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(Kitco News) - After months of speculation, the big show is almost here and for gold investors, this could be the metal’s chance to break free. That’s right, next week the only thing investors are watching is the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. And according to most analysts, there is no doubt that interest rates are moving higher. Markets see a 25-basis point hike as...Read More
(Kitco News) - After months of speculation, the big show is almost here and for gold investors, this could be the metal’s best shot to break out of its current range, according to some analysts.In fact, this is probably the most straight-forward weekly outlook a financial journalist could write because the only thing investors are watching next week is the Federal Reserve’s monetary po...Read More
When I first discovered the mining space over fifteen years ago, I became mesmerized by the extreme volatility of the junior miners. After the meteoric rise of the Nasdaq into the turn of the century had ended, the junior resource penny stocks became exciting again and lured many momentum junkies into its lair. This high-risk, high-reward sector has been accused in the past of driving investors co...Read More
(Kitco News) - There is little conviction in the gold market as Wall Street and Main Street are split on the near-term direction of prices, based on the weekly Kitco News gold survey.This comes after both leaned bearish in the last survey and are right so far in the current week. Next week brings a highly anticipated news event - a meeting of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee, which is widely...Read More
Investors often wonder what the best precious-metal play is and which one will perform better over time. The most popular is gold for any number of reasons. The jewelry is prettier, the price is higher or simply we have been trained that gold is just better. From a pure numbers standpoint, the case should be made for silver as the best precious metal. The gold/silver ratio was designed at 15-1 but...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday March 16. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday March 15, apart from zinc and lead. Read more in our live futures report. Here are how LME prices looked at Thursday's close:Norwegian ferro-silicon producer Finnfjord Smelteverk plans to cut about 5,000 tonnes of production...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday March 16. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday March 15, apart from zinc and lead. Read more in our live futures report. Here are how LME prices looked at Thursday's close:Norwegian ferro-silicon producer Finnfjord Smelteverk plans to cut about 5,000 tonnes of production...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday March 16. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday March 15, apart from zinc and lead. Read more in our live futures report. Here are how LME prices looked at Thursday's close:Norwegian ferro-silicon producer Finnfjord Smelteverk plans to cut about 5,000 tonnes of production...Read More
Zinc was the only base metal on the London Metal Exchange to close in positive territory on Friday March 16, while the majority of the market lacked significant drivers to push higher.The three-month zinc price closed $25 per tonne higher on support from a 15,425 tonne cancellation in New Orleans today. Aluminium's three-month price was unchanged at $2,085 per tonne while the market continues to s...Read More
Comex copper prices fell again in morning trading on Friday March 16, with a stronger dollar and lack of marker activity combining to weigh on the metal.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.65 cents or 0.5% to $3.1110 per lb recently. The contract has been varied this week, swinging between positive and negative closes.Trade is expected to be.....Read More
Copper concentrate treatment charges and refining charges (TCs/RCs) have shown little variation over the past two weeks despite an explosion in the numbers of direct trades while the market settled on second-quarter pricing.Smelters in China and elsewhere returned to the spot market for large tonnages, lowering their bids from more than $80 per tonne/$0.08 per lb to settle deals in the mid-$70/$0....Read More
Copper concentrate treatment charges and refining charges (TCs/RCs) have shown little variation over the past two weeks despite an explosion in the numbers of direct trades while the market settled on second-quarter pricing.Smelters in China and elsewhere returned to the spot market for large tonnages, lowering their bids from more than $80 per tonne/$0.08 per lb to settle deals in the mid-$70/$0....Read More
Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More
Global scrap prices remained generally stable except in Taiwan during the working week from Monday March 12 to Friday March 16, amid the uncertainty created by the implementation of Section 232 tariffs in the United States and widespread weak demand for finished steel products.Turkish steel mills have stepped back from the deep-sea scrap markets since the end of the last week and have made no sign...Read More
Trades of ferrous scrap in containers to India have declined sharply this week, amid worries about the knock-on effect of the steel import tariffs being imposed in the United States, sources said on Friday March 16.Buying activity for shredded scrap in containers was steady at the beginning of the week, and at high prices. Toward the end of the week, activity cooled off dramatically although price...Read More
Comex copper prices fell again in morning trading on Friday March 16, with a stronger dollar and lack of marker activity combining to weigh on the metal.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.65 cents or 0.5% to $3.1110 per lb recently. The contract has been varied this week, swinging between positive and negative closes.Trade is expected to be.....Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Friday March 16, with all of the metals, except tin, showing average gains of 0.4%. Copper is up by 0.5% at $6,956 per tonne, while tin is off by 0.1% at $20,970 per tonne.Volume has been light with 4,565 lots traded as of 06.29am London time. This follows a day of weakness on Thursday, with the complex cl...Read More
Some steel product prices in the United States have risen in response to the looming introduction of 25% tariffs on imports, while sentiment in steel markets outside the US has been dampened by fears of potential shifts in trade flows. US president Donald Trump signed the 25% tariff into law on March 8 after the conclusion of his government's Section 232 investigation, and from Friday March 23 the...Read More
Flat steel prices in Turkey's domestic market went down slightly this week, while import and export prices were unchanged amid weak demand, market participants told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 16.Local producers were fully booked until June.Domestic pricesHot-rolled coil (HRC) producers in Turkey have been offering material at $670 per tonne ex-works for late-May and early-June production, whil...Read More