Posts Tagged ‘japan’

Post by Krista Smith, Palladium Researcher Reuters Africa reports that palladium strengthened as the automobile sector recovers from the Japan earthquake in March. The market news is quoted as saying, Spot palladium was the only precious metal trading in Full story

Copper and palladium prices fell Wednesday after Japan said declines in production and consumer spending will limit growth as it rebuilds after its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.Other commodities were mixed, a day after prices dropped across the Full story

Want to donate scrap gold, silver jewelry to tsunami victims in Japan? Full story

An organisation operating out of Dillon in Nevada has been formed as "Jewelers for Japan" to raise funds for the thousands of victims in Japan and it is asking jewelers and consumers to donate scrap gold and silver jewellery in lieu of cash. The refiner Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico will refine the gold and silver scrap without a fee with all proceeds going ... Full story

* IEA says high oil price beginning to dent demand * OPEC sees rising oil's impact on transport fuel usage * EIA: expensive oil to hit global demand next year * Japan says nuclear crisis on par with Chernobyl * Coming up: EIA oil stocks data, 10:30 a.m. Full story

By Tomi Kilgore NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures fell Tuesday morning as investors expressed disappointment over Alcoa Inc.'s first-quarter sales and increased concern about Japan's nuclear crisis. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures Full story

Panamax rates for coal and iron-ore carriers to Japan could spike approximately 55 percent as that country buys more raw materials to rebuild from the large-scale damage at estimated costs of up to $309 billion, due to the devastating 9.0 earthquake and Full story

Gold futures have spent most of the week exploring record-high territory, as fighting in the Middle East and Japan's struggle with natural disasters has whetted traders' appetite for "safe-haven" investments. Furthermore, recent rate hikes out of Europe Full story

Kevin McElroy submits: You might have wondered, “What will happen to the price of my gold holdings if (when) there’s a real crisis in the United States?”On April 4, just two weeks after the worst of the Japanese earthquake and ensuing tsunami, gold priced in Japanese yen sells for 9% more, and it’s in a sustained uptrend. Full story

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures pointed higher Friday after investors shrugged off any worries over Japan's latest earthquake, while oil and gold prices continued to rally. .. Full story