Daily FNArena News - Commodities

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.

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