Daily FNArena News - Commodities

After many years there is a possibility that the sanctions on Iran’s oil exports will be lifted. Brokers mull what this means for the global oil market.

Iron ore glut continues; China reduces coal production; copper surplus; oil threat remote; and platinum group price reductions.

Volumes have increased in the uranium market as utilities begin to return as buyers.

Yemen and oil supply; palladium fails to resume strength; rain in the Atacama Desert disrupts copper production.

JP Morgan suggests near-term strength in the uranium price will eventually give way to oversupply-driven weakness.

Do the prices of oil and gold always move inversely to moves in the US dollar? Kathleen Brooks of FOREX.com conducts some analysis.

Market analysts at FXCM note gold has broken up from its descending trendline.

Opportunities in iron ore & oil; India lifts iron ore suspension; Chinese demand remains key; lead rallies; and spotlight on manganese.

The spot uranium price ticked up further in a week in which excess US government inventory and uneconomical Japanese reactors were the talking points.

Concerns over Chinese demand post New Year; energy stock picks; gold mine divestment; oil inflows; China’s aluminium demand lifts but its alumina supply slows.