Alex Thorndike, senior trader, precious metals and foreign exchange, MKS Capital Pty Ltd, said this was the largest increase in funds» short
gold contracts in four weeks.
Meanwhile, hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX
gold contracts in the week to Jan. 30 to their highest level since late - September, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday.
One of the things they have done at the outset is to set up a Yuan -
gold contract in the futures market in Shanghai, settled in physical gold.
Not exact matches
Shares
in Perth technology company Empired have risen slightly on news of a
contract with Barrick
Gold.
Since October, they have dramatically ramped up their long positions
in gold futures
contracts.
«You come walking
in the door and say, «I've got $ 10 million
in contracted revenue with Class A Fortune 1000 companies,» you're
gold.»
GR Engineering Services has won an $ 18 million
contract for the refurbishment of processing facilities at Newcrest Mining's Telfer copper -
gold mine
in the Pilbara.
In a span of one minute, 21,256 gold futures contracts, equal to more than 2 million ounces, traded just before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addressed a gathering of policy makers in Jackson Hole, Wyomin
In a span of one minute, 21,256
gold futures
contracts, equal to more than 2 million ounces, traded just before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addressed a gathering of policy makers
in Jackson Hole, Wyomin
in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Power generation company Pacific Energy has won an eight - year
contract extension to continue providing services at St Barbara's Gwalia
gold mine
in Leonora.
Power generation company Pacific Energy has won a
contract to supply electricity to Doray Minerals» Deflector
gold project
in the Murchison region for an undisclosed sum.
Macmahon Holdings has won a
contract at Newcrest Mining's Telfer
gold project
in the Pilbara, which is expected to bring
in $ 62 million
in annual revenue.
Watpac Civil & Mining has been awarded $ 89.3 million
in contracts in the
gold mining and road infrastructure sectors, with the largest being with Chinese - owned company Hanking Gold Min
gold mining and road infrastructure sectors, with the largest being with Chinese - owned company Hanking
Gold Min
Gold Mining.
Doray Minerals has awarded Maca a $ 14 million
contract for open pit mining work at its Deflector
gold project
in the Murchison region.
Wesfarmers subsidiary EVOL LNG has won a
contract to supply LNG to the power station at Doray Minerals» Deflector
gold project
in the Murchison region for an undisclosed sum.
Perth - based GR Engineering Services has won a $ 7 million
contract for work at Eldorado
Gold Corporation's Olympias project
in Greece.
Doray Minerals has finalised a $ 51 million
contract with GR Engineering Services for work at its Deflector
gold project
in the Murchison region, which is now fully funded and on - track for production by mid-2016.
Local engineering company Lycopodium has won a $ 68.5 million
contract to build processing facilities at a
gold mine
in Senegal.
Mining services company Ausdrill has been named the preferred contractor for a $ US300 million ($ A415 million)
contract at Kefi Minerals» Tulu Kapi
gold project
in Ethiopia.
Subiaco - based Perseus Mining has awarded engineering company Lycopodium a $ 38.4 million
contract to carry out work at its Sissingue
gold project
in Cote D'Ivoire, Africa.
Perth - based Ausdrill has won a $ 157 million
contract to provide mining services to Perseus Mining's Edikan
gold mine
in Ghana.
Mining contractor Byrnecut has won a
contract to expand OZ Minerals» Prominent Hill copper -
gold project
in South Australia, with the work expected to cost about $ 12 million.
Perth - based contractor Macmahon Holdings has flagged a hit to its earnings for the year after terminating its
contract in Nigeria and incurring losses at Newcrest Mining's Telfer
gold mine
in WA.
Forget bricks of bullion, he says, which would be dangerous to carry around
in a disintegrating economy, and stay away from certificates that say you own
gold or silver
in some institutional vault, because those
contracts could be rendered worthless.
The company sells most of its copper -
gold concentrate under long - term
contract to smelters
in Japan, and sells its processed pure
gold bullion to Asia's metal market.
After switching to predominately airleg mining
in October 2017, when Blackham took over from
contract miners, the average grade mined has increased to 8.1 g / t
gold.
But when
gold particles are mixed with elastic polymers, it «self - organizes» into chains, making the material conducive when expanded or
contracted, according to a report
in Wired.
Mining services company Ausdrill has secured three
contract extensions, highlighted by a two - year, $ US108 million ($ 142 million) deal at the Iduapriem
gold mine
in Ghana.
In the meantime, it has contracts on more than 100 exploration properties, a quarter of which are in advanced stages, that represent significant untapped upside for Sandstorm Gol
In the meantime, it has
contracts on more than 100 exploration properties, a quarter of which are
in advanced stages, that represent significant untapped upside for Sandstorm Gol
in advanced stages, that represent significant untapped upside for Sandstorm
Gold.
No counterparty risk means that once you have physical
gold in your possession, you don't depend on someone else to fulfill a
contract or keep a promise for it to retain its value.
We'll take a big picture look at the
gold market this week and the interplay between the market's players and price before finishing with an option play that could capitalize on multiple factors leading to increased volatility
in the December
gold futures
contract.
South African miners including Anglo American agreed to pay $ 400m to settle a class action launched by former miners who
contracted serious lung diseases working
in the country's
gold shafts.
In what is described as South Africa's largest class - action settlement, mining companies have agreed to resolve a lawsuit with
gold miners who
contracted lung diseases.
According to Kitco News, citing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data, money managers increased their speculative long positions
in gold futures by 34,928
contracts to a total of 183,080 for the week ended March 27.
In fact, the pricing mechanisms that rule futures contracts, which in turn, establish real - world asset pricing, can be entirely disconnected from physical supply and demand determinants, especially in the paper gold and paper silver worlds of London and New Yor
In fact, the pricing mechanisms that rule futures
contracts, which
in turn, establish real - world asset pricing, can be entirely disconnected from physical supply and demand determinants, especially in the paper gold and paper silver worlds of London and New Yor
in turn, establish real - world asset pricing, can be entirely disconnected from physical supply and demand determinants, especially
in the paper gold and paper silver worlds of London and New Yor
in the paper
gold and paper silver worlds of London and New York.
The sudden rise
in settlement of Comex
gold and silver futures
contracts through the formerly obscure off - exchange mechanism of «exchange for physicals» is likely just increasing the supply of imaginary metal, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today for Sprott Money.
However, the ratio of
gold standing for delivery — the process by which a futures
contract can be settled for physical
gold rather than cash — rose exponentially into early December and has since fallen significantly but remains at historically high levels: The standard COMEX response would be that the overwhelming majority of futures
contracts are simply rolled over at expiration into a future month or settled
in cash.
Since the failure of MF Global
in 2011, COMEX
gold open interest dropped from a peak of 650,000
contracts to a range of 370,000 to 450,000.
hedger that has a right of offset
in their client
contracts with their
gold bank.
Elsewhere
in commodities, the February
gold contract was up 40 cents at US$ 1,060.20 an ounce, but still ended the year weaker.
Presumably with the way
in which the Abra smart
contracts work mean that
in future you might be able to transfer to other stores of value (thinking specifically of precious metals such as
gold or silver)
in order to hedge both crypto and fiat currency risk?
With
gold now at $ 1,233.40 per ounce, that option is currently priced around $ 42.30 per ounce, meaning it would cost you $ 4,230 for a minimum purchase of a single June 2012 call option [The minimum purchase would be options on one 100 - ounce
contract: The option priced at $ 42.30 per ounce x the 100 ounces
in the
contract = the $ 4,230 outlay].
In COMEX
gold futures which also experienced a record one - week amount of nearly 55,000
contracts being sold by so - called commercial traders, or the equivalent of 5.5 million ounces, that works out to 20 full days of world
gold mine production (275,000 oz per day).
Gold and silver bullion dealers can use hedging with futures
contracts to protect themselves from large and unanticipated swings
in precious metals prices.
In just one reporting week, more managed money contracts were bought and more commercial contracts were sold in COMEX silver and gold futures than ever in the more than 30 year history of the COT repor
In just one reporting week, more managed money
contracts were bought and more commercial
contracts were sold
in COMEX silver and gold futures than ever in the more than 30 year history of the COT repor
in COMEX silver and
gold futures than ever
in the more than 30 year history of the COT repor
in the more than 30 year history of the COT report.
Over the past several years the prices of
gold futures
contracts have generally been very close to the spot price and there have been regular small dips
in futures prices to below the spot price, but this situation is a natural and predictable effect of the Fed's unnatural zero - interest - rate policy.
Feel safe knowing you have real
gold and silver you can hold
in your hand not a paper
contract or promise.
Elsewhere
in commodities, the December
gold contract lost $ 5.50 at $ 1,339.00 an ounce, the October natural gas
contract gained three cents to US$ 3.00 per mmBTU, and the December copper
contract increased two cents to US$ 3.15 a pound.
The previous two funds track the movement of
gold in the form of futures
contracts.
The exchange was essentially shut down, revamped and renamed ICE Futures Singapore, and launched
in November 2015 with five
contracts in brent crude, gasoil,
gold and Renminbi futures, cleared at the exchange's renamed clearinghouse ICE Clear Singapore.
The volume of all
contracts on the Shanghai
Gold Exchange (SGE), including those
in the city's free - trade zone, was 12,077 metric tons
in just the 10 months to October, compared with 11,614 tons during all of 2013, according to data on the bourse's website.