Physical uranium trader tagged with nickname of the radioactive metalOwns around 9.62mln pounds of uraniumRaised US$200mln ( ?151mln) from June 2019 IPO, plus additional ?25.9mln in April 2019 placingContract to buy up to an additional US$100mln of U3O8 each year for the next nine years from Kazatomprom What Yellow Cake does:Yellow Cake PLC (LON:YCA) is a physical uranium trader with a monik...Read More
Global aluminium billet premiums were mostly flat on Friday June 7 due to a lack of spot business, but the premium in Spain fell to its lowest since August 2017.Global aluminium billet premiums were mostly flat on Friday June 7 due to a lack of spot business, but the premium in Spain fell to its lowest since August 2017. Billet premiums in Germany, Italy stable Limited spot activity in US Argentin...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher Friday as weak job numbers lifted hopes for a interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Zoom Video Communications (ZM) surged after posting stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit in its first-ever report as a public company. Zoom Video is Real Money's Stock of the Day. Beyond M...Read More
Lead's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Friday June 7, failing to sustain gains made earlier in the week but staying above its nearby $1,800 per tonne support level, while disappointing US job growth figures hung over the commodity markets.The three-month lead price reaching an intraday low of $1,820 per tonne, down by more than 3% since Thursday'...Read More
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NEW YORK – Don’t expect an upswing in the global uranium market anytime soon.“In our models, we don’t get excited on the demand side,” said Galymzhan Pirmatov, CEO of Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan’s State-owned mining company that’s the world’s biggest supplier.AdvertisementWith construction of nuclear power plants at a ten-year low, uranium demand remains...Read More
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"Shanghai Gold will change the current gold market with its 'consumed in the East but priced in the West' arrangement. When China has the right to speak in the international gold market, the true price of gold will be revealed." - Xu Luode, Chairman, Shanghai Gold Exchange, 15 May 2014The quote above is for the benefit of anyone who refuses to acknowledge or accpet that the price of gold is manipu...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ended Friday June 7. China The imported charge chrome price nudged down amid low liquidity, with both sides of the market on the sidelines in advance of the next tender price announcements by China's major mills. The UG2 chrome ore...Read More
Under the new guidelines, mining companies will be able to ask OSC to review their disclosure before they file a prospectus.The OSC said this week mining companies would be able to ask the regulator to review their disclosure before they filed a prospectus, which should enable firms to identify and rectify any issues that could prevent regulatory approval quicker."This initiative will provide grea...Read More
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Fastmarkets' alumina index fob Australia declined by 3.7% on Friday June 7 to its lowest since early May.The daily fob Australia alumina index fell to $349.39 per tonne from $362.66 per tonne the previous day. Key drivers: The most recent tender for Indian material concluded at $341.80 earlier today, pushing the index...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Copper prices were set for theireighth straight weekly fall after trade disputes, signs ofslowing global economic growth and disappointing U.S. jobs dataweakened the demand outlook for metals.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME)traded down 0.2% at $5,799 a tonne in closing rings, down 0.5%this week. Copper has fa...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 240,47784,36256,898132,517305,093429,892446,353 Change from Prior Reporting Period 46,014-23,413-5,308-58,7733,849-18,067-24,872 Traders 19872675054278168 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 51,60335,142481,495 -5,5641,241-23,631 non reportable posit...Read More
- Dave Kranzler"Shanghai Gold will change the current gold market with its 'consumed in the East but priced in the West' arrangement. When China has the right to speak in the international gold market, the true price of gold will be revealed." - Xu Luode, Chairman, Shanghai Gold Exchange, 15 May 2014The quote above is for the benefit of anyone who refuses to acknowledge or accpet that the price...Read More
Gold surged sharply over this past week or so, nearing a major bull-market breakout! Nearly everyone was surprised by this violent awakening, which erupted suddenly as gold languished around year-to-date lows. If this dramatic rally has staying power, gold has good odds of achieving decisive new bull-market highs. That would change everything psychologically, ushering gold and its miners...Read More
By Avi GilburtIn my last article, I outlined how the same news event can "cause" the market to rally 9% at one time, and drop 5% another time. And, then I noted how I am quite certain there will be some of you that will try to explain away this clear lack of consistency with some form of convoluted "logic."And, true to form, some of you did. One such commenter noted:For about eight months, the m...Read More
Trump needn't have wheedled the Fed about juicing the money supply, since the banksters, ever eager to ride to the rescue -- of themselves -- would have done it anyway. The alchemists at the central bank have once again begun to "manage" our "expectations" with all the subtlety of a carnival barker about to spin a Big Six wheel. Their loyal spinmeisters at The Wall Street Journal gave this lat...Read More
- Hubert MoolmanPreviously, I have shown how we could be close to major financial/monetary crisis. The following chart that shows the ratio of gold to the monetary base was used:The chart shows the ratio of the gold price to the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base back to 1918. That is the gold price in US dollars divided by the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base in billions of US dollars. (from...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More