Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Copper's 3-month forwards prices at the LME moved up sharply by more than 1.60% and settled near $7050. This morning, the same was seen trading at $7050 with no major change overnight. We believe that...

Following the reduced tension regarding Russia and the Ukraine, both WTI and Brent quickly gave back their initial gains from the start of the week. With the WTI-Brent spread reducing and WTI looking...

Aluminum's 3-month forward prices at the LME recovered sharply yesterday by $50 and settled at $1770. We believe that there has been no major change in the fundamentals overnight, just a mere recovery...

CLWest Texas Intermediate swung between gains and losses near $103 a barrel after falling the most in two months as crude stockpiles increased in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil consumer....

Crude oil prices held steady on Wednesday after falling in the previous session from the highest in two months on hopes tension over Ukraine will continue to ease, putting the focus back on economic...

Precious-Gold was little changed on Wednesday, and traded below its highest level in four months, as the Russia-Ukraine tension eased after Putin’s latest announcements. Now investors will bring...

Companies that boast 80,000 ton-per-year production or high purity levels don't always impress Kiril Mugerman, mining analyst with Industrial Alliance Securities. Why? Because finding buyers for all...

Outokumpu has been in India for around seven years now, and the Finland-based steel major has decided to up the ante by introducing a range of stainless steel products to match up the harsher...

Gold investors have been setting their sights on $1,400 an ounce, a price not reached since September, as the worst standoff between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War increases demand...

The buzz phrase at PDAC 2014 could be described as “cautious optimism.” Executives, analysts and investors seem to believe a corner has been turned but failed to show any excitement or...

The Bitcoin (BTC/USD) fiasco shows the difference between fiat money, virtual money and the only real money, namely gold. Mt. Gox, the Tokyo private exchange for Bitcoins, filed for bankruptcy last...

Steel and increasingly aluminum demand could be hit this quarter if automakers cut back on production.Auto inventory levels have soared over recent months as frigid temperatures and winter storms in...

The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) is back on schedule publishing their trade reports on Friday that cover the previous trading week. Last friday’s report covered the trading week February 17...

Gold has retraced much of yesterday’s gains as tensions in Ukraine have eased somewhat. While the risk-off trade is being unwound, the Ukrainian crisis is far from being resolved and the...