Daily FNArena News - Commodities

TradeTech reports sellers are less eager to lower prices in the spot uranium market with buyers ready to conclude deals. Is this the bottom of the price correction?

Oil prices have surprised many on the upside this year so CBA commodity strategist David Moore has identified some signposts investors can use to help determine where prices may go.

Copper producers are making 75% margins in Chile. Chilean mineworkers can’t afford food. What do you think might come next?

Industry consultant MEPS suggests stainless steel prices are likely to continue rising, driven largely by higher input costs.

With oil at US$117/bbl it’s now a game of catch-up for oil price forecasts and stock valuations.

There are several reasons to fear a gold pullback, although not all brokers are convinced.

The slide in spot uranium continues with industry consultant UxC slicing a bit further than peer TradeTech.

Industry researcher GFMS has released its annual gold survey for 2008.

BHP has just settled on coal contracts at triple the price of 2007.

No transactions concluded and no new demand appearing. That’s pretty much all there is to say about uranium right now.