GC=F - Gold Feb 20
| Pre. Settlement | N/A |
| Settlement date | 2020-02-26 |
| Open | 1,558.90 |
| Bid | 1,562.70 |
| Last price | 1,556.70 |
| Day's range | 1,551.30 - 1,567.50 |
| Volume | 336,339 |
| Ask | 1,562.80 |
- Coindesk
Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault
Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold.
- FX Empire
E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM) Futures Technical Analysis – Plenty of Room to Downside Under 29050
Based on the early price action and the current price at 29080, the direction of the March E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average futures contract the rest of the session on Thursday is likely to be determined by trader reaction to the 50% level at 29050.
- Coindesk
CoinDesk Q4 2019 Review: A Year in Suspended Animation
The CoinDesk Quarterly Review surfaces the key data, trends and events shaping the crypto markets. Check it out now.
- Zacks
Top 3 Gold Mining Stocks to Buy in 2020
Demand for safe-haven investments such as gold may have gone down, but potential headwinds could help the yellow metal gain traction again.
- FX Empire
Silver Swings Continue
Silver remains under pressure, as the pair flirts with January lows. Will the downward trend continue, or will silver rebound back to the 18.00 level?
- Financial Times
Samancor Chrome threatens over 3,000 job losses at South Africa mines
Samancor Chrome, the South African chrome producer, could axe over 3,000 jobs at its mines and smelters in response to weak prices for the metal and power supply problems. The mining company is considering eliminating almost 2,500 jobs at its Eastern Chrome and Western Chrome mines and about 600 jobs at its smelters because chrome ore prices are “under huge pressure” and it is paying more for less stable electricity supply in an “unsustainable” situation, according to letters seen by the Financial Times and a release by the company. The review highlights the risks posed to South Africa’s mining industry by the crisis at Eskom, the country’s stricken electricity utility, which is hampered by ageing coal plants and $30bn of debt.
- Coindesk
Pornhub Now Lets Models Get Paid With the Tether Stablecoin
Pornhub has added new performer payment options including the tether (USDT) stablecoin, two months after being apparently dropped by PayPal.
- FX Empire
Price of Gold Fundamental Daily Forecast – Traders May Be Waiting for WHO to Declare Global Emergency
It’s funny. The news tends to lead investors to believe that gold is a buy when there is uncertainty and fear in the markets, but this type of thinking doesn’t seem to be working at this time.
- FX Empire
Oil Price Fundamental Daily Forecast – Weak on Fear of Lower Demand
It looks like the coronavirus story is not going to go away over the near-term and actually conditions could worsen. It’s difficult for professionals to gauge the impact on demand at this time so we may not see a bottom until the speculators stop shorting the market.
- FX Empire
US Stock Market Overview – Stocks Close Mixed Despite Robust Housing Data
Fed Chicago National Activity Index shows weakness
- FX Empire
Natural Gas Price Prediction – Prices Consolidate but Momentum is Negative
Warm weather forecast weighs on prices
- FX Empire
Gold Price Prediction – Prices Consolidate Following Robust US Home Sales
Momentum has turned neutral
- Bloomberg
Oil-Rich Family Bets Its Millions on Cleaner Fuel in Indonesia
(Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need.For much of Juchiro Tampi’s life, black gold from Indonesia’s resource-rich soils powered his family’s business -- one of the country’s few privately held petroleum producers. But as prices falter and environmental activism rises, he’s turning from oil to a cleaner energy source: natural gas.Tampi’s firm Sele Raya plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering of some of its assets this year on Indonesia’s stock exchange. The funds will be used to develop natural gas deposits his family discovered, joining a rush of projects driven by insatiable domestic demand, low costs and favorable domestic prices that ensure healthy profits.Stagnating production from existing fields will force Indonesia -- long an exporter of natural gas -- to boost imports of the fuel as early as the middle of this decade. The government has been encouraging companies to explore natural gas resources and has reiterated its commitment to keeping half of total production for use at home.Firms are heeding the call.They’re more than willing to develop new projects since operating costs are traditionally low and they can sell to domestic industrial users at rates roughly 60% higher than if they exported the fuel as liquefied natural gas to the North Asian spot market.With the LNG market oversupplied and prices expected to stay low, Indonesia’s producers -- such as Tampi, alongside bigger players such as PT Medco Energi Internasional and PT Pertamina -- are likely keen to sell their gas domestically.Travel, FoodTampi, 40, has a nuanced way of spotting the rising demand -- observing the consumption habits of his compatriots. From Sumatra to Sulawesi, lifestyles are becoming more energy intensive as the growing middle class spends more money on everything from dining out to home appliances.“Our population is increasing and millennials, the younger age group, are also growing,” he said, adding that, in turn, had driven environmental awareness. “They travel more, they eat more and all of those activities are fueled by energy.”Beyond millennials, Tampi says everything is trending toward an Indonesian economy that’s less reliant on oil. In December, the country announced plans to foster a domestic electric car industry.“When you do business you want to make a profit, but now we’re in the era of sustainable business,” he said. “So you want to have a social impact, do good while still making a profit. My vision is the electric car is here and it will become a mass-produced product.”Indonesia’s government has also set an ambitious goal of connecting the entire archipelago to the grid and providing everyone with electricity by 2024. Coal remains a key part of that but gas-powered plants are set to play an increasingly important role; Pertamina’s Jawa-1 project is set to generate up to 1,760 megawatts from 2021 onward.Domestic gas producers, therefore, have a ready market. Using proceeds from its planned IPO as well as existing cash flows, Sele Raya expects to plow $150 million into additional production facilities over the next three years.Economic EngineWhile Tampi spent most of his youth in Jakarta, he went to the U.S. as a 15-year-old to study at Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland, and later earned a degree in finance and marketing from New York University. He joined the family business in 2006 after a stint running his own oil and gas contractor, as well as a few years at American firms.Sele Raya was founded by Tampi’s father in the 1970s, contracting to oil companies. It began exploration and production in 1992. Almost all Indonesian companies are family-run, and Sele Raya isn’t an exception, with Tampi’s three sisters holding key roles.Natural gas is typically measured in blocks of million British thermal units. Tampi said that while it costs his company as much as $1.61 per million Btu, his customers are willing to pay $5.90 because they sell it onto end users like fertilizer producers and factories for almost double. End users are paying on average as much as $9 per million Btu, according to Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita.However, the government is also in the midst of a heated debate over how to lower domestic gas prices, which could be bad news for companies like Sele Raya. Authorities may scrap or reduce their share of revenue from gas sales in an attempt to get the price down to $6 per million Btu, according to Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment.“The government’s focus has shifted from treating gas as a revenue source to an engine for industrial and economic growth,” said Asti Asra, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie. “By making gas more easily available, there’s a hope downstream industries will also grow.”Tampi isn’t that worried about government changes; his sales agreement is already set for 2031 and he doesn’t believe the new regulations will retroactively affect deals. Even if they do, he says Sele Raya’s ability to keep the cost of gas discovery and exploration down will help it thrive.If all goes well, profits from Tampi’s fields will go into a mix of gas exploration and technology investments. But for now, fresh oil discoveries are off the agenda.“The oil sector is already mature,” he said, explaining that historical fuel subsidies and high prices have seen much of the region’s fields explored. “The upside is in gas.”To contact the reporters on this story: David Ramli in Singapore at dramli1@bloomberg.net;Stephen Stapczynski in Singapore at sstapczynsk1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Katrina Nicholas at knicholas2@bloomberg.net, Peter VercoeFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- FX Empire
Gold Price Forecast – Gold Markets Continue To Grind
Gold markets continue to go back and forth in general, as the market finds the $1550 level is an area of stability. This leads me to believe that we are probably going higher over the longer term, but things are awfully quiet right now.
- Bloomberg
Freeport Looks Poised to Turn Corner After Five-Year Bumpy Road
(Bloomberg) -- It’s been a rough haul for Freeport-McMoRan Inc., but the future may be looking up.In the past five years, the world’s largest publicly traded copper miner was forced to sell assets and shares to manage debt as it weathered fall-out from the collapse of the commodity super cycle. It emerged from multiyear talks over its Indonesian mine to secure long-term rights, and hung on as production at the flagship operation tumbled during the switch from open pit to underground mining.And in the past year, it has been buffeted by global trade winds and hit by crossfire from demonstrations against a competitor in Peru.When the Phoenix-based company releases fourth-quarter results on Thursday, the market will be more than ready for some good news.Morgan Stanley’s “bull case” for the stock predicts a 40% rally to $18 a share. While the ramp-up of underground mining at Grasberg, Freeport’s massive Indonesian copper-and-gold asset, remains challenging, the bank believes the miner “is well positioned to deliver on execution,” analyst Carlos De Alba said in a note this week.The trend to global electrification, fed by the need to provide lower-carbon power for transport and industry, is expected to increase demand for copper, potentially resulting in supply deficits. For those companies poised for production increases, the result will be long-term growth in free cash flow, even if other factors keep prices for the metal subdued, according to Jefferies LLC.Freeport expects to double cash flow, boost copper and gold production and cut costs 25% within two years, Chief Executive Officer Richard Adkerson said in an interview last month. The company also is boosting production with investment in its Lone Star project in Arizona.With copper futures at $2.77 a pound, Freeport -- as well as First Quantum Minerals Ltd. -- are likely to move from negative to double-digit yields over the next five years, Jefferies analyst Chris LaFemina said in note, with Freeport hitting 10% yields from 2022. Even in a bearish scenario in which copper falls to $2, cash flow should be positive for both miners, he said. The companies are Jefferies’ top mining picks.“Freeport could have a positive quarter, helped by sales deferred from Q3 and continued progress at Grasberg and Lone Star,” Sam Crittenden, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said in a note.\--With assistance from Aoyon Ashraf.To contact the reporter on this story: Danielle Bochove in Toronto at dbochove1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Luzi Ann Javier at ljavier@bloomberg.net, Steven Frank, Joe RichterFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- Coindesk
Retail Accumulation? Number of Bitcoin Addresses With One or More Coins Sees Solid Rise
A key on-chain metric has witnessed solid growth over the past 12 months, possibly indicating steady accumulation of bitcoins by retail traders.
- FX Empire
Gold Price Forecast – Precious Metals & Mining Update
Precious metals and miners are consolidating before their next advance. Gold could reach $1700+ by March, and we see explosive potential in silver.
- FX Empire
Gold Daily News: Wednesday, January 22
The price of gold lost 0.15% on Tuesday, as it extended its short-term consolidation following the previous week’s Wednesday’s record-breaking advance above $1,600 mark that ended with a sharp intraday downturn.
- Zacks
B2Gold Reports Upbeat Results for Gramalote JV, Eyes Growth
B2Gold (BTG) believes Gramalote has the potential to become a large, low-cost open-pit gold mine.
