The Precious Metals sector has broken strongly higher in recent days, with silver breaking out of its downtrend just yesterday, when the fundamental reason for this move emerged - the Fed has let it be known, via the St Louis Fed governor, that they are going to drop rates soon. This is clearly a panic move triggered by the stockmarket breaking down below key support - the intention is to head...Read More

"Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected." George Soros, financier, philanthropist, political activist, author and philosopher, b. 1930 "Regardless of current economic conditions, it's always best to remember that the stock market is a barometer and not a thermometer." Yale Hirsch, creator of the Stock Tra...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold is honing on $1,329.20 area resistance. August gold is looking impressive. $1,336 is the next objective. This market is possibly showing an important, watershed moment -- this has an energy that it has not had in a very long time. Is the market overbought? Yes:Read More

London 4th June, 2019: Today, Kinesis Money announces the initiation of its UK and EU debit card program with Contis Group, the award-winning platform as a service (PAAS) that provides end-to-end banking and payments solutions. Kinesis has selected Contis for its European and UK debit card solutions and has officially started developments, scheduled for release in Q4. The release of these EUR a...Read More

By: Clint Siegner, Money MetalsU.S. leaders are demanding the rest of the world recognize economic sanctions and stop buying Iranian oil. The U.K., Germany, France, Russia, China, and India are among the nations who don't fully support the sanctions and would rather not pay higher prices for oil elsewhere.American officials more and more often resort to delivering ultimatums, both to adversaries...Read More

- Richard (Rick) Mills The ongoing battle between the United States and China for economic supremacy isn't only being fought in the gilded ballrooms of Washington, as trade negotiators from either side parry over automobile parts content, intellectual property rights, government subsidies and the like. Casualties and victories are also borne out over the decks of hulking freighters that carr...Read More

By: Avi GilburtWhile I will let the "real" analysts debate about how we should handle our trade deal regarding China, I am only here to discuss the sentiment around the China deal.This past week, I have seen many posts like this one:"We wouldn't be down at these relatively low levels had China settled with Trump. Guaranteed."The posters' logic works like this: The market has been dropping ever s...Read More

By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe have been discussing the impossibility of China nuking the Treasury bond market. We covered a list of challenges China would face. Then last week we showed that there cannot be such a thing as a bond vigilante in an irredeemable currency. Now we want to explore a different path to the same conclusion that China cannot nuke the Treasury bond market.To review...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, up 1.61 percent. Gold traders are neutral on the yellow metal this week; however, the weekly Bloomberg survey was conducted on Thursday before gold shot above $1,300 on Friday morning. Gold saw its first monthly gain in May, breaking a streak of three st...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 4 that are worth another look.The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Antimony Branch (CAA) held an industry meeting calling for major producers to reduce output in an effort to halt the price decline seen since the start of the year, market sources told Fastmarkets. The London Metal Exchange's zinc price...Read More

Zinc's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange had climbed moderately by the close of trading on Wednesday June 4, with the morning's cancelation of more than 15,000 tonnes not enough to push the price higher than $2,500 per tonne.Volumes traded in the galvanizing metal topped the complex by the close, however, indicating strong buying interest over the day's trading.More than 11,000 lots o...Read More

Iron ore prices rebounded above $100 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday June 4 after declining for several days straight.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $100.38 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.26 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $98.86 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.26 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $104.50 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.93 per tonne. MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $94.4...Read More

Seaborne coking coal spot prices continued to trend downward on Tuesday June 4 amid deteriorating sentiment in the market.Offers in the cfr China segment were mostly unrevised, however, according to various sources."We are still waiting for interested buyers or indicative bids. If there is no interest from end users, it would be pointless to lower our offers," a Chinese trading source said.A secon...Read More

The Precious metals industry hasn't had much to get excited about over the past 5 to 7 years. After peaking in 2011/2012, Gold and Silver prices fell sharply before trading sideways for several years.So it's been a traders market, with opportunities on both the long and short side. But Gold is charging higher again, fueled by talk of global trade wars, dovish monetary policy, and a potential top...Read More

China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Antimony Branch (CAA) has held an industry meeting calling major producers to reduce output in a move that is likely to halt the price decline since the start of the year, market sources told Fastmarkets. Several major antimony producers, whose output accounts for more than 80% of the country's total volume, including China Minmetals Rare Earth Co, Huna...Read More

Iron ore prices rebounded above $100 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday June 4 after declining for several days straight.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $100.38 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.26 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $98.86 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.26 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $104.50 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $1.93 per tonne. MB 58% Fe Premium Index: $94.4...Read More

Source: GlobalData Mining Intelligence CenterA new report by GlobalData shows the value of capital raising deals in the metals and mining sector increased from the final quarter last year to over $11 billion in Q1 2019, despite the number of agreements inked falling sharply.GlobalData said overall, the total volume of completed capital raising deals decreased from 378 in Q4 2018 to 273 in Q1 2019,...Read More

Panamanian President-elect Laurentino Cortizo said on Tuesday his incoming government would review a mining contract awarded to a subsidiary of Canada's First Quantum Minerals.While the new government values the security of contracts, "the company has to respect that we have the right as Panamanians to review clause by clause," Cortizo, who takes office on July 1, told reporters.A spokesman for Fi...Read More

Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX: CS) announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to sell its 100% interest in the Minto copper mine to Pembridge Resources PLC (LON:PERE). Capstone has reportedly been working on a sale as early as February 2018.Located about 240km north Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon territory, the Minto mine is currently on care and maintenance. At the time of its suspension in Oc...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 4 that are worth another look.The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Antimony Branch (CAA) held an industry meeting calling for major producers to reduce output in an effort to halt the price decline seen since the start of the year, market sources told Fastmarkets. The London Metal Exchange's zinc price...Read More