Antimony prices edged up in China in the week ended Friday November 16 on rising production costs, while prices in Europe continued their downward trend on weak consumer demand. In China, Fastmarkets' price assessment for MMTA standard grade-II antimony, delivered, duty-paid, stood at 50,200-51,000 yuan ($7,235-7,350) per tonne on Wednesday November 14, up 0.7% from 50,000-50,500 yuan per tonne a...Read More
Disappointment that United States/China trade talks are not making progress has once again dampened sentiment in the London Metal Exchange's three-month base metals prices to the extent there has been little follow through to the strength seen at the end of last week.Nickel has taken the brunt of the disappointment this morning, Monday November 19, and is showing a drop of 1.1% to $11,265 per tonn...Read More
Unwavering demand for refined copper, following China's ban of category 7 copper scrap imports, and tighter refined copper cathodes supply from overseas may lead to higher spot copper premiums cif Shanghai in the first half of 2019, Awin Resources' deputy general manager Danny Ju told Fastmarkets in a recent interview. The effect of several smelter disruptions in 2018 will be sustained into first...Read More
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Aluminium price remains under pressure as...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue...Read More
Aluminium The three-month LME aluminium price is consolidating...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus...Read More
Solid rebound in copper prices... The...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as...Read More
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Price still probing lower as price correction extends...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the...Read More
Tin underperforms its complex since November-start ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the lates...Read More
Prices outperform as structural tightness deepens ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest...Read More
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Jittery stock markets and ongoing disappointment over United States/China trade developments continued to put either a cap on the base metals – the exception being tin that broke higher at the start of this week – or keep them under pressure, in the likes of nickel and aluminium. The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were on divergent paths this morning, Tu...Read More
Jon Vialoux will be on BNN's Market Call Tonight at 6:00pm ET this Friday, November 23rd taking your calls on Technical Analysis and Seasonal Investing. CALL TOLL-FREE 1-855-326-6266, EMAIL marketcall@bnnbloomberg.ca, or TWEET @MarketCall.Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 20thU.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 31 points in pre-openi...Read More
(Kitco News) - Despite bitcoin falling below $5,000 on Monday, Ron Paul’s Twitter followers once again chose the popular cryptocurrency over gold in the former Republican Congressman’s annual Twitter poll.The conditions of the poll remained the same as last year: “A wealthy person gifts you $10,000. You get to choose in which form you’ll accept the gift.”The catch was...Read More
(Kitco News) - Although optimism is starting to grow among gold traders, one technical analyst warns that it is still a little too early to turn overly bullish on the precious metal.In a recent interview with Kitco News, Greg Harmon, founder of Dragonfly Capital, said while gold has bounced off recent support at $1,220 an ounce, prices need to push past their October highs above $1,246 an ounce, b...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are near steady in quieter early-afternoon U.S. trading Monday. Some backing and filling on the daily charts was seen in gold following recent good gains. December gold futures were last up $0.70 an ounce at $1,223.80. December Comex silver was last up $0.003 at $14.385 an ounce. Global stock markets were mixed in subdued, pre-holiday trading overnight. U.S...Read More
Photo courtesy of kevin brine/Shutterstock.com (Kitco News) - Although the gold market has been unable to maintain October’s momentum, one Canadian bank is not ready to give up on the precious metals just yet.Analysts at Scotiabank said that they see further potential for the yellow metal as the bank sees a wave of risk-off sentiment sweep through financial markets and inflation pressur...Read More
(Kitco News) - Large speculators increased their bearish positioning in gold futures by 67% during the most recent reporting week for data compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which analysts say accounts for much of the slide in prices during the early part of November. During the week-long period to Nov. 13 covered by the report, Comex December gold fell 2% to $1,201.40 an oun...Read More