Richard (Rick) MillsDonald Trump appears to have torn a page from Ahead of the Herd's manual for recharging the US economy. In an earlier article we said what the global economy really needs, in this low-growth, spending-stalled environment brought about by the pandemic, is a push - something big that will attract huge amounts of investment, and workers. As we have suggested, this could be...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold daily bar-chart, you can see a wedge formation:Read More
Use a buy on sharp dips strategy today in gold and silver for next week. Traders will start taking positions for third quarter. I am bullish on gold and silver in July to September period. Only crashing risk (to gold price) is US June nonfarm payrolls on 3rd July comes in positive. 4th July, American Independence day will start the US summer holiday which will end on second week of September. CO...Read More
The three-month London Metal Exchange aluminium price briefly breached $1,600 per tonne on Friday June 19 before closing at $1,592 per tonne. There were just below 9,400 aluminium lots traded on Friday, and the price touched an intraday high of $1,605 per tonne before losing 0.8% through the day.Fastmarkets analyst Andy Farida attributed the rebound in LME aluminium to "improved macro-economic con...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has fined warehouse operator Istim ?30,000 ($37,120) for breaching clauses of its warehouse agreement, the exchange said in a notice to members on Friday June 19. Between September 12 and December 9, 2019, Istim erroneously instructed its London agent to issue primary aluminium warrants containing incorrect brand names and/or shapes on five separate occasions, the LME sa...Read More
Uncertainty in the aluminium market and poor nearby demand have pushed participants on to exchanges, fueling more liquidity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's aluminium European duty-paid contract (EDP). The duty-paid futures contract, based on the Fastmarkets P1020 duty-paid aluminium premium, had 15,522 lots of open interest as of the end of trading on Thursday June 18, compared with 11,6...Read More
A large percentage of the silver that's mined is "Economically Lost" forever. Investors are sitting on an investment that few understand... by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportSilver will likely turn out to be one heck of a better investment than gold due to the rarity of the metal and lack of available supply in the future. While gold has stolen the show recently, I'll bet my bottom Silver Do...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.Big Oil is on the move, feeling its way into a changing energy world. There are two sides to adapting: how to decarbonise oil and gas and how to build a sustainable business around zero-carbon technology. Valentina Kretschmar, VP and...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.Once the deal closes, Chevron will be the second-largest producing major in 2019 terms. It was fourth.The acquisition makes the Majors' peer group much more polarised. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP are now in a league of their own...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.Fuelled by public policy and declining battery costs, global electric bus adoption is set to triple by 2025. The Chinese market - the most promising in this sector - will surpass the 1 million e-bus mark by 2023 and reach 1.3 million...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.Wood Mackenzie, in partnership with WisdomTree, has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) providing investors with exposure to the growth in the demand for, and the usage of, energy storage technologies, and in particular batteries.T...Read More
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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.With the supply of copper slowly recovering, there has been a steady shift in focus towards development and project growth.This is likely to be a slow process, with access to capital being a major stumbling block. Company balance shee...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.Copper is a cornerstone of the EV revolution.At the heart of the electric vehicle, copper is used throughout because of its high electrical conductivity, durability and malleability. And even more is used in charging stations and in s...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.As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices. Stronger demand growth is underpinned by new semis capacity, while...Read More
Export prices of Brazilian steel slab were up in the week ended Friday June 19, with market participants shifting their focus to US deals in order to fill the import quota under Section 232.Fastmarkets assessed the price of steel slab export, fob main port Brazil at $375-390 per tonne on Friday, up from $355-375 per tonne a week before and the assessment's highest level since March 20.This ma...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.Sentiment surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated markets and copper price movements so far in 2020. As a result of the virus, near-term global demand is softening, and the copper market is facing oversupply as a period...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.Guilty of going after tonnages and pursuing growth at any cost during bull times, the world's mining companies have suffered a wave of CEO replacements, with shareholders demanding more capital austerity and returns in the form of div...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.Over 650 GW of new onshore and 130 GW of new offshore wind capacity will be installed between 2018 and 2028. This will consume in excess of 5.5Mt of copper, according to a recent analysis by Wood Mackenzie.Henry Salisbury, Wood Macken...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