Nickel without momentum. Still to and fro. The most recent correction in accordance with exchange rate developments. And also in line with the ups and downs of populist global politics. The USA and Turkey are quarrelling. Erdogan attacked head-on by Trump. Draconian...
„In out, in out, shake it all about“
USA, from advocate of free trade to figurehead of protectionism. Commodity markets are not indifferent to this either. Aluminium, copper and nickel begin to fall. Recovery follows. Goldman Sachs thinks the influence of the trade war on commodity markets, with few...
A Quick Snifter for the People
LME nickel price still higher than USD 15,000.00/mt. After the ECB meeting a stronger US-dollar subdues. Exchange rate has an influence on the stainless steel scrap price development. Especially in the Euro currency. General Data Protection Regulation causes a furore....
Artificial versus Human Intelligence
US sanctions lead to a "Burj Khalifa formation" in aluminium and nickel. Inflation and deflation in just one day. Nickel is presently trading at its former levels. The sanctions politics of the United States are having more and more extraterritorial results. The...
Even nickel is a Kobold metal
After the correction comes a recovery. Then a consolidation again, followed by a rise in prices. The actions of the USA and its President influence the industrial metals. Aluminium profits from the new Russian sanctions. RUSAL, one of the world's biggest aluminium...
The centre of the universe is on the move
USA imposes import tariffs on steel and aluminium. Nickel remains unimpressed. Trump wants to protect the national security interests of his country. He will hardly mean rust and corrosion. Make America great again vs. keep America serious. Populist voters have to...

































