At last, crudeoil moved a bit higher, so you might be asking yourself if the trend hasreversed or is this just a pause before the moves continue.In short, wethink the latter is much closer to the truth. The fact remains that in a global andhyperconnected economy such as today, no market can sustain completeindependence of the rest of the world. Crude oil, as the most versatilemarketplace commodity...Read More
Here is our near-term technical outlook, with the potential downside risk, which if realized will setup a buy opportunity before the next leg higher.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Premium, a publication which emphasizes market timing and stock selection for the sophisticated in...Read More
Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More
At last, crudeoil moved a bit higher, so you might be asking yourself if the trend hasreversed or is this just a pause before the moves continue.In short, wethink the latter is much closer to the truth. The fact remains that in a global andhyperconnected economy such as today, no market can sustain completeindependence of the rest of the world. Crude oil, as the most versatilemarketplace commodity...Read More
At last, crudeoil moved a bit higher, so you might be asking yourself if the trend hasreversed or is this just a pause before the moves continue.In short, wethink the latter is much closer to the truth. The fact remains that in a global andhyperconnected economy such as today, no market can sustain completeindependence of the rest of the world. Crude oil, as the most versatilemarketplace commodity...Read More
Chile's environmental court confirmed Thursday a final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold's huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns.Read full newsRead More
It has been revealed that a blast set off a series of seismic events and a large underground rock fall at the Gwalia mine in WA, just weeks after a $100 million project to extend the life of the mine was completed.Read full newsRead More
Chile's environmental court confirmed Thursday a final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold's huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns.Read full newsRead More
The London Metal Exchange three-month copper price hit a new 2020 high on Friday September 18, providing a welcome boost for the base metals complex.All LME three-month base metals prices, with the exception of nickel, saw gains on Friday, with copper reaching a new high of $6,875 per tonne before eventually closing at $6,861 per tonne after trading a little more than 15,720 lots.Th...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index rose to its highest level in one and a half months on Friday September 18 after miners sold additional tonnes at slightly higher levels this week. The spot market was active with Chinese smelter purchases still mostly settled at a narrow range of the high $40s / 4 cents to the low $50s / 5 cents. An increasing amount of De...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesSep 19, 2020Many years ago before I got too old and too lazy to go to gold shows, one of the other fellows running a gold site came up to me grinning as he told me his site had just started to exceed 321gold in hits. That was his goal. He wanted more visitors than what we got. I asked him why I should give a damn. We didn’t want tons of visitors. We wanted serious invest...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ended Friday September 18.China Domestic prices stayed firm amid positive sentiment, with market stability consolidated by continuing tightness in materials and a recent increase in raw material costs. The supply of silica ore in Qinghai province was affected when ore producers suspended their...Read More
The European charge and high-carbon ferro-chrome benchmark for the fourth quarter 2020 is $1.14 per lb, unchanged for the third consecutive quarter.The settlement is announced every quarter by Merafe Resources, which operates a chrome joint venture with trader-miner Glencore in South Africa.The benchmark is a forward-looking price for the coming quarter. It is settled via negotiations between...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday September 18. China Buyer sentiment in seaborne manganese ore was undermined by weakening portside ore and alloy futures prices. Portside manganese ore prices of both grades slid reflecting lower offer prices to secure deals from alloy smelters, many of whom postponed purchasing in antic...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesSep 18, 2020 Gold has been consolidating high since early August, when it rocketed parabolic on colossal gold-ETF demand. That 6-week-old sideways drift has worked off some greed and overboughtness, but plenty still remains. So gold isn't out of the woods yet for this essential sentiment-rebalancing selloff. With residual overboughtness still extreme, gold faces considerable d...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
The effect of the absence of Turkish steel mills from the international scrap market was evident in tepid trading and weakening prices in the week to Friday September 18, with fears of an imminent market correction.Turkey continues to hold back from booking new cargoesUS market remains quiet on possible correctionVietnam books large volumes at lower pricesTaiwan's upward trend comes to a haltIndia...Read More