Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Intermittent renewables–wind and solar photovoltaic panels–have been hailed as an answer to all our energy problems. Certainly, politicians need something to provide hope, especially in...

Amanda Van Dyke of Palisade Capital is confident that China's reforms will ensure that the commodity supercycle will continue for some time to come. In this interview with The Mining Report, Van Dyke...

On Monday, January 20, the day’s biggest mover was US platinum bar, which saw a 2.7 percent increase. The price of Chinese platinum bar increased 1.7 percent. After a 0.2 percent increase,...

The closure of Aluminium Delfzijl (Aldel) – the last remaining smelter in the Netherlands – last year is not going to be the last, according to Citicorp’s David Wilson, as quoted in...

It's time again for my weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rounded to the penny, Regular and Premium both dropped three cents. Regular and Premium...

Gold came under selling pressure in early New York trading, sliding from a six-week high established on Monday at 1258.35. The yellow metal was weighed by firmer yields and a higher dollar, amid...

Gold on the daily chart has retreated from key resistance around the 1265 area after hitting a high of 1262 earlier in the week. This 1265 resistance area has served as strong support and resistance...

As we enter the New Year and amid a list of bearish reports on gold, issued by most of the major Western banks, the flow of the yellow metal from the West to the East continues while Western banks are...

Brent crude oil steadied at $106.50 at 5:31 GMT on Tuesday morning after slipping below $106 on Monday. The commodity has been under pressure as data from China indicated that the number two oil...

Natural Gas gapped lower to support at 4220/4200 and as predicted this held the downside as we became oversold short term. We shot higher to fill the gap at 4290/95 but above 4320 today we can try...

Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical-momentum indicator which attempts to determine when a market is in an overbought or oversold condition. It is deemed to be overbought when above 70 and...

This morning the gold price is hovering below its six-week high. It is likely to trade in a narrow range ahead of Bernanke’s final FOMC meeting next week, and concerns that physical buying...

Natural Gas gapped lower to support at 4220/4200 & as predicted this held the downside as we became oversold short term. We shot higher to fill the gap at 4290/95 but above 4320 today we can try...

--Zinc was marginally down by 0.1% in the yesterday's trading session at the LME platform. The commodity declined marginally in spite of such huge fall of 6% in its cancelled warrants ratio.--Broadly...