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
Three-month prices for base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Thursday September 3, with positive unemployment data and services data from the United States doing little to stop an equities-led decline across the complex.A 4% downturn in LME nickel futures led that decline, and nickel's outright price on the LME was the laggard over Thursday afternoon...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 355,90956,10361,212176,786508,473593,907625,788 Change from Prior Reporting Period -20,4929,794-24,844-15,514-44,641-60,850-59,691 Traders 22766735855311174 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 60,66528,784654,572 -117-1,276-60,967 non reportable posi...Read More
Low prices for copper in the international markets could reduce the availability of copper scrap, European producer Aurubis said in a results statement for the October-December 2018 quarter, published on Wednesday February 13.The multi-metal company expected the copper scrap market to be fundamentally stable, it said. But the current low metal prices could lead to reduced copper scrap supplies and...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
The lockdown that recently took place due to the pandemic was like a practice run for a bigger SHTF event. Many of Continue...Read More
MIF May 24-25, 2019, in Vancouver: - Jay Taylor, J Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks "2018 - A Year of Epic Market Disruptions".____________________________________________________________The companies presenting at the Metals Investor Forum are as vetted as it gets - they have already cleared the high hurdle of earning the coverage from the newsletter writers' as companies with excellent manage...Read More
- Intellectuals are laying the groundwork for "a tower of debt higher than any ever seen in world history"- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Donald J Trump (DJT) will soon be on the same side by coming to love massive debt, "$2-trillion federal deficits," ultra loose monetary policies and the debasement of the dollar- Beyond "good and evil" and moving to "dumb and dumber" monetary and econo...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.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.What does tight oil have in common with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet's Google stocks (known as FAANG stocks)? Answer: tight oil is arguably the upstream equivalent of these tech sector leaders. It's the hot investment...Read More
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part consolidating this morning, Tuesday January 2, with lead the exception where prices are up 0.6% at $2,514 per tonne. The rest are little changed with copper prices at $7,254 per tonne, but trading volume has been high at 11,821 lots as of 7.30am London time. This comes after an overall positive close to the year on Friday Decemb...Read More
Physical iron ore trading slowed on Tuesday April 30 ahead of the May Day holiday in China on May 1-4, while prices strengthened on news of production restrictions on mills in Tangshan.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $94.17 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.12 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $93.20 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.37 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $97.27 per ton...Read More
The Federal Reserve's Shifting Makeup … The professional background of the Federal Reserve's leadership has moved from one that was dominated by bankers to one that is heavily academic … Fed research economists are Ph.D.s by training who worked in the Fed's economic research divisions and typically publish academic research; Fed administrators worked as managers in other as...Read More
Right when the debate about the legislation to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is about to start in Australia's House of Representatives, the mining sector is out and about showing its support to the trade deal.This week, the Minerals Council of Australia issued a statement supporting the findings in a recent study about the so-called TPP-11. The re...Read More
Austenitic alloy steel scrap prices in the UK domestic market were largely stable this week because low demand was matched by dwindling supply, sources said on Friday November 29.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel scrap 316 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, was ?1,170-1,250 ($1,512-1,615) per tonne on November 29, widening upward by ?20 per tonne and returning to the level...Read More
Here's a video discussing the possibility of Ally Bank being the next bank to collapse and what to watch out for to avoid losing your ...Read More
SPY rallies back to the freshly broken Fed-day closing levels could be met with selling"Amid the current sentiment backdrop and on the heels of last week's monetary policy decision, there would appear to be slightly more risk than reward in the market's short-term status... on the eve of the FOMC's announcement, the SPY closed at $290.75, and on the day of the announcement it closed at $289.88......Read More
* Euro's 2-1/2 peak against dollar within sights* Commodity currencies rally again* MiFID II introduction weighs on volumes* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 (Adds details, quote)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The euro traded close to its highest level in three years against a broadly weaker dollar on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2018, on optimism over a brightening economic picture...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday, pulled down by rising Russian production and the highest U.S. drilling activity in more than three years.Analysts expect higher U.S. output to offset supply curbs by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which have been in place for 18 months and have pushed up prices significantly over the past year.Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1...Read More
Tennant Minerals Ltd (ASX:TMS) CEO Vincent Algar joins Proactive's Jonathan Jackson to share insights into the company and its ...Read More