Category: Exchange Traded Funds

Copper MMI: Deep Market Contango, Index Moves Sideways

Copper MMI: Deep Market Contango, Index Moves Sideways

Copper prices saw a 1.90% increase during the final month of the year. By late December, this managed to bring them to their highest level since August, leading to mixed copper price forecasts for 2024. However, prices began to retrace from their 5-month peak by the start of 2024. By mid-January, they remained trapped within […]

CMC Poland Opens New Rolling Mill, London Metal Exchange Explores New Nickel Contract Options

CMC Poland Opens New Rolling Mill, London Metal Exchange Explores New Nickel Contract Options

According to an official with the bourse, the London Metal Exchange (LME) is not ruling out the prospect of introducing contracts connected with Category II nickel. This comes despite the incident with the LME nickel contract back in March 2022. “We are focusing on the contract as we have it,” said Robin Martin, the bourse’s […]

Nickel Prices: LME Nickel Contract Continues to Lack Liquidity, Harming Price Discovery

Nickel Prices: LME Nickel Contract Continues to Lack Liquidity, Harming Price Discovery Nickel-Prices

Nickel prices are seeing a lot of attention due to an overall lack of liquidity on the LME contract. But what exactly does this mean? Moreover, what does it mean for buyers looking to mitigate price problems in the face of global supply problems? The metals market moves fast. Sign up for the weekly MetalMiner […]

Platinum has seen surprisingly strong demand this year

Platinum has seen surprisingly strong demand this year

You could be excused for thinking gold has been eclipsed this year — bought in record amounts by central banks in the first half of this year — as the price rose strongly through the late summer but has since drifted off. A recent report suggests, at least for some investors, gold has been sidelined […]

Gold is Making a Comeback

Gold is Making a Comeback

Gold has been the metal to hold these last few months. While the base metals index has been at best trading sideways — and in many instances, gradually weakening — gold has been making a comeback. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook Even before Fed announcements in January […]

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