Daily FNArena News - Commodities

Subdued mineral sands; Chinese iron ore miners; China’s steel output; UBS revamps oil outlook; Credit Suisse more optimistic on nickel; rural confidence improves.

The first Japanese reactor restarts are now “very close”, according to the country’s nuclear regulator.

The gloomy world of bulks; Credit Suisse constructive on copper; Macquarie slashes Oz nickel miner forecasts; and gold’s place in 2015 and beyond.

US oil rig activity; Macquarie’s visit to China; thermal coal settlements; tough going for iron ore producers.

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.