Morning Market Brief: April 11th, TAGS: Bonds | China | Crude oil | Italy | Mali | Randgold Resources | sovereign-deb | Spain Overnight Headlines: Headlines were dominated by sovereign-debt issues in Spain and Italy. Yields on 10-year Italian bonds rose to 5.67%. Yields on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to 5.93%. The yield …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: April 3rd TAGS: Argentina | Bundesbank | China | Europe | Eurozone | excise duty | France | Germany | Government Bonds | Greece | India | PMI | rare earth association | sustainable and socially responsible mining | U.K | unemployment | USA Overnight Headlines: The Eurozone unemployment rate hit 10.8% in Feb’12, up from 10% in Feb’11 and 10.7% in Jan’12. The Eurozone PMI fell to 47.7 in Mar’12, from 49 in …Continue reading →

BP Energy Outlook 2030 TAGS: 2030 | BP | China | consumption | Energy | India | nuclear | OECD | Outlook | Russia BP released their 2030 Energy Outlook last week (You can download the booklet here).   Key Points: Global energy consumption is to climb 39% by 2030 with 96% of this …Continue reading →

Global steel production for Dec’11 & CY11 TAGS: China | crude steel | production | USA | Worldsteel Association According to the Worldsteel Association: Global crude steel production for Dec’11 was 117mt, up 2% YoY and up 1% MoM. This outcome compares to the record high of 130mt in …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: January 13th TAGS: APAC | Bonds | CGNPC | China | ECB | economic outlook | Gold | Hong Kong | Italy | Kalahari Minerals | Mario Draghi | Spain | U.S. Treasury Overnight Headlines: The ECB kept rates unchanged at 1%. ECB President Mario Draghi said the euro-zone economic outlook remains subject to substantial downside risks, but pointed out that money provided …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Nov 22 TAGS: China | France | Gold | mining tax | silver | Spain Headlines: Gold for December delivery fell 2.7% to US$1678.60 Silver for March delivery fell 4.3% to US$31.085 WTI crude for January delivery fell 1.5% to US$96.17 The opposition Popular Party …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Oct 28 TAGS: African National Congress | ANC | China | India | Rare Earth | Rudd | South Africa | Uranium Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1.2% to US$1744.50 Silver for December delivery gained 4.7% to US$34.89 WTI crude for December delivery gained 4% to US$93.96 Headlines dominated by the …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Oct 27 TAGS: Argentina | Bloomberg | China | EFSF | EU | Pilbara | Rinehart Headlines: Gold for December delivery gained 1.4% to US$1723.50 Silver for December delivery gained 0.8% to US$33.31 WTI crude for December delivery fell 3.2% to US$90.20 German lawmakers voted to …Continue reading →

Morning Market Brief: Sep 30 TAGS: China | Citigroup | EFSF expansion | Germany | Yancoal Australia | Yanzhou Coal Mining Headlines: Gold for December delivery fell 0.1% to US$1617.30 Silver for December delivery gained 1.3% to US$30.52 WTI crude for November delivery gained 1.1% to US$82.14 Q2 GDP for the …Continue reading →

Monthly estimate of steel production released TAGS: China | Steel Production | Worldsteel Association Worldsteel Association has released its monthly estimate of steel production from its 64 member countries: Global crude steel production for Aug’11 was 124.6mt, up 10% YoY and down 2% MoM. China …Continue reading →