Commodities Analysis & Opinion

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...

Quiz: What will cause world oil supply to fall?Too little oil in the ground Oil prices are too low for oil producers Oil prices are too high for oil consumers leading to recession, debt defaults, and...

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...

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...

Crisis in Ukraine. A Russian invasion—again. Panicky headlines, scary video clips, rumors on the Internet. So, what do investors need to know? What moves should we make in response to protect...

SilverThe dollar traded unchanged, or lower, against its other G10 counterparts during the European morning as investors reversed the recent risk-off trades. It depreciated against the NOK, SEK, EUR,...

Gold broke to a new swing high, which can be wave (v) in C as shown at the updated wave count. We see prices hitting first resistance area around 1352 from where price may turn down if at the same...