As we know, history tends to rhyme.It’s never the same, but when you zoom out, the bigger picture often looks verysimilar. What does it mean for gold?Short-termimplications With gold’s back-and-forth price actionmirroring its behavior from 2012, the yellow metal is likely destined fordevaluation.Back then, gold zigzagged with anxietybefore suffering a material drawdown. In fact, in ear...Read More

Copper's 2.4% price rise at the close of trading on Thursday May 27, supported by the start of a strike at BHP's operations center in Chile, led the rest of the London Metals Exchange base-metals complex higher, making it the first day of strong rises following a week of lower prices.The three-month price of copper was $10,221 per tonne on Thursday at the close, up from Wednesday's $9,979 per tonn...Read More

The latest FOMC minutes were dovish, especially in light of the recent increase in inflation and elevated asset valuations. What does it mean for gold?Yesterday, the FOMC published minutes from its last meeting in April . They’ve shown two things doing that: first, that some of the central bankers are worried about the inflation and elevated asset valuations; and, second, that the Fed is goi...Read More

Rio Tinto is partnering with Swedish research and development firm Comptech AB to bring a new generation of aluminium alloys to the market for use in advanced technologies, such as electric vehicles (EV) and 5G antennas, the UK-listed mining company said.The company said the products are currently undergoing qualification with automakers in Europe, who are stepping up efforts to increase their sha...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 27 that are worth another look.Energy majors Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Chevron received landmark rebukes - in court or from investors - on Wednesday May 26 in attempts to force the companies into...Read More

Copper's price is trading at all-time highs - and now the countries where it is mined the most want a piece of the action.The London Metal Exchange's three-month copper contract recently hit an all-time high of $10,747 per tonne - industrial commodities have broadly rallied on the expectation that government investments in green energy schemes and infrastructure projects after the Covid-19 pandemi...Read More

Experts from the battery value chain shared their understanding and insights into lithium price evolution and the new lithium futures contract during a Fastmarkets' webinar on Tuesday May 25.CME Group in the United States launched a cash-settled lithium futures contract on May 3. The contract is settled against Fastmarkets' assessment of the lithium hydroxide monohydrate, 56.5% LiOH.H2O min, batte...Read More

Copper's 2.4% price rise at the close of trading on Thursday May 27, supported by the start of a strike at BHP's operations center in Chile, led the rest of the London Metals Exchange base-metals complex higher, making it the first day of strong rises following a week of lower prices.The three-month price of copper was $10,221 per tonne on Thursday at the close, up from Wednesday's $9,979 per tonn...Read More

Iron ore prices went fell on Thursday May 27, due to limited demand in the seaborne market and at Chinese ports.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $189.73 per tonne, down $3.14 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $190.90 per tonne, down $3.59 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $162.38 per tonne, down $2.64 per tonne65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cf...Read More

"...you can't blow out the fiat monetary base like we've done and think that silver's not going to explode..."James Anderson with Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsHere's why silver premiums are still rising:James Anderson of SD Bullion joins me to explainTo find out more, click to watch the video now!FULL SHOW NOTES AND LINKS HERE Read More

While it's difficult to quantify the impact this is having on the digital derivative price, there's no doubt that there have been... by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money NewsIt has been four months since the #SilverSqueeze movement began on Reddit and Twitter. While it's difficult to quantify the impact this is having on the digital derivative price, there's no doubt that there have been major implica...Read More

Energy majors Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Chevron received landmark rebukes - in court or from investors - on Wednesday May 26 in attempts to force the companies into reducing carbon emissions.In a Dutch court, Shell was ordered to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% from 2019 levels, and to do so by 2030 - doubling its current pace.Activist shareholders Engine No1 will hold two seats on...Read More

Lack of support on the customer side led to a further slide in CIS steel billet export prices in the week to Thursday May 27, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS dropped to $659 per tonne on Thursday, down by $11 per tonne day on day.Interest in import billet from the part of China, which had been the main outlet for CIS-origin material remain...Read More

Upbeat US and China retail sales driving positive sentiment. Trading limited due to supply scarcity and India Covid-19 travel restrictions. Polished shortages stimulating rough buying at firm prices. Strong cash buyers making for good market liquidity, but India experiencing some pandemic-related payment concerns. Richemont FY jewelry sales +3% to $9.1B. Christie's HK sells $76.8M (82% by lot), in...Read More

Canada will seek to work with its allies and partners to develop supply chains that will help them to meet global climate goals, according to the associate deputy minister at the Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).Shawn Tupper said that this will include building mineral value chains and downstream processing, products and technologies, and leveraging mining practices, to position Cana...Read More

RAPAPORT... Jeweler Mehul Choksi will likely be repatriated to India following his capture in Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean, Reuters reported.Choksi's arrest comes two years after his nephew, Nirav Modi, was apprehended by the Metropolitan Police in the UK on behalf of the Indian authorities.The two fugitives, along with others, are alleged to have defrauded India's Punjab Natio...Read More

RAPAPORT... A matched pair of fancy-blue diamond earrings with an upper estimate of $770,000 will lead the Hong Kong Jewels & Jadeite auction at Phillips next week.The diamonds, weighing 1.12 and 1.13 carats, have been meticulously cut to maximize their color, the company said recently, calling these stones "one of the most desirable and sought-after of all jewels." The blue diamonds have...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 73.11-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond will lead The Roaring Twenties 2.0 auction at Sotheby's New York next month.The Sienna Star, a VS2-clarity, natural color, cut-cornered square step-cut stone, is set in 18 karat white gold ring with about 4.45 carats of near-colorless F-G color, VS clarity diamonds.It is a described as one of the most important creations by London-...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi was arrested yesterday in Dominica, three days after he disappeared from Antigua, about 120 miles away by sea.There is media speculation that after arriving on the tiny island by boat he was intending to travel by sea to Cuba, 1,150 miles away.He is wanted in his home country of India, where he and nephew Nirav Modi are accused of defrauding the...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sotheby's will offer a fancy-vivid-yellow diamond ring at its New York sale next month, estimating the piece could fetch up to $3 million.The cut-cornered square step-cut, 73.11-carat, VS2-clarity jewel by Mayfair designer Glenn Spiro, called The Sienna Star, is one of the largest fancy-vivid-yellow diamonds to come to auction, Sotheby's said Wednesday. The piece is one of the top...Read More