Kupfer: Lagerbestände an der LME fallen erheblich

Die Kupferbestände an der Metallbörse in London befinden sich im Sinkflug:

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Gold: Weiterer Flash Crash heute Morgen mit Papiergold-Verkäufen von über 2 Mrd. USD

Hierzu ein aktueller Bericht von Zerohedge:

Gold Flash Crashes As "Someone" Dumps $2 Billion, "Fat Finger" Blamed

One minute after 4am EDT, as the European market was warming up for trading, Gold suddenly plunged $12, or 1%, to $1,242 an ounce, on a surge in volume with 18k contracts, or just over $2 billion notional, trading in a one-minute window; as of 9:20am London, volumes running around 150% of recent averages. As so often happens, the gold plunge dragged silver down with it as well..

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/gold-crashes-someone-dumps-2-billion-fat-finger-blamed

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UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index: Vancouver, London und Stockholm an der Spitze

Informative Analyse der UBS - Auszug:

"..Die Preisanstiege an der Spitze der UBS-Auswertung sind atemberaubend: Zwischen 2000 und 2015 haben sich die Preise in Paris, Stockholm und Hongkong, aber auch in Genf und Vancouver mehr als verdoppelt. In Zürich, London und Sydney zogen sie mehr als 75 Prozent an, in München 50 Prozent. Es fällt auf, dass diese Entwicklung nur in den zwei Schweizer Grossstädten gezähmt wurde, in Genf sind die Preise seit einem Jahr gar leicht rückläufig.." (Link)

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Riskanter Boom: Die heissesten Citys stehen auf dünnem Eis

Seit vielen Jahren fliesst viel Geld in Immobilien.In einigen Weltstädten hat dies die Preise derart in die Höhe geschraubt, dass nun ihr Fundament bröckelt..

Link: http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/riskanter-boom-die-heissesten-citys-stehen-auf-duennem-eis-130604448

Big Picture: Entwicklung der Wohnimmobilienpreise in den USA, Kanada und UK

Spannende Übersicht, die aufzeigt, dass der Anstieg der Wohnimmobilienpreise in Großbritannien (vor allem London) während der letzten 20 Jahre mit Abstand der massivste gewesen ist..

Quelle: FRED

Gold- und Silberpreis: Manipulationen der Deutschen Bank nur die Spitze des Eisbergs?

Hierzu ein aktueller Bericht von Zerohedge:

Is Deutsche Bank’s Gold Manipulation The Main Scam Or Just A Side-Show?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/18/2016 08:50 -0400

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Submitted by John Rubino via DollarCollapse.com,

For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, “well, if they’re not manipulated they’re the only market that isn’t.”

That was unsatisfying, though, because as the big banks got caught scamming their customers on interest rates, mortgage bonds, forex and commodities trades, those markets (presumably) began to operate more-or-less honestly. Gold and silver, meanwhile, kept right on acting strangely, for instance plunging in the middle of the night on no news but massive futures volume, to the detriment of honest investors and traders who naively bet their capital on fundamentals. The (already huge) amount of money thus stolen from gold bugs kept rising.

So it is with relief that fans of honest markets have greeted the news that at least one kind of precious metals manipulation has been exposed..

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-13/deutsche-bank-settles-silver-price-fixing-claims-lawyers-say

Quelle: stockcharts.com

London Metal Exchange (LME): 10% der Mitglieder verlassen die traditionsreiche Metallbörse

Äußerst brisante News!

"Stunning!" Ten Percent of London Metals Exchange (LME) Members QUIT!

Six of the world’s largest mining companies – including the world’s second largest miner, Rio Tinto – abruptly resigned their membership on the London Metal Exchange. No reason was given for why 10% of the Exchange’s “Category 5” members resigned, but many are speculating that it has something to do with ongoing criminality in the fraudulent paper markets..

Link: https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/875

Mining, Output, Big 3: BHP Billiton CEO Mackenzie Wants Mining Rivals to Cut Loss-Making Output and Fast

Hierzu ein aktueller Beitrag von Bloomberg:

BHP CEO Wants Mining Rivals to Cut Loss-Making Output and Fast

BHP Billiton Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie wants a faster response from some rivals of the world’s biggest mining company in shuttering unprofitable mines and smelters.

“It would be great if the top part of the cost-curve, because we’re not part of it, moved more quickly rather than hope that they could survive forever,” Mackenzie told reporters in London on Thursday. 

“It would be wonderful if there was more instant reaction. We know that people aim to survive. They do persist for longer than you expect and we have to plan accordingly and we do.”

Glencore Plc, the worst performer this year in the U.K.’s benchmark stock index, has scaled back zinc, copper and coal operations after slowing demand from top user China sent prices to the lowest in at least five years. Its billionaire Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg has became the flag-bearer for a commodities revival after cutting zinc production by a third, helping to spark one of the biggest metals rallies this year.

BHP has closed some unprofitable production of steel-making coal in Australia in recent years. Freeport-McMoRan Inc., the largest publicly traded copper supplier, said last week it may look to further reduce output amid falling prices.

“We continue to examine every operation, actually almost every sub-operation, to check on its viability in the medium term,” Mackenzie said. “It does happen, and it could happen again, but for now everything is performing at the level that we’ll maintain full production.”

BHP’s marketing chief last week shrugged off moves by rival producers including Glencore to trim production in a bid to lift sagging commodity prices. Closing unprofitable operations is “just a normal, rational economic decision,” Arnoud Balhuizen said..

Quelle: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-22/bhp-ceo-wants-mining-rivals-to-cut-loss-making-output-and-fast?cmpid=yhoo.headline

Edelmetall-Handel: Mitsui plant Schließung der Geschäfte in London und New York

Mehr und mehr einflussreiche Spieler ziehen sich aus dem hoch kontroversen Edelmetallgeschäft zurück..

Mitsui to shut precious metals business in London, New York - sources

12th October 2015 BY: REUTERS

LONDON – Mitsui will close its precious metals businesses in London and New York at the end of this year, two sources familiar with the situation said, owing to sliding commodity prices and more stringent regulation.

"Mitsui is shutting down precious in London and New York in December," one source said.

A spokesperson for the Japanese trading house declined to comment.

Mitsui, which started trading precious metals in 1970, is the latest to join a retreat by banks and brokers from some commodity markets as profits and prices tumble on concern about slowing Chinese economic growth.

Mitsui & Co Precious Metals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co incorporated in the US, has a team of about 50 trading gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium from offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

The sources did not know how many jobs would be affected across trading, sales and research.

Mitsui trades precious metals on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange in Japan and also has offices in Hong Kong.

"The decision will affect global operations, as it will reduce volumes," the second source said.

The trading house also participates in the twice-daily auction setting the London silver benchmark run by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Thomson Reuters. Its withdrawal would leave five banks to set the price.

Last month, Mitsui was included by Switzerland's competition authority WEKO on a list of banks being investigated for possible collusion over the pricing of precious metals.

Mitsui not only joins Western banks, including Barclays and Deutsche Bank, in cutting back on commodities, but also Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, which withdrew from its London-based commodities business, last year.

Commodities trading revenue for ten of the world's biggest banks continued to fall to $2.6-billion in the first half of 2015, compared with $3.5-billion in the same 2014 period, according to estimates from analytics firm Coalition.

Source: http://m.miningweekly.com/article/mitsui-to-shut-precious-metals-business-in-london-new-york-sources-2015-10-12

JP Morgan stoppt "open outcry" an der London Metal Exchange (LME)

JP Morgan zieht sich weiter aus dem physischen Rohstoff-Business zurück..

JP Morgan to stop open outcry trading on London Metal Exchange

LONDON | BY ERIC ONSTAD

U.S. bank JP Morgan (JPM.N) is quitting open outcry trading on the London Metal Exchange after cutting back on its commodity business, a move that also shows the increasing importance of electronic dealing in metals..

Link: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/09/07/uk-lme-jpmorgan-ring-idUKKCN0R722320150907

China: Neuer Gold-Fix mit Yuan-Dominanz rückt näher

Das Reich der Mitte baut seine Einflüsse im Handel mit dem gelben Metall weiter aus und hat große Pläne..

China readies to launch yuan gold fix before year-end

China, the world's top gold producer and one of the biggest consumers, is in talks with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group to set a deal that would see the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) and CME listing each other’s contracts on their respective exchanges.

The move comes as China readies to launch its own yuan-based bullion fix later this year via the SGE, the world's biggest physical gold exchange, according to Shen Gang, vice president of the SGE, as reported by Bloomberg.

She added that SGE has already applied to the People’s Bank of China for approval of its pricing system.

While details of the fix remain unknown, market analysts say it would be derived from a contract traded on the bourse for a few minutes, with the exchange acting as the central counterpart.

While details of the fix remain unknown, market analysts say it would be derived from a contract traded on the bourse for a few minutes, with the exchange acting as the central counterpart.That would make the process transparent and so address one of the main concerns about the London fix.

The goal for China is to boost its influence in global commodities and currency markets while trying to make the yuan a viable competitor to the U.S. dollar.

The Shanghai bourse will also open a trade link with the Hong Kong- based Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society on July 10, according to Bloomberg. SGE is also in discussions with the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange to introduce yuan- denominated gold products in Dubai.

According to the World Gold Council, China’s demand for the yellow metal may rise to as high as 1,000 metric tons this year, provided that the country’s stock market reverses its rally and investors seek haven investments..
Link/Quelle: http://www.mining.com/china-readies-to-launch-yuan-gold-fix-before-year-end/

Quelle: mining.com

Gold: Wie lange sticht der Futures- und Papier-Markt noch den physischen Gold-Markt aus?

Mit dieser Frage beschäftigte sich zuletzt auch Lawrence Williams von Mineweb:

Gold: The US sets the price but Asia does the buying

It seems illogical that gold price movement seems to be dominated by US internal factors while most gold trade is elsewhere.

Lawrence Williams | 11 June 2015 08:57


LONDON – What’s driving the gold price? At the moment it seems to be a succession of knee-jerk reactions to U.S financial data which push the gold price up or down, depending on the perception as to whether the data will likely bring the US Fed’s proposed interest rate rise programme forward or move it backwards. It really isn’t a logical situation – but where’s the logic in the precious metals markets anyway? To many, gold is a relatively underutilised metal which works well as jewellery, but nowadays has little else going for it apart from a long history of monetary usage which nowadays may have had its time. Bankers and economists discount its usefulness as such..

Link/Quelle: http://www.mineweb.com/news/gold/gold-the-u-s-sets-the-price-but-asia-does-the-buying/

Goldmarkt: Totales Handelsvolumen erreicht gewaltige 22 Billionen US-Dollar in 2014

Das wahnsinnige Zocken am Papier-Goldmarkt geht ungebrochen weiter..

Annual gold trade reaches $22 TRILLION

Frik Els | April 9, 2015

Liquid and leveraged

On Thursday gold futures retreated to below the psychologically important $1,200 an ounce level for the first time this month.

Gold bounced off a near 4-year low of $1,148.20 an ounce mid-March but the metal is trading more than $110 an ounce below its 2015 high reached in January.

The gyrations in the gold price just this year is perhaps understandable considering how the paper market in the metal has grown exponentially in recent years.

A new report by Thomson Reuters GFMS shows that it is one of the most leveraged financial markets with trading volumes many multiples of annual mine output.

Global trading volumes in 2014 was three times more than the 183,600 tonnes of the precious metal that have been produced in human history.

At an estimated $22 trillion trading value per year, the gold market dwarves turnover on the Dow Jones Industrial Index and that of the S&P 500 combined, German and UK government bonds and even some of the top currency pairs.

Global trading volumes in 2014 was three times more than the 183,600 tonnes of the precious metal produced in human history

The volumes of gold transferred in 2014 as reported by London Bullion Market Association clearing members, totalled approximately 157,000 tonnes, with a value of $5.9 trillion.
"This trade, often between commercial banks themselves, may result in the physical shipment of gold, or merely a paper reallocation of bars within a vault.

"Even the above figure does not represent the total value of gold transactions globally. As a rule of thumb, the net transfers are roughly one‐third of the total loco London market volume. The changing dynamics of the market and the proliferation of trading centres in the Far East in particular mean that loco London trade is now closer to 70% of the world total as against its historical share of 90%.

"This share changed during 2014 in particular and we can therefore assume an average market share of perhaps 80% for the year as a whole. This leads to turnover of roughly 589,000 tonnes for the year overall, with a value of approximately $22 trillion, or roughly 188 times mine production.

"This ample liquidity (most of the time) is why, like most currencies, gold usually trades at full carry."

GFMS forecast gold to average $1,170 an ounce in 2015 with a modest recovery in 2016 with a base case of $1,250 an ounce "as buying in Asian markets picks up and institutional investment demand in these markets also serves to offset the recent decline in OTC gold demand from the West."

The supply side, the research company says, is likely to see "the continuation of a constrained investment environment and lower mine output by 2016. Scrap supply should also be close to levelling off and hedging is likely to remain a feature, albeit not a defining one, of the market.."

Link: http://www.mining.com/annual-gold-trade-reaches-22-trillion/

Quelle: bigcharts.com

Quelle: zerohedge.com

Goldmarkt: Indische Goldimporte ziehen im März signifikant an

Dazu der aktuelle Beitrag vom geschätzten Gold-Analysten Koos Jannsen von BullionStar:

Indian Gold Import Exploding In March

March has not even ended, though preliminary data indicates India has already imported over 130 tonnes of gold this month. A conservative estimate suggests total gross import can reach 150 tonnes of gold this month.

Because of a “current account deficit” the Indian government decided in March 2012 to raise to import duty on gold from 2 % to 4 %, in June 2013 from 4 % to 8% and in August 2013 from 8 % to 10 %. Additionally, in August 2013 the 80/20 rule was implemented, which was eventually withdrawn in December 2014.

The restrictions the Indian Government implemented on gold trade spawned new life to smuggling cartels with all due consequences. Official Import fell drastically, wiping out any revenues the government collected from the import of the yellow metal. In May 2013 Indian gross gold import accounted for 168 tonnes, by September 2013 a multi year low was reached at 15 tonnes. Premiums in India, over London spot prices, skyrocketed to a staggering 25 %..

For a close look at recent import data let’s start with January; India officially gross imported a meager 39 tonnes, though up 9 % year on year. In February gross import accounted for 50 tonnes, up 57 % y/y. Then, the real surprise came this month; as said previously preliminary data (derived from daily numbers at Infodrive) suggests gross import accounts for 130 tonnes (March 2 – 21). When India’s Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics will publish official data somewhere around April 13, we know the exact imported tonnage for March.

Perhaps surging import is caused by a falling price since the beginning of the year combined with the relaxation of import restrictions. Remarkably, premiums are staying close to 12 % (including the 10 % import duty), sourcing the metal is no problem.

From daily trade data we can see a lot of gold from Ghana going directly to India. Could it be there is some conflict gold coming from Ghana..?

Link: https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/koos-jansen/indian-gold-import-exploding-in-march/

LBMA: Umstrukturierungen am wichtigsten Gold-Handelsplatz

Dazu ein aktueller Artikel von Mineweb:

Fixing the Gold Fix – with or without the Chinese banks?

March 20 will see the London Gold Fix being replaced. Will Chinese banks be among the initial direct participants? Conflicting views.

Lawrence Williams | 15 March 2015 19:18

The end of this week will see the end of an era in London-based gold price benchmarking when the rather archaic London Gold Fixing system, which has been in place little changed for most of the past 100 years (since 1919), will come to an end and be replaced by the new LBMA Gold Price electronic system which is being set up in its place. The new price setting mechanism will be launched on the March 20 – this coming Friday..

Link: http://www.mineweb.com/news/gold/fixing-the-gold-fix-with-or-without-the-chinese-banks/

Kupfermarkt: Totale Lagerbestände an der LME überschreiten Marke von 300.000 Tonnen

Credit to IKN für die informative Übersicht:

Quelle: incakolanews.com, cochilco.cl

Industriemetall Kupfer: Lagerbestände an der LME steigen an

Nach einer langen Talfahrt geht es mit den Kupfer-Lagerbeständen an der LME wieder aufwärts:

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Papier-Gold- & Silber-Preis: Neue Manipulations-Vorwürfe an die LBMA

Hierzu ein lesenswerter Beitrag von Zerohedge:

"London Fix" Gold Rigging By Bullion Bank Exposed In Class Action Lawsuit: The Complete Charts

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/27/2014 18:00 -0400

• B+
 
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Some interesting news crossed the tape late afternoon yesterday when it was reported that the silver bullion banks (Deutsche Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and HSBC) were sued for manipulating the silver fix in a class-action lawsuit. However, a closer look reveals that the plaintff in the lawsuit, J. Scott Nicholson, has a recurring bone to pick with the banks as this is certainly not his first lawsuit alleging precious metals rigging, and as such we are convinced it will be tossed out shortly, along with every other lawsuit alleging a manipulated precious metals market since discovery could lead to some very unpleasant revelations about the primary source of gold and silver rigging: the central banks themselves, alongside the BIS...

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-26/london-fix-gold-rigging-bullion-bank-exposed-class-action-lawsuit-complete-charts

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Goldminen-Branche: Minera IRL legt eine starke, optimierte Wirtschaftlichkeits-Studie für das Ollachea Gold-Projekt in Peru vor

Mit der neuen DFS hat der Junior-Produzent Minera IRL gute Chancen, die nächste Goldmine zu finanzieren und bis 2016 ins Laufen zu bringen.

Minera IRL (TSX:IRL) ist eine nordamerikanische Minenfirma, die sich auf die Produktion, Entwicklung und Exploration von lukrativen Goldprojekten im etablierten und historischen Minenstaat von Peru spezialisiert hat. Wegen nachhaltigen, starken finanziellen Unterstützern aus UK, hat Minera IRL nicht nur ein Listing an der TSX, sondern auch am Finanzplatz London.

Die Förderung auf der Corihuarmi-Goldmine läuft bei Minera IRL bereits schon eine ganze Weile und wird erneut mehr als 20.000 Goldunzen dieses Jahr abwerfen. Auf dem Don Nicolas Goldprojekt, das in einem JV betrieben wird, steht Minera IRL sehr gut da. Die Minenfinanzierung wurde komplett eingeholt, das Projekt ist konstruktionsfertig, alle notwendigen Permits liegen vor und der Produktionsstart wird im 2. Quartal 2015 anvisiert.

Im Fokus der Story steht aber gerade und generell ein anderes Goldprojekt, und zwar das höher-gradige, substanzielle und qualitative Goldvorkommen von Ollachea. Es ist unangefochten das Flaggschiffprojekt von Minera IRL und dieses Projekt hat sehr gute Chancen, ein „Company Maker“ zu werden.

Die ökonomischen Eckdaten von Ollachea können sich sehen lassen. Es wird eine profitable Gold-Förderung durch die Bank in Aussicht gestellt, und somit steht Minera IRL auch bei niedrigeren Goldpreisen hinsichtlich der Wettbewerbsstärke hier ausgesprochen gut da.

Für Ollachea hat der kanadische Projekt-Entwickler und Junior-Produzent zuletzt eine neue definitive Wirtschaftlichkeits-Studie (DFS) herausgegeben, die zahlreiche Optimierungen und konstruktive Anpassungen erhält.

Folgend die Highlights der DFS, welche unterstreichen, dass Ollachea ein sehr lukratives Goldprojekt selbst in einem sehr schwachen Umfeld für Goldminen ist.

• Total gold production increased to 930,000 ounces (from 921,000 ounces)
• Average annual production of 100,000 ounces over the first two years (up from 70,500 ounces)
• Average annual production unchanged at 100,000 ounces per year over an initial nine year mine life
• Initial capital cost of $164.7 million (down from $177.5 million)
• Average total cash cost of $587 per ounce (slight adjustment from $583 per ounce)
• An after-tax NPV, at a 7% discount rate and gold price of $1,300 per ounce, of $181 million (up 17% from $155 million)
• IRR of 28.2% (up from 22.1%)
• Pay-back period decreased to 3.1 years (from 3.7 years)
• Production now expected to commence in Q2 2016 (from Q1 2016)

Der Investment-Return und die jährliche, prognostizierte Projekt-Verzinsung sind im Hinblick auf die moderaten Minenbaukosten und lukrativen, totalen Förderkosten sehr gut.

Die entscheidenden All-in Sustaining Kosten für eine produzierte Goldunze liegen bei unter 800 USD pro Feinunze Gold, wodurch sich Ollachea deutlich von der Masse der Entwicklungsprojekte in der Goldminen-Branche absetzt.

Auch die notwendige Größe für eine substantielle Minenoperation wird mit einem jährlichen Ausstoß von 100.000 Goldunzen während der Minenlaufzeit von ordentlichen 9 Jahren erreicht. Absolut ausreichend in der gegenwärtigen Zeit in der Goldminen-Branche, in der Rendite und Profitabilität weit vor zukünftigem Wachstum, langfristiger Ressourcen-Sicherheit und der generellen Projekt-Größe stehen.

Erwähnenswert ist außerdem, dass Ollachea von einer etablierten und starken Infrastruktur massiv profitiert, welche sich nicht nur vorteilhaft auf die Erschließungs-, Minenbau-, und direkten Förder-Kosten positiv auswirkt.

Zudem liegt ein starker Support der lokalen und regionalen Communities vor, der in Peru immer ganz wichtig ist. Hier hat Minera IRL eine wahrhaftig glänzende Arbeit geleistet, die sich in Zukunft mehr und mehr auszahlen wird. So werden bspw. auch die Einheimischen direkt an der Minenoperation über eine Tochterfirma beteiligt.

So liegen auch alle relevanten Umwelt-Permits der Firma bis dato vor. Die alles entscheidende, finale Konstruktions-Genehmigung soll noch diesen Monat von den peruanischen Behörden vorgelegt werden. Dann steht einer Neubewertung der Story wohl kaum mehr was im Wege. Parallel arbeite Minera IRL auch schon mit Hochdruck an der Finanzierung für Ollachea.

Gegenwärtig befindet sich Minera IRL bereits in Verhandlungen mit dem australischen Top-Finanzhaus Macquarie, einem etablierten Spieler  und Finanzier in der Minenbranche. Im Hinblick auf die starken Economics und dem relativ schnellen Payback der Initial CAPEX, hat Minera IRL meines Erachtens sehr gute Chancen, für Ollachea ein solides Financing zu guten Konditionen zu erhalten.

Die Minera IRL-Aktie ist gerade zu einem historischen Tief-Preis zu bekommen, der 90% unter dem ATH der Minenaktie liegt. Hier könnte nun eine großartige "Turnaround-Story" in den nächsten Monaten und Jahren entstehen, wenn der Goldminen-Markt halbwegs mitspielt.

Im Hinblick auf die aktuelle Börsenbewertung, den relativen Valuations in der Peer Group, starken Fundamentals und einem wahrlich hervorragenden, mittel- bis langfristigen Ausblick, offeriert die kanadische Junior-Firma einen sehr lukrativen Hebel auf den Goldpreis. Auch bei schwächeren Goldpreisen hat Minera IRL gute Chancen auf Outperformance, denn die Flaggschiff-Minen werden wettbewerbsstark sein.

Nicht nur Eliten der Minen- und Finanzbranche kaufen sich daher langsam aber sicher stärker ein und positionieren sich. So hält der zweitgrößte Minenkonzern der Welt, Rio Tinto, bereits 20% an Minera IRL und auch der weltgrößte Hedgefonds BlackRock hat sich in den letzten 9 Monaten kräftig eingedeckt. Parallel legen auch die Firmen-Insider weiter ein.. 

Quelle: bigcharts.com

Quelle: minera-irl.com

Goldpreis-Fixing, London (LBMA): Deutsche Bank zieht sich zurück

Der erste einflussreiche Spieler im Goldpreis-Fixing an der LBMA wirft das Handtuch, und das mitten im ersten Aufklärungs-Prozess hinsichtlich potentieller (imho sehr wahrscheinlicher) Goldpreis-Manipulationen am renommiertesten Handelsplatz für das gelbe Metall im Tages-Geschäft. Reiner Zufall? Wohl kaum.

Dies lässt natürlich tief blicken und gibt großen Raum für weitere Spekulationen. Die Frage wird bleiben, ob und wie erheblich die mächtigen Spieler um die führenden Geldhäuser und (Investment-) Banken überhaupt an den Pranger gestellt werden (können). Denn wie jeder weiß, konnte sich fast jeder Finanz-Gigant bei mehr oder minder schweren Vergehen in der jüngeren Historie quasi fein "rauskaufen"..

Deutsche Bank to withdraw from gold fix amid price manipulation probe

Deutsche, one of five banks involved in the twice-daily gold fix for global price setting, said it was dropping out of the process after withdrawing from the bulk of its commodities business..

Link: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-gold-news?oid=225639&sn=Detail

Gold, Kritisches Niveau an der COMEX: Registered-Lagerbestände fallen weiter, Open Interest explodiert

Die Spannung an der COMEX nimmt zu:

"Comex Registered Gold fell 89K oz to new low. Open Interest is record 104X higher."

Quelle: twitter.com/GarrettGoggin/status/423589574879633408/photo/1/large

In London ergibt sich bei den physischen Gold-Beständen derweil ein ähnliches Bild..

EXCLUSIVE – Shortage of large gold bars leads to rare London premiums

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Eddie van der Walt London 15/01/2014 

The London bullion market has seen intermittent shortages of 400-ounce bars, traders in the City told FastMarkets, pushing premiums for physical delivery for these large bars as high as 50 cents..

http://www.fastmarkets.com/gold-news/69679-0-en