Daily FNArena News - Commodities

Bid for AWE and near and longer term oil trends; silver outperforms; ample zinc stocks; and Macquarie upgrades near term outlook for iron ore.

Buyers returned to the spot uranium market last week as term contract settlements moved forward.

Buyers and sellers in the uranium market have again reached a point of stand-off while awaiting the outcome of several term market tenders.

After a wild April, buyers and sellers have again reached a stand-off in the uranium market.

Large rebound in Chinese imports; break even lowered for iron ore producers; oil risks growing; coking coal finally rallies; supply reductions beginning for nickel.

Weak uranium prices are beginning to take their toll on uranium producers.

An earthquake in Japan is not what the country’s nuclear energy industry needs to bolster confidence in hoped for restarts of more reactors.

Crude inventories; the CESCO conference and the copper outlook; economic data and gold; the outlook for Australian gold stocks.

The first week of the new quarter brought a halt to frantic end of quarter selling, allowing the uranium spot price to recover slightly.

Breakdown in mineral sands discipline; support for gold; copper vulnerable to downside; nickel still loss-makiing; Oz iron ore shipments decline; steel margins expand.