This morning in metals news: the United States International Trade Commission asked for an additional $2.75 million in its budget to help it toward implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); the World Gold Council released its H1 2020 report; and U.S. beverage makers are grappling with an aluminum can shortage.
Category: Precious Metals
Silver’s recovery has been dramatic — but how high can it go?
Early this year, the silver market was going through a tough time. Its reaction to the growing pandemic was in stark contrast to that of gold. The disconnect between the two metals rose to historic proportions, as gold rose on the back of deeply negative real interest rates and expectations, justified or otherwise, of rising […]
Global Precious MMI: Gold price surges to nearly nine-year high
The Global Precious Monthly Metals Index (MMI) gained 1.7% for this month’s reading.
This Morning in Metals: Per BEA’s latest estimate, U.S. GDP fell 5.0% in Q1
This morning in metals news, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its third estimate vis-á-vis Q1 GDP growth, a power outage impacted Norsk Hydro’s Paragominas operation in Brazil and gold prices have surged to an eight-year high.
Global Precious MMI: Gold prices remain above $1,700/oz as U.S. states roll back COVID-19 restrictions
The Global Precious Monthly Metals Index (MMI) gained 1.7% this month.
This Morning in Metals: Hydro to launch JV for electric vehicle battery recycling
This morning in metals news, aluminum maker Norsk Hydro recently announced the formation of a joint venture that will aim to recycle electric vehicle batteries, the Aluminum Association reiterated its stance on the need for an aluminum import monitoring system and a Dutch bank says gold prices are expected to drop.
A Memorial Day review of the top 10 most-viewed posts of 2020 (so far)
The first five months of 2020 have been quite busy ones for the world of metals. Request a 30-minute demo of the MetalMiner Insights platform now. On this Memorial Day, let’s take a look back at the most-viewed posts on MetalMiner through the first five months of the year. Oil price collapse is far from […]
This Morning in Metals: LME copper surges to start the week
This morning in metals news, the copper price jumped Monday, Germany’s Thyssenkrupp is reportedly in talks to consolidate its loss-making steel business and the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine needs $1.5 billion in capital costs.
Global Precious MMI: Gold prices hold steady after grim April jobs report
The Global Precious Monthly Metals Index (MMI) dropped 1.7% this month. Gold prices steady around $1,700/ounce With some states beginning to reopen and ease restrictions put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, interest in gold as a safe-haven asset has picked up. After falling below $1,500 per ounce in March, the gold price […]
After historic gold-silver price gap in March, investors are starting to bet on silver
Something peculiar is going on in the precious metals markets.
