The European molybdenum markets have dropped this week amid quiet business while dealers prepared for more active trading at the Fastmarkets MB ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, sources said.Fastmarkets MB assessed the price of European drummed molybdic oxide, in-warehouse Rotterdam, at $11.80-12.00 per lb on Wednesday November 7, down from $12.00-12.15 per lb on Friday las...Read More
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Credit rating agency Moody'swarned on Thursday that global economic growth was likely toslow in the next two years and that it expected the trade warbetween the United States and China to escalate further."We expect global growth to slow to under 3.0 percent in2019 and 2020, from an estimated 3.3 percent in 2017-18," theagency said in a new report.It added that...Read More
The London Metal Exchange's total average daily volumes (ADV) rose by 15% year on year in October, with aluminium and aluminium alloy sales growing by 40% and 89% respectively. In September, total ADV declined by 3.4% annually. Aluminium ADV showed 40.6% growth with 264,293 lots traded and net stocks reaching 59,525 tonnes. The three-month aluminium price on the LME peaked at $2,267 per tonne on O...Read More
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Italian government bond yieldsrose to a session high on Thursday, while the euro dipped afterthe European Commission cut Italy's growth forecast and said itanticipated a jump in the country's structural budget deficit.Italy's 10-year bond yield rose to 3.404 percent, up sixbasis points on the day . The euro turnednegative, slipping 0.1 percent to $1.1412 but remaining abo...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday November 8.The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday November 8.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading, with a stronger US dollar and resurfacing US-China trade tensions adding downward pressure to the complex.Here's...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday November 8.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during Asian morning trading on Thursday November 8, as the market took stock of the United States' mid-term election results and what it would mean for world economy going forward. Check Fastmarket MB's live fu...Read More
Global recycling industry association the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has appointed Gregory Schnitzer as the new president of its Ferrous Division.Schnitzer is currently vice president of ferrous sales at Schnitzer Steel Industries (SSI), based in Oregon, United States. SSI is a long-standing BIR member, with Schnitzer himself...Read More
Chris Walton, director of physical base metal trading at ICBC Standard Bank, has left the company after 16 and a half years, Fastmarkets has learned. ICBC Standard Bank is a South African investment bank, which was bought by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) in...Read More
Ted says it's hard to see how there wouldn't be a resolution to the ongoing price manipulation in the "immediate future". Here's more...by Ted Butler via SilverSeekTuesday's announcement by the Department of Justice of a guilty plea by a former trader of JPMorgan for systemic "spoofing" and price manipulation of gold, silver, platinum and palladium traded on the COMEX and NYMEX futures exchanges...Read More
Lynette says in a hyperinflation you can always trade gold & silver for goods & services, but you might not be able to trade fiat for anything. Here's why...by Lynette Zang of ITM TradingSome of the questions discussed this week include:Question 1.Robert David Steele was on Dustin Nemos and he said that Trump will be having a gold backed dollar. what's your thoughts on this?Question 2. During hype...Read More
Asian stainless steel participants are increasingly looking to Taiwan and Indonesia as the region's new price-setters, while Chinese exporters struggle to catch up in the heated price war, participants told Fastmarkets MB.Competition among suppliers in the region has intensified in recent months amid lackluster demand, growing pessimism and the increased availability of cheap substrate triggered b...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher at the close of trading on Thursday November 8, with both zinc and lead futures pushing higher on low LME inventories, while nickel failed to follow the uptrend.Climbing 3.9% over the afternoon, the three-month lead price reached an intraday high of $2,008.50 per tonne, which is 5% higher than its weekly low of $1,905 per tonne on Novembe...Read More
Bitcoin has remained unusually calm and less volatile while the S&P 500 has entered correction territory.This has given life to the thought that Bitcoin can be used as a hedging instrument to avoid catastrophic market events.Bitcoin has inherent characteristics that might turn investors away from using it for hedging purposes.Gold has been a "go to" hedge at times of market correctio...Read More
The London Metal Exchange's total average daily volumes (ADV) rose by 15% year on year in October, with aluminium and aluminium alloy sales growing by 40% and 89% respectively. In September, total ADV declined by 3.4% annually. Aluminium ADV showed 40.6% growth with 264,293 lots traded and net stocks reaching 59,525 tonnes. The three-month aluminium price on the LME peaked at $2,267 per tonne on O...Read More
Comex copper prices fell to a one-week low on Thursday morning in the US amid a stronger dollar and a lack of fresh catalysts.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange declined 2.75 cents to $2.7270 per lb. Earlier in intraday trading, the contract touched a low of $2.7030 per lb, the weakest...Read More
Gold has lost support from the safety bid with stocks in rally mode.However, it's benefiting from rising demand among currency holders.The net result of this will likely be a sideways move in November.Gold investors were evidently feeling ambivalent in the wake of the U.S. midterm elections. While the stock prices soared on Wednesday, gold prices were essentially unchanged. As we'll discuss in...Read More
Gold traded lower after it hit resistance fractionally below the 1237 barrier. Although the metal continues to trade above the medium-term downside line drawn from the peak of the 11th of April, as well as above the upside support line taken from the low of the 16th of August, in the short run, it remains stuck within the range that has been containing most of the price action since the 15th of Oc...Read More
Gold spot ($) Target 1218.50. Stay on top of the markets with Swissquote’s News & Analysis Pivot (invalidation): 1229.00 Our preference Short positions below 1229.00 with targets at 1223.00 & 1218.50 in extension. Alternative scenario Above 1229.00 look for further upside with 1233.00 & 1236.50 as targets. Comment A break below 1223.00 would trigger a drop tow...Read More
Cobalt is almost always a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. Image: Glencore InstagramSince hitting near decade highs in March, cobalt prices are down by more than a third, languishing in the low $50,000s.Now a new report sees the battery raw material recovering some 30% in price. And quickly.While a change in subsidies in China, responsible for half the world's EV sales, hasn't helped, it's m...Read More
SANTIAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Chile's copper production from January to September this year jumped 7.3 percent from a year earlier, boosted by a sharp increase in production at BHP's Escondida copper mine.Chile, the world's top copper exporter, produced 4.25 million tonnes of copper in the first nine months of 2018.Escondida, in northern Chile, produced 950,900 tonnes through September, up 57.8 perc...Read More