We dwell at length in the leader on gold and its major current influence, China. Suffice to say that the week ended with a gold fix...
We dwell in platinum this week, because unless the South African government takes a grip on its problems that metal will truly spotlight. See below. But...
Whilst Brent crude oil was static around $106/bbl, and the May natural gas contract edged up and it was coal which took a beating. The RB...
So down below $1300 clipped the gold fix whilst platinum stayed stubbornly at a 1.08 premium. It would, wouldn’t it, given the state of the industry...
No earth-shaking movements on the week, whilst warehouse stocks nudged up for choice. Copper held its nerve after its recent and continued fall, but the news...
Buzz of the week was a sharp fall in the LME copper price, 6.3% to $6490/t and a full 17% below its closing 2012 price. The others,...
Here we go again. Says a ‘usually authoritative” source, gold will nudge $1900 by August on its way to five figures sometime. Now our inveterate readers...
The World Gold Council Speaks. The WGC has delivered its definitive analysis on 2013, an indicative year for the metal. Now, whilst demand patterns matter, price...
It was trends rather than numbers that characterised the week of metals. Warehouse stocks were hardly moved, bar zinc, down a chunky 3% and now 34%...
Gold staggered ahead a full 0.7% this week, well 0.7394% actually, based on the London fix. Platinum was neither shaken nor stirred, whilst silver underperformed. Now it...
