Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
We study the impact of rising geopolitical tensions and slowing global growth on the demand for bullion-backed ETFs.Read full newsRead More
China will no longer accept scrap metal shipments from abroad from January 1, 2021, the government said on Wednesday November 25.Scrap buyers in China were informed via a joint statement from the environmental and commerce ministries, the General Administration of Customs and the National Development and Reform Commission that their import quotas for foreign waste, including waste paper and scrap....Read More
Peter Krauth, the editor of Silver Stock Investor, looks at the fundamental and technical perspectives behind recent movements in the price of silver. Silver just dropped about 10% in three trading days, and some are freaking out.I say just relax...and buy the dip. In late November, silver was trading at $22. By January 6th, it reached $27.80, gaining an impressive 26% over just six weeks. Is thi...Read More
BOAO/BEIJING, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Tuesday to open the country’s economy further and lower import tariffs on products including cars, in a speech seen as an attempt to defuse an escalating trade dispute with the United States.While most of the pledges were reiterations of previously announced reforms, which foreign businesses complain are long overdue, X...Read More
Silver X Mining Corp.'s production at its Nueva Recuperada mine are now at pre-shutdown levels, according to a note from Red Cloud Securities. In a research note published on February 2, 2024, Red Cloud Securities analyst Timothy Lee discussed Q4/23 production results from Silver X Mining Corp.'s (AGX:TSX.V) Nueva Recuperada silver-polymetallic mine in Peru. Lee's report provides insight into the...Read More
What is the optimal annual increase to the annual monetary supply? Is it:A: 2% growthB: 1% growthC: 0% growthD: -1% growthE: -2% growthThe answer you will have shortly. Let us first glance the doings on Wall Street...Heavy weather barreled on through this afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went 222 points backward today, the S&P 500, seven.The Nasdaq Composite - dspite all hell's ange...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed in the morning of Tuesday May 1, with copper (-0.7% at $6,775 per tonne), aluminium (-0.2%) and zinc (-0.4%) prices lower, while tin prices are untraded and lead and nickel prices are both up 0.3%. Chinese markets are closed for a national holiday today, meaning volume has been light with 1,225 lots traded as of 6.24am London time. This fo...Read More
* China retail sales growth slows, industrial output rises * Nickel touches fresh 11-month low * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Updates with closing prices, Lead and zinc balance)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Base metals held steady onWednesday as weak retail sales data from top consumer China tookthe shine off upbeat industrial output and investment figures inthe country.Benchmark co...Read More
Mark Moss, Released on 4/30/23Will the U.S ban energy and gold, again? In this fascinating conversation with Doomberg, we discuss how the United States and the developed world seems to be banning oil, natural gas, gas combustion vehicles, gold, Bitcoin, crypto, and anything else that gets in the way of what their political ideology says! So Doomberg and I get into the energy markets, what's going...Read More
Some interpreted Powell's statement to mean more QE. There's a strong clue Powell meant something else. OK, but ....Continue...Read More
Cryptocurrency markets have received an incredible amount of bullish news over the past few months, yet the price has barely budged. We believe this is adding fuel to the eventual fire that will ignite under cryptocurrency prices. In this article, we cover the latest bullish news and present our case for much higher cryptocurrency prices in the months ahead.NYSE Operator, ICE, Launches Bakkt Crypt...Read More
The European high carbon ferro-chrome markets were largely stable in week to Tuesday November 3 despite concerns about Covid-19 inspiring caution among consumers, sources said.Fastmarkets' ferro-chrome high carbon 6-8.5% C, basis 60-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe assessment was stable at $0.88-1.03 per lb Cr for a second consecutive week on Tuesday November 3.Likewise, Fastmarkets' assessme...Read More
Lead stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses rose by the most in percentage terms, while zinc was the biggest faller in the week to Friday December 18. All other base metals, bar tin, registered lower deliverable stocks on a weekly comparison. Lead inventories totaled 52,173 tonnes as of Friday, up by 7,634 tonnes (17.1%) from 44,539 tonnes a week prior. The Zhongchu Lutong wareh...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.This article first appear in Forbes on Oct 7, 2018. After a positive start to 2018, growing trade tensions have raised concerns over global economic growth, while tightening global liquidity is having an adverse effect on many em...Read More
What the President Does ... By Jonathan Bernstein Turns out maybe Donald Trump doesn't want to be president after all. Oh, he wants to run for president. Almost certainly wants to win. Probably wants to be inaugurated. But doing the actual job? That's something else. At least according to Paul Manafort, Trump's strategist and campaign chairman, in an interview with HuffPost's Howard Fineman. -...Read More
Buyers are accepting higher prices for hot-rolled coil from European mills, but the number of offers and traded volumes remain limited, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday June 21.German and other Northern European producers were reportedly holding back from making new offers because their order books are good and they prefer to take their time before providing new prices to buyers. The region's st...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
Mark Carney goes in to bat for Britain … Governor Mark Carney takes the Tube on his first day … Mark Carney started his first day at the Bank of England with a Tube ride on the central line and a slew of advice on how he might try to fix the British economy. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: Mark Carney, the most brilliant central banker of his generation, takes the subway to...Read More
* Chinese currency depreciation to help exports * Copper's resistance at $6,110 where moving averagesconverging (Updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Copper prices climbed to one-weekhighs on Wednesday after reports of fresh stimulus in topconsumer China and signs of progress in Sino-U.S. trade talksreinforced expectations of stronger growth and demand.Benchmark co...Read More