U.S. equity index futures were slightly lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 1 point in pre-opening trade. Futures are responding to shut-down of the U.S. government over the weekend. Juno Therapeutic jumped $18.41 to $86.22 after Celgene offered to purchase the company for $87 per share. Value of the offer is estimated at $9 billion. Celgene dropped $1.30 to $101.35.Intel (INTC $44.8...Read More

China’s refined copper output rises 16.7% on a yearly basis to 865,000 mt in December, setting a new high since February 2015, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics today.The article is edited by SMM and is provided for information purpose only. It does not mean SMM agrees with its views and SMM assumes no liability for accuracy of information contained or quoted in...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jan 22 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper sees resistance and is expected to retrace further towards $7,000/mt. With weak spot demand and excess inventory, LME copper is expected to trade at $7,010-7,065/mt while SHFE 1803 is to trade at 53,100-53,650 yuan/mt. Spot discounts are to move at 150-100 yuan/mt today.Aluminium: We see LME aluminium trading at $2,200-2,230/mt to...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Monday January 22, with the complex up by an average of 0.2%. Three-month copper prices ($7,096 per tonne) are up the most with a 0.7% gain, while nickel, zinc and lead prices are up by around 0.3% and aluminium and tin prices are little changed.Volume has been average with 6,376 lots traded as of 6.59am L...Read More

Recently, we witnessed the largest change to our tax system in over three decades with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). It will take us years to fully understand all the implications of these changes but, for now, it appears there are some immediate winners-real estate investors. Before I explain why, and offer some potential strategies to consider, please remember that real estate is an importan...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jan 22 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper sees resistance and is expected to retrace further towards $7,000/mt. With weak spot demand and excess inventory, LME copper is expected to trade at $7,010-7,065/mt while SHFE 1803 is to trade at 53,100-53,650 yuan/mt. Spot discounts are to move at 150-100 yuan/mt today.Aluminium: We see LME aluminium trading at $2,200-2,230/mt to...Read More

SHANGHAI, Jan 22 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Copper: LME copper sees resistance and is expected to retrace further towards $7,000/mt. With weak spot demand and excess inventory, LME copper is expected to trade at $7,010-7,065/mt while SHFE 1803 is to trade at 53,100-53,650 yuan/mt. Spot discounts are to move at 150-100 yuan/mt today.Aluminium: We see LME aluminium trading at $2,200-2,230/mt to...Read More

Late on Friday, January 19, 2018, politicians in the U.S. Congress failed for the nineteenth time in the last 42 years to approve a resolution that would allow the U.S. government to continue borrowing money to support all of the spending that they've mandated. As a result, nonessential federal government employees have been directed to not report to work as of Saturday, January 20, 2018...Read More

QUESTION: Do you think that the Commitment of Traders and reported inventories are relevant to gauge market performance?ANSWER: The oldest game in town is manipulating inventories. Commodities can be stored at many places, but only selected facilities are on the reporting list. During the famous Buffet Silver scandal of 1997-1998, to justify taking silver up in price they had to make the invent...Read More

ELKO, Nev., Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. ("U.S. Gold" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: USAU), a gold exploration and development company, announced today that it has closed its previously announced $5.0 million sale of its Series E convertible preferred stock in a non-brokered registered direct offering. Concurrently, the Company also issued common stock purchase warrants in a priva...Read More

There has been chatter about whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) will result in a temporary stimulus, or sugar high, to U.S. economic activity because of the increase in corporate after-tax profits and the increase in household disposable income that will flow from the tax-rate cuts. How can putting this extra after-tax income in the hands of businesses and households not st...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange mostly closed in positive territory on Monday January 22 on continued support from the weaker dollar.Lead prices closed back above $2,600 per tonne and close to seven-year high levels. The global refined lead market recorded a deficit of 169,000 tonnes year-to-date through November 2017, according to the International Lead & Zinc Study Group. "The st...Read More

Total volumes in all of the London Metal Exchange's futures and options contracts rose by 0.5% last year, which is hardly a dramatic result one way or the other, although it did at least halt a run of annual declines.Declines in aluminium and copper turnover were to an extent offset by increases in zinc, nickel and lead. As well, the exchange's new gold and silver contracts chipped in with some us...Read More

A new partnership between Colorado School of Mines and Caterpillar is providing hands-on leadership training and industry mentorship to student leaders in mining engineering. Four Mines students - all serving on the executive team of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) student chapter - spent their fall break last semester at the Caterpillar Tinaja Hills Demonstration Cente...Read More

Comex copper prices moved higher in the US morning on Monday January 22, gaining support from further losses on the dollar index. Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 1.55 cents or 0.5% to $3.2030 per lb. Emerging demand outside of China and supply-side uncertainty...Read More

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Peter KrauthGold prices in 2018 are already gaining thanks to the "January Effect" I told you about last week, and the government shutdown this week won't slow them down.After breaching the $1,300 level on the very last trading day of 2017, the price of gold has pushed even higher in 2018.Editor's Note: 10 Reasons Why Gold Could Hit $3,000 in 2018The yellow metal peaked at $1,343 early last week (...Read More

Germanium dioxide prices soared by 4.3% on Friday January 19 on the news that Teck Resources had declared a partial force majeure on metal sales from its zinc and lead smelting and refining complex, Trail Operations. Traders say germanium dioxide may soon start trading at a premium to germanium metal. Metal Bulletin assessed germanium prices at $1,350-1,450 per kg on an in-warehouse Rotterdam...Read More

Sentiment in the CIS export billet market turned negative in the week ended Monday January 22 amid a lack of activity and pressure arising from weakness in Chinese prices, Metal Bulletin has heard.There was almost no trading activity for CIS billet exports during the week."The market seems to have completely stopped," one trader said. "There is no liquidity."Another trader told Metal Bulletin that...Read More

Doe Run Peru's Cobriza copper mine and La Oroya polymetallic smelter will be auctioned separately on different dates in March and April in the hopes that this could finally attract buyers for the assets.Cobriza's first round of auction is scheduled for March 1, with the other rounds booked for March 15 and April 2, liquidator Dirige said to Metal Bulletin.Meanwhile, the auction dates for the smelt...Read More