Base Metals and Minerals
Lithium Rising As Electric Vehicles Take Hold
Sam Green of TradersCircle investigates the rapid global shift towards electric vehicles.
Feb 10 2017
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities. Macquarie cuts oil and LNG price outlook; Philippines throws another spanner in nickel works; China’s looming capacity reductions.
Feb 07 2017
Manganese Is Energy Critical
Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills makes the case for manganese.
Feb 01 2017
More copper and less gold production is expected from OZ Minerals in coming years and Carrapateena’s imminent feasibility study could be a catalyst for the stock.
Jan 31 2017
Previous Stories
Volatility Rules, Gold Passes 800
Nov 03 2007
A Dow close of +27 last night belied the extreme volatility throughout the session. Gold rocketed through US$800/oz.
No Cavalry This Time
Nov 02 2007
The Dow fell 362 points last night as the financial sector woke up to the fact there’s still a credit crunch going on.
Trick And Treat
Nov 01 2007
The Fed gave the market what it wanted but indicated that will be all for now. Wall Street still loved it. The Dow rose 137. Oil hit US$95. Gold hit US$800.
Aditya Disappoints, Downgrades Follow
Oct 31 2007
Aditya Birla recorded a disappointing first-half result yesterday and the result is cuts to earnings and downgrades to ratings.
Wall Street Wobbles, Commodities Tumble
Oct 31 2007
Oil was the big loser overnight while stock markets began to doubt a Fed cut tonight.
Awaiting The Fed
Oct 30 2007
The Dow was once again positive as traders set for a rate cut on Wednesday.
China Has The Cheque Book Out
Oct 29 2007
China is encouraging its banks to take stakes in foreign institutions, while over in Africa China’s resource interests grow.
Resources Take Centre Stage Post Jubilee Offer
Oct 29 2007
Xstrata has launched a takeover offer for nickel producer Jubilee and this is likely to trigger share price increases throughout the sector today, analysts say.
Good News Is Just Plain Good News
Oct 27 2007
There was no bad news on Wall Street last night to recover from, so the Dow just went up. Gold took off as well.
Groundhog Day
Oct 26 2007
The Dow recovered from a 128 point fall to close almost unchanged. No, this is not yesterday’s report.
