SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) – Copper: Prices of copper weakened last night as US President Donald Trump's remarks grew US-Sino trade uncertainties. LME copper lost the gains that it made during the past three days and fell back to all moving averages. The SHFE 1807 contact also fell to the 10-day moving average. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,880/mt today with the SHFE contrac...Read More

As you probably know by now, President Trump backed out of the nuclear deal with Iran and is re-imposing harsh sanctions.And just this morning, Trump announced that he's canceling the much-anticipated nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because of Kim's recent belligerent comments.What does that mean, aside from the added geopolitical risk to markets?As you're about to see, you can...Read More

Just over one year ago, with oil prices hitting $43 and falling fast, I suggested that the market was making a big mistake.My opinion at the time was that oil prices should have been rising, not falling.I based that opinion on the fact that global oil inventory levels had been steadily declining for months and that the amount of oil being produced daily was already below the amount of oil demanded...Read More

The Indian government has launched a disputes proceeding at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), protesting the United States' imposition of duties of 25% on imports of India-made steel and 10% duties on aluminium products.New Delhi argues that the tariffs, imposed on March 23 by the Trump administration to protect and expand American aluminium and steel production, break the WTO's general agreemen...Read More

Profit after tax for the quarter increased 54% year-on-year to €8.8 million (US$10.3 million), which translated to profit of 6.5c per share on a fully diluted basis, up from 4.8c/share in the March 2017 quarter.Read More

Chinese demand for iron ore is expected to be stable this year, with steel producers prioritizing capacity cuts in line with government directives, according to Liu Zhenjiang, secretary general of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa). China's gross domestic product growth of 6.8% in the first quarter of the year augured well for iron ore demand for the rest of the year, Zhenjiang told delegat...Read More

International steel trading group Stemcor has appointed Martyn Konig as non-executive chairman effective immediately, it said on Wednesday May 23.Konig, who is also non-executive chairman of Belgian-listed zinc smelting group Nyrstar, replaces Scott MacDonald, who had been Stemcor chairman...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) – Spot copper offer discounts narrowed some 10 yuan/mt from Wednesday to 100-20 yuan/mt over the SHFE 1806 contract on Thursday May 24, SMM learned. Weighed down by LME copper, the SHFE copper 1806 contract slumped nearly 500 yuan/mt last night. The contract continued to trade weakly this morning. Sellers attempted to raise offers this morning but t...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) – Copper: Prices of copper weakened last night as US President Donald Trump's remarks grew US-Sino trade uncertainties. LME copper lost the gains that it made during the past three days and fell back to all moving averages. The SHFE 1807 contact also fell to the 10-day moving average. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,880/mt today with the SHFE contrac...Read More

Planned deliveries of stainless steel by Bahrain's United Stainless Steel Co (USCO) after a factory fire will not be disrupted and the company does not plan to declare force majeure, a spokesman for plant managing entity Chromiumsteel told Metal Bulletin on Thursday May 24.A fire halted operations at USCO's stainless steel re-rolling mill in Salman Industrial City in Al Hidd, northern Bahrain, ear...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil futures bucked the trend during morning trading on Thursday May 24, ending the session higher while other contracts continued to soften.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange October rebar: 3,529 ($553) per tonne, down 7 per tonne October hot-rolled coil: 3,729 yuan per tonne, up 18 per tonne Dalian Commodity Exchange September iron ore: 456 yuan...Read More

Stainless steel prices in East Asia fell slightly over the past week amid persistently low buying interest, although a few mills were still reluctant to lower their offers due to a spike in the nickel market.Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless 2mm trimmed cold-rolled coil was $2,170-2,290 per tonne cif East Asian ports for the week ended Wednesday May 23, down $20-40...Read More

A freezing order on copper-cobalt assets held by Katanga Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not so far had any material effect on the Glencore subsidiary's operations, it said last week.On April 27, Glencore said that Ventora Development Sasu - its former partner in the DRC, which is associated with Israeli businessman Dan Gertler - was suing it for $2.28 billion in unpaid royalt...Read More

UC Rusal has warned shareholders that the US Treasury's sanctions on the company may hamper its cashflow and its ability to obtain financing, according to a statement released on Thursday May 24.A separate announcement was also released on Thursday announcing the resignation of the company's chief executive officer and seven directors. The Russian aluminium company, which accounts for 7% of global...Read More

Brent Cook of Exploration Insights says while institutional and retail funds are scarce "the people who know the industry the best" are putting money into juniors.________________________________________________________________Investing News Network (INN)Find out more about investing by INN @http://investingnews.com/Want a FREE investor kit? Download here?+"http://investingnews.com/resource-fre......Read More

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Our demand for energy storage is only going to keep increasing and with it the demand for energy metals. Will this energy revolution mean a brighter future for investors?Watch as Keith Schaefer (The Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin), Rob Fuhrman (Katusa Research), and Chris Parry (Equity Guru) present their insight and stock picks on Lithium, Cobalt and Copper, as well as discuss the massive potenti...Read More