- Gold outperforming stocks in 2018 and this century (see chart)- Gold up close to 2% in 2018 while S&P 500 is down 2%- Trump trade wars and Kudlow as Trump chief economic advisor is gold bullish- Given gold's performance, Kudlow's dismissal of gold as "end of the world insurance" is "irrational"- Market volatility could drive gold to $1,500/oz in 2018 - HolmesEditor: Mark O'ByrneAuthored by Fr...Read More

Just back from Peru and speaking ahead of the 17th World Copper Conference and CESCO Week, the global copper industry´s annual gathering in Santiago, the South African said that management planned to get approval from the directors for the US$5.5 billion investment at a meeting scheduled for the middle of this year.Read More

The disappointing thing was that gold and silver were not able to rise after the release of disappointing US March nonfarm numbers. The perception of traders it seems that cyclical factors such as early Easters has resulted in the fall in March jobs numbers and that the US economy will continue to hire over 200,000 jobs from April onwards. The threshold point for US nonfarm payrolls is 160,000....Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,870/mt last Friday due to a weaker US dollar. In the short term, the upward trend for copper prices will face resistance as a China-US trade war continues to brew. We see LME copper trading at $6,740-6,800/mt with the SHFE 1805 contract at 50,000-50,600 yuan/mt today. On the spot market, we see premiums slightly lower at 10-...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals saw mixed trading on Monday April 9. SHFE aluminium rebounded and closed nearly 1.4% higher. Copper inched up, while zinc fell over 1% and nickel dipped almost 1%. Lead and tin were slightly down.In the ferrous market, hot-rolled coil gained nearly 2% and rebar grew over 1%. Coke, coking coal, and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE 1805 copper cont...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals saw mixed trading on Monday April 9. SHFE aluminium rebounded and closed nearly 1.4% higher. Copper inched up, while zinc fell over 1% and nickel dipped almost 1%. Lead and tin were slightly down.In the ferrous market, hot-rolled coil gained nearly 2% and rebar grew over 1%. Coke, coking coal, and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE 1805 copper cont...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals saw mixed trading on Monday April 9. SHFE aluminium rebounded and closed nearly 1.4% higher. Copper inched up, while zinc fell over 1% and nickel dipped almost 1%. Lead and tin were slightly down.In the ferrous market, hot-rolled coil gained nearly 2% and rebar grew over 1%. Coke, coking coal, and iron ore edged down.Copper: The SHFE 1805 copper cont...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade. Early strength is attributed to downplay on a potential trade war with China by White House officials over the weekend. Merck gained $1.34 to $54.70 following release of positive results from trials for its Keytruda cancer treatment. General Motors added $0.83 to $38.51 after Morgan Stan...Read More

Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here.Famed technician Louise Yamada at LY Advisors warns that investors have been selling the rallies since the January peak, leading to a descending triangle formation on the chart, which is typically a bearish sign.Here's some of what she told Financial Sense Newshour listeners on Saturday's podcast regarding her tec...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – Traders were actively looking to sell copper in the Shanghai spot market on the morning of Monday April 9. While they offered the red metal at a premium of 60-120 yuan/mt, transactions were mostly concluded at a premium of 70-100 yuan/mt.Standard-quality copper was heard traded at 50,320-50,460 yuan/mt and high-quality copper was at 50,340-50,500 yuan/mt, SMM lea...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last week and what is expected today.Last weekThe US dollar closed at 90.12 on Friday April 6, up 0.25% over the week. LME metals fell across the board on Friday except for aluminium, which was up over 3% inventory dropped for the first time in over nine months. Copper edged down close to 1%. Zinc and tin fell over 1...Read More

QUESTION: Hi Mr. Armstrong, I notice that the gold market and the Dow Jones they both had a high in January and since then they have been treading water, are these markets getting in sync or is just a coincidence. Also when it comes to the markets you have explained that we will always see the “if then” situation, my question is a what point do we know that this is the right time to p...Read More

Japan’s largest copper smelter Pan Pacific Copper plans to increase its output by 300,000 mt during April to September this year, the company said last Friday.This would be a 15% increase from the same period last year. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm.cnRead More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,870/mt last Friday due to a weaker US dollar. In the short term, the upward trend for copper prices will face resistance as a China-US trade war continues to brew. We see LME copper trading at $6,740-6,800/mt with the SHFE 1805 contract at 50,000-50,600 yuan/mt today. On the spot market, we see premiums slightly lower at 10-...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last week and what is expected today.Last weekThe US dollar closed at 90.12 on Friday April 6, up 0.25% over the week. LME metals fell across the board on Friday except for aluminium, which was up over 3% inventory dropped for the first time in over nine months. Copper edged down close to 1%. Zinc and tin fell over 1...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last week and what is expected today.Last weekThe US dollar closed at 90.12 on Friday April 6, up 0.25% over the week. LME metals fell across the board on Friday except for aluminium, which was up over 3% inventory dropped for the first time in over nine months. Copper edged down close to 1%. Zinc and tin fell over 1...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper rebounded to a high of $6,870/mt last Friday due to a weaker US dollar. In the short term, the upward trend for copper prices will face resistance as a China-US trade war continues to brew. We see LME copper trading at $6,740-6,800/mt with the SHFE 1805 contract at 50,000-50,600 yuan/mt today. On the spot market, we see premiums slightly lower at 10-...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 9 (SMM) – Spot copper in the Shanghai market was offered at a premium of 70-110 yuan/mt on the morning of Monday April 9, SMM learned. This compared with premiums of 50-80 yuan/mt on the morning of Wednesday April 4. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm...Read More

Thanks to generous funding and support from the Sloan Foundation, the Colorado Technology Primer for Economists and Social Scientists will offer two sessions July 30-Aug. 3 and Aug. 13-17 on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden. The goal of the summer school is to provide advanced doctoral students and early-career academic professionals with an interdisciplinary (engineering and social...Read More

The company announced on Friday it had started arbitration proceedings against a Hong Kong company, Tanzanian Goldfields Company, alleging it had failed to adhere to a contractor and option-to-purchase agreement over its Tanzanian assets.Read More