bulletin's price book has been updated and the price is now appearing as normal. To provide feedback on the delayed publication of the low-grade cobalt price assessment, please contact Charlotte Radford by email at:pricing@meta...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board by an average of 1% on the morning of Wednesday August 1. Zinc led the decline with a 1.7% drop to $2,590 per tonne, while copper was down by 1.2% at $6,244 per tonne.The disappointing release of China's Caixin manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI) for July - easing to 50.8 from 51 and below the expecte...Read More

Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, recently appeared on Science Friday to discuss the discovery of liquid water under the Martian surface. From the story:Researchers have been scouring Mars for water since the early 1970s. Since then, they've found frozen water in the poles of Mars as well as trace amounts locked up in Martian soil, but not...Read More

Erdal Ozkan, professor and F.H. "Mick" Merelli/Cimarex Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair in Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the 2018 Rocky Mountain North America Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.Regional technical awards recognize significant achievement or contributions to the advancement of petrol...Read More

Prices for spent lead-acid batteries and lead scrap have tumbled in the United States, with the sustained softness on the London Metal Exchange prompting smelters to recalculate raw material costs downward.Whole lead-acid batteries dropped by an average of $3 per hundredweight to $41-42 per cwt delivered to smelters - the lowest level witnessed in more than 14 months, according to Americ...Read More

The following Metal Bulletin UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday August 1:Titanium scrap Turnings, unprocessed type 90/6/4, 0.5% Sn...Read More

The recent uptick in traded option volatilities in the London Metal Exchange copper market has faded as the month-end draws near, while what is likely to be an unexciting August expiry this Wednesday looks like setting a marker for the rest of the summer. Front-month at-the-money (ATM) copper volatility has dipped back to just under 20%, having climbed above 26% on August 19 - the best since early...Read More

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Aug 02, 2018 Guest(s): Gary Wagner Gold has not been acting like a proper safe haven due to the fact that a full-blown trade war has not yet been triggered, but this may change once tariffs are implemented, said Gary Wagner, editor of theGoldForecast.com. "We are in a trade dispute, we haven't morphed into a full-blown trade war. Once tariffs are actually imposed, that will be a different story...Read More

Google employees have created a custom Android app which will censor information given to Chinese citizensContinue...Read More

Historically, presidents have refrained from publicly commenting on the Federal Reserve's policy. This allows the Fed to maintain its veneer of independence.Continue...Read More

Mike "Mish" Shedlock a registered investment advisor, representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management and he operates one of the most popular websites about the economy and investing online: MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis.Read More

Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold shares his thoughts on the GDX chart. We discuss the oversold and low sentiment conditions but take a step back to understand that if a decent bounce does not happen it foretells a pretty bearish outlook. He also breaks down how gold looks stronger than the stocks.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians...Read More

"China is fully prepared and will have to retaliate to defend the nation's dignity and the interests of the people, defend free trade and the multilateral systemContinue...Read More