The United States Secretary of Commerce has joined the growing chorus of voices questioning the current method of setting the US Midwest aluminium premium. Wilbur Ross said the US Midwest aluminium premium is at inflated levels that do not justify the cost of transportation and logistical handling costs that it was originally designed to reflect.  His view is being echoed by a number of...Read More

A decade ago, the Shanghai Futures Exchange launched its steel rebar futures contract. In the years that followed it has become the gold standard for steel derivatives, achieving a success that other exchanges aspire to emulate. And they are definitely trying, with a total of 11 steel derivatives contracts launched by the main trading exchanges since. SHFE, which launched a wire rod futures contra...Read More

Taiwanese and South Korean hot-rolled coil (HRC) producers, as well as major international trading companies, will likely to be hit by new US duties imposed this week on cold-rolled steel imports from Vietnam, market sources told Fastmarkets MB today.Vietnamese corrosion-resistant steel and cold-rolled coils (CRC) produced from South Korean and Taiwanese HRC substrate will face new cash...Read More

Average investor allocation to equities is an incredibly powerful predictor of equity and gold forward returns.Equity allocation is currently higher than long-term averages.Historic relationships suggest strong performance from gold on a 10-year forward basis.Thesis In this article, we decompose what we consider to be the most significant predictor of future gold returns (GLD); the average investo...Read More

Tin's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 3% at the close of trading on Wednesday July 3, settling above the nearby $18,000-per-tonne resistance level after sliding by more than 6% at Tuesday's close. More than 600 lots of tin were traded by the close, around half of Tuesday's total volumes traded but higher than the June average of around 300 lots. Recovering...Read More

Market participants avoided sending aluminium to the United States in June despite a widening arbitrage between Southeast Asian warehouses and the US Midwest, with uncertainty about tariffs continuing to limit risk appetite.US President Donald Trump removed on May 17 this year the 10% tariff on aluminium imports for Canada and Mexico that he had initially implemented in March 2018. Market particip...Read More

Tin premiums in Europe, North America and Asia were stable over the week to July 3, with demand reportedly slowing before the summer period, while a recent slump in LME tin's three-month price to a four-year low has prompted further questions about the LME tin price's current instability. European participants ponder demand impulses Excess supply caps US premiums Closed import arbitrage window lim...Read More

"Silver has not rallied to the extent of gold, so we still think that we are still rallying in..."by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwaveCaptain EwaveGold's Correction Begins Email: [email protected] Website: www.captainewave.com July 2, 2019 GOLD: Short Term UpdateThere is a chance that wave $i$ is still going to extend higher before it ends, and if that is the case then this current correctio...Read More

The President continues to publicly attack Powell, but if Trump fires Powell, what does that mean for gold & silver? by Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneTrump continues to attack Powell, doing publicly what presidents no doubt have done privately in the past - politicizing the Fed. Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices gained on Wednesday in Asia amid global trade worries.Gold futures for August delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange traded at $1,429.75 a troy ounce by 1:21 AM ET (05:21 GMT), up 1.5%.U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have agreed to resume trade talks, but traders are worried a deal will not happen in the near future...Read More

David BeckerJul 02, 2019 8:44 PM GMTGold prices rebounded on Tuesday, surging higher 2.14%, and recapturing all of the losses experienced on Monday. The large drop in US yields under the key psychological level of 2%, was the catalyst that put downward pressure on the US dollar paving the way for higher gold prices. The drop in US yields was driven by a technical breakdown as there was no new info...Read More

Open Mineral Exchange beat hopefuls to be named one of 56 Technology Pioneers of 2019 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Zug, Switzerland, on July 1 for its trading platform.The Swiss trading platform wants to bring transparency to the metal concentrate markets, which enables buyers and sellers to swap assays, payment terms and trade via its online business-to-business platform.The platform is.....Read More

Gold prices suffered their worst single-session decline in a year on Monday to settle below $1,400 an ounce, after a weekend Sino-American trade accord sparked a rally in assets perceived as risky, luring investors away from so-called havens like bullion. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 gathering of major developed nations in Osaka, Jap...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 3 that are worth another look.China will allow nine companies to import ferrous scrap in 2019, according to a notice seen by Fastmarkets MB this week. Turkish authorities are considering whether to launch a trade defense case against imports of hot-rolled coil from the European Union, market sources&nb...Read More

Market participants avoided sending aluminium to the United States in June despite a widening arbitrage between Southeast Asian warehouses and the US Midwest, with uncertainty about tariffs continuing to limit risk appetite.US President Donald Trump removed on May 17 this year the 10% tariff on aluminium imports for Canada and Mexico that he had initially implemented in March 2018. Market particip...Read More

Tin premiums in Europe, North America and Asia were stable over the week to July 3, with demand reportedly slowing before the summer period, while a recent slump in LME tin's three-month price to a four-year low has prompted further questions about the LME tin price's current instability. European participants ponder demand impulses Excess supply caps US premiums Closed import arbitrage window lim...Read More

Shanghai copper premiums fell in the week ending Tuesday July 2 after import arbitrage losses widened, while copper premiums in Italy and the United States were flat amid stagnant demand. Cif Shanghai premium narrows after import arbitrage loss between London and Shanghai widensNarrowing contango in London Metal Exchange forward spreads and tighter credit weaken trader confidence in holding onto t...Read More

Turkish authorities are considering whether to launch a trade defense case against imports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) from the EU, market sources have told Fastmarkets.European mills have increased their HRC export volumes recently, particularly to Turkey, due to the weak demand in their home markets."The start of an anti-dumping case against EU-origin HRC will entirely depend on the attitude of the...Read More

Domestic prices for hollow steel sections in Northern and Southern Europe remained flat this week on a lack of trading, resulting from uncertainty about the region's new import quotas, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday July 3.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe was ?,?630-640 per tonne ($711-722) per tonne deliver...Read More