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With some $14 trillion invested in US equities alone, even a modest increase in passive investments into ETFs would reap significant rewards in fees. This new commodities super cycle proposition is based largely on a repeat of the last. Volatility in the current loose global monet...

On Wednesday, both copper and platinum rallied up to multi-year highs. Pollution-scrubbing devices require specialty metals to do the job - namely, platinum, palladium, and/or rhodium. Given the growing inflation risks from unprecedented government and Federal Reserve "stimulus" c...

Three-month tin price has hit $23,435 per metric ton. The consensus is the market could yet go higher. Economies outside of China are expected to pick up demand as vaccine programs pick up pace this spring and summer. For further details see: Tin Market In A Squeeze As S...

The commodity price rally experienced throughout much of the third quarter accelerated significantly in the last quarter of 2020. Renewable energy markets received massive confidence boosts from advancements in "green" initiatives. In a very welcome turnaround following a year mar...

Base metals rose 13.71% in Q4 and 15.74% in 2020. Copper leads the LME metals higher in Q4 and 2020. Double-digit percentage gains in copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, tin, and iron ore in Q4. Iron ore gains over 27.5% in Q4 and 72% in 2020. The BDI falls 17.6% in Q4 but is ...

China has had no need to step up its purchases from the rest of the world in the way that it did during the last financial crisis or as it has this year for copper and aluminum. The ILZSG is predicting a rebound in refined zinc output next year to 13.14 million tons and a rise in dema...

According to Capital Economics, nickel, tin and zinc have been hit the most, each down 8% to 11% for the first three quarters of 2020 over 2019. It would be a brave observer to bet against the Chinese economy but there are a number of factors to suggest the current drivers will ease i...

China is on track to top 1 billion tons of steel production by the end of 2020, beating 2019's 996.3 million tons despite steel-consuming industries suffering a lockdown. It is the only major producing country to have increased output this year, up 5.6% at the end of October. Desp...

London copper (HG1:COM) continues its torrid climb, +1.5% to $7,695/ton to yet another seven-year high, and Goldman Sachs says copper's current price strength is just the first leg of a structural bull market."This current price strength is not an irrational aberration," and the copper market...

The Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched its new contract allowing both domestic and international investors to trade copper in China. The launch of this contract is intended to boost China's role in setting copper prices. A surge in supply is probably the least likely ...