SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – Lower inventories of nickel are likely to support prices in the short term, given little pressure from imports from the Philippines and Indonesia, SMM expects. This is despite the modest rebound in consumption of stainless steel driven by high social inventories in Wuxi and Foshan. SHFE nickel slumped on Thursday March 8 given high social inventories o...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – China's industry for new energy cars is likely to see faster growth, supported by new targets in the 2018 government work report, said chairman of the Beijing Automobile Group, Xu Heyi.The report highlighted that promoting new energy vehicles is part of China's drive to become a globally competitive manufacturing nation.A power network for...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – China's industry for new energy cars is likely to see faster growth, supported by new targets in the 2018 government work report, said chairman of the Beijing Automobile Group, Xu Heyi.The report highlighted that promoting new energy vehicles is part of China's drive to become a globally competitive manufacturing nation.A power network for...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – Norilsk nickel in the Shanghai market was offered at a discount of 400 yuan/mt against the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange 1804 contract on the morning of Monday March 12.Jinchuan was offered at a discount of 100-0 yuan/mt, and Jinchuan nickel plate was offered at 103,700 yuan/mt, SMM learned.Trading was weak after nickel prices jumped overnight. Trades were heard at 1...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macro-economic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last Friday nightBase metals rose across the board as the US dollar slipped. SHFE nickel jumped over 4% and copper and zinc rose over 1%. LME metals, except tin, rebounded from touching a low at one point. Nickel saw the biggest growth since February. Copper, zinc and lead rose ab...Read More

Comprehensive surveys, combined with previous geophysics and scout drilling, place U.S. Gold Corp. on the cusp of potentially generating multiple new targetsELKO, Nev., March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU), a gold exploration and development company, today is pleased to announce the completion and compilation of the district-wide geochemical surveys on the Keystone projec...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macro-economic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last Friday nightBase metals rose across the board as the US dollar slipped. SHFE nickel jumped over 4% and copper and zinc rose over 1%. LME metals, except tin, rebounded from touching a low at one point. Nickel saw the biggest growth since February. Copper, zinc and lead rose ab...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) –  Nickel ore export from the Philippines is expected to drop to 550,000 wmt in February, due to adverse weather conditions, SMM calculated according to publicly available data. This is about 4,600 mt in metal content, down 43% month on month.Exports of nickel ore from Indonesia is likely to stand at 1.93 million wmt in February, up 27% month on month.Mid-gra...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) –Copper: As the US dollar weakened and the US' February nonfarm payrolls performed well, nonferrous metals rebounded across the board and SHFE copper stood above 52,000 yuan/mt. But the pickup was limited by the anticipated trade war. We see it trading at 51,800-52,300 yuan/mt and LME copper trading at $6,950-7,000/mt today. In the physical market, spot discounts a...Read More

If you're getting the sense that stocks always go up, that's because they've been doing so for a really, really long time. From CNBC today:Continue...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) –Copper: As the US dollar weakened and the US' February nonfarm payrolls performed well, nonferrous metals rebounded across the board and SHFE copper stood above 52,000 yuan/mt. But the pickup was limited by the anticipated trade war. We see it trading at 51,800-52,300 yuan/mt and LME copper trading at $6,950-7,000/mt today. In the physical market, spot discounts a...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – Supply shortages of nickel concentrate in China are likely to end by 2021, showed SMM data.  Global supplies fell in recent years as prices of nickel weakened. The decline in imports of nickel concentrate  led to the subsequent decrease in supplies in 2015-2017. In addition, a major producer of nickel pig iron (NPI) in south China raised...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – China's industry for new energy cars is likely to see faster growth, supported by new targets in the 2018 government work report, said chairman of the Beijing Automobile Group, Xu Heyi.The report highlighted that promoting new energy vehicles is part of China's drive to become a globally competitive manufacturing nation.A power network for...Read More

Despite the absence of any empirical support, Fed governors and staff economics persist in their reliance on the Phillips Curve, which predicts that low unemployment leads to rising inflation. U.S. unemployment at around 4% is in fact at 17-year lows.The Fed insists that the time to tighten monetary conditions is now, before the inflation emerges.Yet as I've explained many times, the Phillips Curv...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macro-economic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last Friday nightBase metals rose across the board as the US dollar slipped. SHFE nickel jumped over 4% and copper and zinc rose over 1%. LME metals, except tin, rebounded from touching a low at one point. Nickel saw the biggest growth since February. Copper, zinc and lead rose ab...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) –Copper: As the US dollar weakened and the US' February nonfarm payrolls performed well, nonferrous metals rebounded across the board and SHFE copper stood above 52,000 yuan/mt. But the pickup was limited by the anticipated trade war. We see it trading at 51,800-52,300 yuan/mt and LME copper trading at $6,950-7,000/mt today. In the physical market, spot discounts a...Read More

Stephen Liu, professor of metallurgical and materials engineering and director of the Center for Welding, Joining and Coatings Research at Colorado School of Mines, has been named a fellow of two international organizations in recognition of his contributions to the materials and welding fields.The London-based Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) awarded Liu the title of fellow in F...Read More

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are once again weaker across the board this morning, Monday March 12, with prices off by an average of 0.4%. Losses are fairly tightly grouped between 0.2% and 0.7%, with the three-month copper price down by 0.4% at $6,930 per tonne.Volume has been average with 8,181 lots traded as of 07.17am London time. Today’s weakness follows strong rebounds...Read More

Meeting in Madrid for its 31st year, the Metal Bulletin International Copper Conference saw speakers and attendees from throughout the value chain meet and discuss the state of the market.Topics ranged from the structural - that mine ore grades continue to drop - to the topical, as debate over how tariffs and protectionism could affect copper arose.Metal Bulletin's European copper team provide a b...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board at the close on Monday March 12, with overhead selling pressure weakening prices.Lead plummeted 2.7% today as it hit a fresh 2018-low of $2,311 per tonne - the metal failed to hold onto the gains it registered on Friday and lacks significant support. "[Lead] has struggled ever since the 2018-high at $2,685 per tonne due to...Read More