The Chinese government has finished issuing the first two rounds of solid waste import licenses for 2018, with copper scrap import license numbers and tonnages both more than 94% lower. The first round of licenses was granted in late December 2017, with the second round granted this week - all for imports delivered in 2018. According to official files obtained by Metal Bulletin, copper scrap (HS c...Read More
The drive for greater transparency in financial markets will power into fifth gear from the start of January as the second iteration of Europe's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) comes into effect. MiFID II - the European Union's first regulatory update to the directive since 2004 - will kick in on Wednesday January 3 and is designed to make European markets safer and more tran...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop 2018: The Year of Living DangerouslySource: Michael Ballanger for Streetwise Reports January 4, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) What does the New Year hold in terms of prospects for investors in gold, silver and copper? How will central banks and cryptocu...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Expert Calls this Explorer a BuySource: Adrian Day for Streetwise Reports January 4, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Adrian Day of Adrian Day Asset Management describes why investors should consider this "well-run gold exploration company with downside pr...Read More
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part little changed this morning, Thursday January 4, apart from nickel and copper prices that are up by 0.8% and 0.6%, with the latter at $7,220 per tonne. Volume has picked up with 9,663 lots traded as of 07:01 am London time. This follows a diverse performance on Wednesday that saw copper, aluminium, nickel and zinc close dow...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Peat Resources Limited (TSXV: PET) Announces Increase in Size of Private Placement Toronto, Ontario - January 4, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Peat Resources Limited (TSXV: PET) (the "Company"), announces that the Company is increasing...Read More
The United States was founded on secession. It didn’t have to be violent, but it was. Whose fault was that? Was it the United States’ fault for insisting on more local governance? Or was it England’s fault for ignoring the consent of the governed?In 1991, when Ukraine and Belarus declared their independence from the USSR, things did not end violently. They were allowed to exit th...Read More
Turkey has reduced the import duty applied to incoming shipments of hot-rolled coil (HRC) intended for re-rollers to 3.5% from the previous 5%, with effect from Monday January 1.The duty remains at 9% for other HRC imports, Metal Bulletin has heard.Market...Read More
Metal Bulletin has amended its Brazilian domestic steel prices to reflect standard market practices, making changes to the calculation of its monthly assessments. Local taxes are now excluded from the price calculation methodologies.Previously, all Brazilian domestic flat steel prices - Brazil domestic cold rolled coil ex-works Reais per tonne monthly, Brazil domestic hot-dipped galvanized coil ex...Read More
Trade protection measures in the Middle East could support local steel producers' attempts to capture much of the increased regional steel demand expected in 2018. Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations are due to make a final decision by the second quarter of this year on whether to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese non-welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) made of iron or steel with a rad...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1321.90+$7.00Silver$17.20+$0.06XAU87.79+0.81%HUI198.76+0.72%GDM663.40+0.37%JSE Gold1305.19-33.54USD91.87-0.31Euro120.68+0.56Yen88.70-0.27Oil$62.01+$0.3810-Year2.452%+0.012T-Bond152.34375+0.03125Dow25075.13+0.61%Nasdaq7077.92+0.18%S&P2723.99+0.40% The Metals: Gold fell $9 to $1305.90 in Asia, but it then climbed to as high as $1325.80 in New York and ended with a gain of...Read More
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Indian prices for steel and ferrous scrap are likely to increase after a significant price rise was brought in by state-run iron ore producer National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC), sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4.NMDC's price for Indian lump ore rose to 3,100 rupees ($49) per tonne while fines have increased to 2,760 rupees per tonne, the company said in a filing to the Bombay...Read More
By Alasdair MacleodThis might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies. However, it is becoming clear, at least to independent monetary observers, that in 2018 the dollar's primacy will be challenged by the yuan as the pricing medium for energy and other key industrial commodities. After a...Read More
By Clint SiegnerMetals investors may have missed it given the gloomy sentiment that plagued markets for much of 2017, but gold just finished its best year since 2011.Perhaps in a year like the one just passed, 13% gains are simply not inspiring. U.S. stocks finished about 25% higher for the year, and crypto-currencies including Bitcoin left all other asset classes in the dust. Bitcoin gained rou...Read More
Recently Gold and long-term bond prices have trended in the same direction. When bond yields declined, Gold gained. However, in the past few months Gold has held up well and performed as long-term bond prices move towards a potential major breakdown.Read More
Turkish domestic wire rod prices inched up over the past week with rising imported scrap costs, while domestic rebar prices remained comparatively stable, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic wire rod in Turkey was $600-620 per tonne ex-works, widened upward from the $600-610 per tonne...Read More
By BullionStarhttps://www.bullionstar.com/The December issue of BullionStar's 'Gold Market Charts' looks at developments in the world's major physical gold markets during November, the latest month for which the relevant data is available. Each month, this series of article uses gold charts from the GOLD CHARTS R US market charting website.SGE Gold WithdrawalsPhysical gold withdrawals from t...Read More