The monthly Rare Earths MMI® dropped 3.8 percent in October, registering a value of 50 – down from 52 in September.The rare earth metal price index continues its fall into October, despite a...
With scrap metal price declines in Europe and the US being tempered by Chinese steel prices, MetalMiner’s monthly Raw Steels MMI® index value stayed at 87 in October, on par with ...
The nickel spot price saw the biggest increase at 1.9 percent on the LME, finishing at $18,830 per metric ton for October 3, 2012. On the LME, the nickel 3-month price increased 1.6 percent to $18,855...
According to Reuters, the European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Federation (EFR) said yesterday that due to low steel scrap demand and falling scrap prices, scrap recyclers’ margins are being ...
Here’s the conclusion of MetalMiner’s recent interview with Dan McGroarty, principal of Carmot Strategic Group and founder of American Resources Policy Network, a think-tank devoted to ...
“‘Diaoyu Islands Should Not Be Covered by Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan’ sounded strangely similar to the press statements of the PRC [People’s Republic ...
US natural gas prices have stabilized just under $3.50/MMBTU (for Henry Hub delivery NYMEX futures) - about 20% above the August lows. Production continues to be considerably higher than in 2011 but ...
MetalMiner recently interviewed Dan McGroarty, principal of Carmot Strategic Group, an issues management firm in Washington, D.C., about what the China-Japan territorial dispute over the Diaoyu ...
Crude Oil prices fell sharply Thursday on disappointing economic data as signs of a slowdown in China and Europe reinforced worries about weakening demand for petroleum. Bold Quantitative Easing ...
Since the beginning of 2012, the Iranian rial has been devalued against the US dollar by over 80%. However, this last week has seen the devaluation gain pace dramatically with the currency falling by ...
We have been reporting on the trade-off between the producer price index of crude oil (domestic production) and the PPI of iron and steel since 2009. It has been always a linear and lagged link ...
Figure 1 compares our previous prediction in May 2011 with actual oil price in 2011 and 2012. In August 2011, the predicted price was a bit higher than the measured one. We expected the price to fall ...
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has released its World Food price index for September, which is comprised of 55 different food commodities and is calculated as the average of the ...
The worst is over, postulates Luisa Moreno. But is modest appreciation in rare earth stocks a symptom of across-the-board improvement in equities, or have fundamentals in the space changed for the ...
Charles Gibson, from his vantage point in London, has a unique view of mining companies in Africa. Gibson is the head of mining for Edison Investment Research, which writes unbundled investment ...
Markets aren't great—but they're not all that bad, says John Stephenson, vice president of First Asset Management Inc. They were strong enough to allow the fund manager and newsletter writer to ...
Oil prices jumped slightly from its lowest in two months on Thursday, as concerns grew that demand for crude will be disrupted as Middle East tension takes an upturn over Iran's nuclear program and ...
| SPX 500 Futures | 1663.95 | +15.95 | +0.97% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 3024.60 | +26.35 | +0.88% | |||
| US 30 | 15354.79 | +121.57 | +0.80% | |||
| DAX | 8398.00 | +28.13 | +0.34% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6723.06 | +35.26 | +0.53% | |||
| Japan 225 | 15138.12 | +100.88 | +0.67% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 84.34 | +0.44 | +0.52% |
| Gold | 1357.75 | -29.15 | -2.10% | |||
| Silver | 22.190 | -0.469 | -2.07% | |||
| Copper | 3.316 | +0.021 | +0.64% | |||
| Crude Oil | 96.29 | 0 | 0% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.059 | +0.127 | +3.23% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 86.34 | +0.32 | +0.37% | |||
| US Coffee C | 137.00 | -3.25 | -2.32% |
| Euro Bund | 145.16 | -0.04 | -0.03% | |||
| Euro BTP | 116.57 | +0.68 | +0.59% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.675 | +0.060 | +0.05% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.69 | -0.35 | -0.30% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.25 | -0.02 | -0.02% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.84 | -0.50 | -0.38% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 143.89 | -1.29 | -0.89% |
| Central Banks | Interest Rates | Next Meeting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FED | 0.00%-0.25% | Jun 19, 2013 | |||
| ECB | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| BOE | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| SNB | 0.00% | Jun 20, 2013 | |||
| RBA | 2.75% | Jun 04, 2013 | |||
| BOC | 1.00% | May 29, 2013 | |||
| RBNZ | 2.50% | Jun 12, 2013 | |||
| BOJ | 0.10% | May 22, 2013 | |||
