(Kitco News) - Gold prices have recovered some of their early losses in late-morning trading Monday. The yellow metal got a slight lift as the U.S. dollar index dropped to its session low and is trading modestly down on the day. Also, the U.S. stock indexes have backed way off their daily highs, which is also supportive to the gold and silver markets. April gold was last down $4.90 at $1,319.10....Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold is lower again this morning and last week's rally to $1,340 is a distant memory. The only thing that can help gold here is the oversold conditions and a dead-cat bounce. The pattern in gold is ugly, making lower highs and lower lows. Now, $1,300 is the key level that gold must hold or $1,240 is in the cards. There are so many things that are in play here when it comes to the me...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold continues to see selling pressure as both the short-term fundamentals and the technical picture have deteriorated. Gold's failure to break above the $1,337 level early last week and the subsequent break of $1,322 overnight suggests the technical picture may have turned bearish. The FOMC meeting next week is expected to bring a 25-basis-point increase in rates, especially after...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
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
Increased aluminium availability in Europe has applied further downward pressure to falling premiums in the region, following the Section 232 announcement.The benchmark duty-paid premiums fell 3% to $158-168 per tonne on Friday March 9 from $163-173 per tonne the week before, while the duty-unpaid premium fell to $93-103 per tonne last Friday from $95-105 per tonne on Tuesday March 6.US Presi...Read More
Spot prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten concentrates continued to rise last week when sellers raised their offers or declined to offer at all while Chinese raw materials are in tight supply. APT and oxide supplies continue to tighten while Chinese output slows Sellers decline to offer intermediates due to concerns over replacement cost, availability Profit-taking prompts fall in...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon spot market slumped over the past week because of slow demand from key consumers in the steel and magnesium sectors.The market will be vulnerable to further losses if there is no upturn in demand in the near term. Chinese demand lags behind supply... ...and domestic prices fall more than 10% Europe price range widens amid uncertainty US market eases, wary of renewed impor...Read More
A week-long strike by workers with trade union representation at South America's largest zinc smelter, Cajamarquilla, has ended, owner Nexa Resources has confirmed."The strike is over. Nexa Resources reached an agreement with the Labour Union on Friday [March]...Read More
Spot prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten concentrates continued to rise last week when sellers raised their offers or declined to offer at all while Chinese raw materials are in tight supply. APT and oxide supplies continue to tighten while Chinese output slows Sellers decline to offer intermediates due to concerns over replacement cost, availability Profit-taking prompts fall in...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
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
Chinese silicon export prices have been stable due to high raw materials costs and limited output during dry season though market participants are wary of a headwind on low buying interest, while European prices were steady on a hesitant market sentiment.The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price stood at $2,010-2,050 per tonne on Friday March 9, unchanged from one week ago. Since the start of Dec...Read More
The Turkish steel mills paused their deep-sea scrap purchases on Monday March 12, following the news about the United States applying import duties under Section 232, heard late last week.Market participants were unsure about the future direction of the market after US President Donald Trump used his powers under Section 232 to officially sign the previously announced tariffs on steel and aluminiu...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
Demand for imported scrap in Turkey could suffer as a result of the United States applying tariffs on shipments of Turkish steel, a spokeswoman for German steel recycling association BDSV told Metal Bulletin on Monday March 12.Lower demand for Turkish steel in the US under tariffs could lead to a drop in steel production in Turkey and lower scrap demand from the country, the spokeswoman said.Altho...Read More
Comex copper prices came under selling pressure on the morning of Monday March 12 in the United States, with markets awaiting to assess the impact of import tariffs that President Donald Trump will sign into law within the next fortnight.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.95 cents or 0.3% to $3.1265 per lb. "While further selling pressur...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 last...Read More
Steel producers in Russia have increased their offers to the domestic markets for April-production hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) sheet, Metal Bulletin has been told.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment of the price for Russian 4mm HR sheet was 43,000-45,000 roubles ($759-794) per tonne cpt Moscow, including VAT, on Monday March 12, widening upward from 43,000 roubles per tonne a week earlier....Read More
Exporters of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States continued to be in bullish mood in the week ended Monday March 12, despite a rapid price decline for China-origin material.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for CIS-origin HRC exports was $610-625 per tonne fob Black Sea on March 12, narrowing upward from $590-625 per tonne fob Black Se...Read More