Commodities Analysis & Opinion

It was another news-filled week here at MetalMiner, but each metals story or controversy had to do with what Rodney Dangerfield didn’t get any of. A new Midwest-based aluminum futures contract...

First, here’s some background. Two years ago this month, a subscriber (Dr. Jeff Lewis) had a chance social encounter with an employee of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and as a...

Disruption of production in New Caledonia has further hampered the Nickel market, which has been hurt by supply concerns since the beginning of the year. Consequently, we have seen a further...

Gold moved ina a very narrow $10 range yesterday, with the high coming in at 1295 and the low at 1285. The low coincided with the 100 DMA and the lower boundary of the uptrend channel, which...

Growth in China’s commodity imports increased in April for key commodities including crude oil, copper, iron ore and soybeans. The Chinese economy is stabilising which removes an important...

Precious-Gold was little changed on Friday as investors weighed the improved in U.S. economic data and the escalating geopolitical tensions in Ukraine.Data released on Thursday showed that the number...

Gold And the USD: XAU/USD Main scenario:The pair is trading along an sideways trend.An uptrend will start from support levels 1289.50, which will be followed by moving up to resistance level 1294 and...

Crude OilWest Texas Intermediate fell by the most in three days, dropping from a one-week high reached yesterday after U.S. crude inventories shrank for the first time since March. Futures fell as...

Due mainly to strong Palladium price movement – thanks to Amplats, Lonmin, striking South African miners, Vladimir Putin, and Americans buying cars – MetalMiner’s monthly Global...

3 month forward copper prices at LME surged to $6729 up by $74 from its previous close. Likewise, at the MCX platform, the June future ended the day at Rs. 409.40 up by Rs. 4 from its previous close....

Aluminum: 3 month forward LME Aluminum prices ended the day at $1766.50 mostly unchanged from its previous close. We saw slight intraday volatility in the prices while by end of the day market...

It's been a long time since the Repsol fiasco in Argentina, and the oil-rich nation has been making steady efforts to encourage foreign investment in its energy sector. Bill Newman, vice president of...

There's more than one way to invest in energy, and you don't have to choose between majors and juniors. Frank Curzio, editor of the Small Stock Specialist newsletter, tells us exactly why every...

Planting delays and poor winter wheat condition reports have caused both Corn and Wheat prices to rise. Continued delay in planting may cause more farmers to abandon corn for Soybeans. Reports are...