Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
The never-before-seen measures meted out by China's Tangshan municipal government could cut hundreds of thousands of tonnes per day in steel output and hit raw material demand in 2021, market sources told Fastmarkets. Tangshan's environmental protection office said on Friday March 19 that it is looking to tighten its grip on air pollution in the city, especially after it found that not all st...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 23 that are worth another look.China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress...Read More
An imbalance between supply and demand and the increases in freight costs boosted global aluminium premiums in the week to Tuesday March 23, with the Rotterdam duty-unpaid price at a multi-year high and the United States Midwest premium reaching its highest since October 2018.Swift increase in Rotterdam amid bullish spot marketUS Midwest continues to rise on tight supplySouth Korea premium chases...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico went up another level in the week ended Friday March 19, amid a continuing rally in prime scrap values.Demand for prime grades of scrap continued to rise during the week, with sellers being successful in getting better deals. Price increases from the previous week came into full effect, and there were also reports of fresh price rises from some steelmakers in both th...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 23.Please click...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 23 that are worth another look.China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress...Read More
The Shanghai Futures Exchange's plans to list ferro-chrome futures, potentially this year, will bring welcomed hedging opportunities and may weaken the dominance of China's stainless steel mills in the ore and alloy markets, participants told Fastmarkets.While no definite date or specifications of the ferro-chrome futures have been announced, Fastmarkets asked participants what changes these contr...Read More
Usually after a London Metal Exchange discussion paper there is a decent idea of what the outcome is likely to be. But this time around, it seems much harder to tell which path the LME will take. The proposals under debate include the permanent closure of the exchange's open outcry trading floor, known as the ring, which dates back to 1877. They also include the incentivization of electronic trade...Read More
When considering the prospects for the new Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) copper contract, a senior executive at one of the world's largest metals trading companies quoted Hamlet's soliloquy in the Shakespearian play of the same name."In terms of promotion of the internationalization of the renminbi and weakening of the pricing power of the [London Metal Exchange] and CME: 'To be or...Read More
Glencore's succession process continues to make its way through board level.John Mack, an non-executive director and former chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, will not seek re-election during the company's April 29 annual general meeting...Read More
The economy seems to be recovering, while bond yields are increasing again, sending gold prices down.Not good. Gold bulls can be truly upset. The yellow metal continued its bearish trend last week. As the chart below shows, the price of gold has declined from $1,807 on Monday (Feb. 22) to $1,743 on Friday (Feb. 26). What happened? Well, last week was full of positive economic news. In particular,...Read More
Best case scenario is for silver and gold to rally next week, but you can see...by Michael Ballanger via Streetwise Reports"Man, Powell is such a hitter. He is relentless in his desire to help the underclass of this country. More than anyone. It's truly incredible. . .and joyous!" -March 17 tweet from CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim CramerSince the mid-1990s, I have been forced to observe the antics of...Read More
After gold came down hard last week, it might be in a for a short pause and corrective upswing. What will the yellow metal’s next chapter bring for the miners? How high can they go if gold rallies from here?As gold recently moved very close to my approximate target of $1,700, the senior miners (GDX) ended Friday’s (Feb. 26) session $0.13 above my initial downside target of $31 . And wh...Read More
Feasible? Or inevitable?By Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneFeasible? Or inevitable?FULL SHOW NOTES AND LINKS HERE Read More
Gold has been taking a beating in recent weeks, the sell-off prompted by rising bond yields which are taking the shine off the yellow metal. Higher interest rates diminish the argument for owning gold, which offers no yield.On Wednesday, Feb. 24, spot gold dropped to $1,784.60 an ounce, just shy of $1,783.10 reached on Feb. 21, its lowest since July, 2020. The gold price climbed $342, or 22% last...Read More
China released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 on March 12 following the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Fastmarkets summarizes five key targets under the new five-year plan that are likely to underpin corres...Read More
It's the perfect storm! Are we sitting on a powder keg ready to explode?by David Morgan of The Morgan ReportIs THE BIG SHORT Moment In Silver Just Days Away... COMEX Under Seige! | https://www.themorganreport.comIn this down to earth interview, Darryl and Brian Panes from As Good As Gold Australia interview David Morgan from the Morgan Report, who shares his views on the concerning shortages of s...Read More
The silver price is setting up the same fundamentals that pushed the palladium price up by five times over the past several years. While... by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportThe silver price is setting up the same fundamentals that pushed the palladium price up by five times over the past several years. While industrial demand was the overwhelming factor that caused the palladium price to sk...Read More
There is a sense that we are close to asignificant move in silver. The current season since August 2020 till now, isshaping up in a similar manner to the season of August 2019 to February/March2020.Silver as well as the stock market peaked inFebruary 2020, and crashed significantly into March.Below, is a chart of silver (top) and theDow (bottom): On the silver chart, I have indicated howthe curren...Read More
Following a necessary correction,the gold miners’ stocks have spent much of recent months bottoming. This healthy basing process is rebalancingsentiment, preparing the way for this sector’s next bull-market upleg. That is looking to coincide with gold stocks’spring rally, one of their strongest times of the year seasonally. That stiff tailwind blowing behind bul...Read More