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...
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...
Nickel pulled by stock markets. Investors are in fear of an end to loose monetary policy. The reaction of the lemmings on the financial markets is to panic. Trading systems enhance the moves even more. Industrial metal prices also make corrections, but could then...
Nickel is working on a stubborn resistance zone. The technical chart has formed a head and shoulder pattern. Nickel ore exports from Indonesia are increasing again. Interest rate rises in the USA, Canada and Great Britain. Yield on 10 year government bonds climbing....
Steep rises in nickel stopped for the moment. Stimulus of electro-mobility is still very much far in the future. Even China is putting on the brakes because of debt reduction and environmental issues. But the market prognosis for 2018 still looking positive. World...
LME week, a big international coming together of market operators. As well as being a social event, lots of presentations and discussions take place. For example about China. The recently confirmed Chinese Head of State and Party, Xi Jinping presented his reform...
