(Adds Soros, CI Investments, gold price, market background, 13F background)By Renita D. YoungNEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - New York-based Paulson & Co, led by longtime gold bull John Paulson, kept its stake in gold investments during the fourth quarter of 2017, while other heavyweights including Soros Fund Management LLC, Jana Partners LLC and Caxton Corp all remained unexposed to the metal.Th...Read More
(Kitco News) - Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE, TSX: ABX) reported a fourth-quarter net loss Wednesday largely due to a previously announced impairment charge, but a profit for adjusted net earnings.The world’s largest gold producer listed a net loss of $314 million, or 27 cents per share, compared to a profit of $425 million, or 36 cents, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted net earnings were $...Read More
The most recent economic data released today clearly indicates that as the economy grows inflation is heating up. The consumer price index for January had its most significant increase in five months. Year on year, the consumer price index is up 2.1%.Add to that the recent upticks in wage growth and the data clearly suggests that inflation has increased. The data also indicates that any apprehensi...Read More
(Kitco News) - Goldcorp Inc. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) late Wednesday reported that earnings in the fourth quarter more than doubled from the same period a year ago.The gold producer listed a net profit of $242 million, or 28 cents per share, up from $101 million, or 12 cents, in the fourth quarter of 2016.The company said the increased profit was primarily due to higher earnings from Cerro Negro due to...Read More
(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term.Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged next week? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12 PM EDT) along with the results from our market professional survey.Readers can al...Read More
(Kitco News) - Some market watchers are scratching their heads at the big upside price moves in gold and silver markets Wednesday. What was the main driving force for the strong prices gains? Was it the depreciation of the U.S. dollar index this week? Was it a re-examination of the U.S. consumer price index report that may not be as indicative of problematic inflation as initially thought? Or, was...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session sharply up and hit a two-week high Wednesday. A slumping U.S. dollar index this week and chart-based buying were featured. Buy stop order were triggered in the gold and silver futures markets when near-term technical resistance levels were breached. April Comex gold futures were last up $27.00 an ounce at $1,357.40. March Comex silver was last...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday February 14. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were in positive territory across the...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday February 14. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were in positive territory across the...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange took advantage of the weakening dollar to close higher across the board on Wednesday February 14, with nickel leading the charge."LME prices strengthened further on a lack of Chinese selling and a softer US dollar, which saw upside stops triggered with an accompanying sharp increase in turnover. 5pm closes were all up on the day and just off the high...Read More
Swedish metal producer Boliden will invest $308 million over the next two years to expand its copper-nickel production sites in Finland.The company will spend ?,?80 million ($98.65 million) to raise output at its Kevitsa copper-nickel mine and ?,?45 million to expand capacity of the Harjavalta copper-nickel smelter, according to a company statement on Tuesday February 13. Both copper and nickel sa...Read More
Tin premiums firmed in Europe and the United States on Tuesday February 13, after higher logistical costs and shipment delays squeezed regions with thin residual supply. 99.9% tin premiums hit one-year high in Rotterdam Higher freight costs inflate premiums in the US LME price spread backwardation continues to narrow from late-January highs European premiums for 99.9% purity tin ingot...Read More
Spot prices have eased so far this week in European molybdic oxide and ferro-molybdenum trading due to the absence of key world trader China which has had a dampening effect on international markets, sources told Metal Bulletin. Metal Bulletin assessed molybdic oxide prices at $12.00-12.25 per lb in-warehouse Rotterdam on Wednesday February 14, from $12.20-12.50 per lb on Friday. The market w...Read More
Swedish metal producer Boliden will invest $308 million over the next two years to expand its copper-nickel production sites in Finland.The company will spend ?,?80 million ($98.65 million) to raise output at its Kevitsa copper-nickel mine and ?,?45 million to expand capacity of the Harjavalta copper-nickel smelter, according to a company statement on Tuesday February 13. Both copper and nickel sa...Read More
World zinc mine output is expected to accelerate well ahead of demand for the second half of this year, tipping the balance in the market, an executive at physical merchant Concord Resources said. Duncan Hobbs told the International Zinc Association (IZA) conference in Carlsbad, in the US state of California, that there were very different trends in world zinc mine output in the mid-2000s versus t...Read More
The steel mills in Turkey resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings on Wednesday February 14 at comparatively stable prices, Metal Bulletin was told.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 30,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $349.25 per tonne, 5,000 tonnes of shredded at $354.25 per tonne...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part consolidating this morning, Wednesday February 14. Nickel prices are the most energetic with a 0.7% gain to $13,520 per tonne, the others are ranged between down 0.2% and up 0.3%, with copper prices unchanged at $7,017 per tonne.Volume has been below average, with 7,611 lots traded as of 07.19 am London time. This follows a second day...Read More
Domestic prices in Northern Europe for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) have increased again this week, following the upward trend settled in the region's wider flat steel markets, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 14.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic HDG in Northern Europe was ?,?680-700 ($839-863) per tonne ex-works this week, compared with ?,?670-690 per tonn...Read More
Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) are expected to grow this month following the upward trend in the hot-rolled coil (HRC) market, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 14.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic CRC in Southern Europe was ?,?640-645 ($789-795) per tonne ex-works on February 14, compared with ?,?625-650 per tonne ex-works. The assessment reflected...Read More
European mills insist in higher domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) following the positive trend settled in the market, sources told Metal Bulletin.The upward trend settled in the EU coil market has been supported by a combination of decreased production of domestic material in Italy and the effects of trade defense measures.Sources of imported HRC have been limited since the European Commis...Read More