Gold Prices Jan 9,2025
Source – Money Metals
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Copper trade up to $US10,046.50 a ton
Copper traded on the London Metal Exchange has jumped 14 per cent this year and reached $US10,046.50 a tonne on Thursday, the highest since October.
“Traders are redirecting the metal from Asia to take advantage of the price premium and skirt any potential tariffs on the metal,” said ANZ senior commodity strategist Daniel Hynes.
“The US copper rush could leave the rest of the world tight on copper if demand picks up more quickly than expected,” said ING commodity strategist Ewa Manthey.
Source – Financial Review
Largest inflow for gold EFTs
Physically backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered the largest quarterly inflow in three years in January-March, 2025, data from the World Gold Council (WGC) showed on Tuesday.
Investors seeking shelter from political and economic volatility were moving into gold ETFs, which store bullion for investors, in the first quarter.
Gold ETFs saw an inflow of 226.5 metric tons worth $21.1 billion in the first quarter, the largest amount since the first quarter of 2022, when global markets were grappling with the immediate consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source – Reuters
Chile’s Codelco sending copper to India
Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, said on Wednesday it would supply copper concentrates to India’s Adani Group’s $1.2 billion smelter, the world’s biggest single-location plant of its type.
The supply will begin this year, said Codelco
Codelco also separately signed a preliminary agreement with Hindustan Copper to cooperate on exploring and processing minerals.
Source – Reuters
Mining firm Freeport-McMoRan jumps 4%
“American industries depend on copper, and it should be made in America, no exemptions, no exceptions,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. “It’s time for copper to come home.”
But while the tariffs could be positive for the domestic metals sector, implemented copper tariffs could amplify costs across several segments of the economy. Copper has a broad range of uses, and its cost is an input in the price of everything from electronics to construction materials.
Trump’s tariff probe sparked a surge in copper futures, which rose 1.76% Wednesday morning.
Source – Markets Insider
United States Mint updates gold pricing on gold coin
The United States Mint establishes pricing on numismatic gold coins via its pricing grid, and updates were published July 1 in the Federal Register.
The LBMA closing spot price of gold per troy ounce June 30 was $3,287.45. If the average spot price were to remain at that level until the week of sales opening, the pricing grid predicts that the Mint would set the opening sale price at $2,150 for the Sacagawea 25th Anniversary half-ounce gold dollar and at $2,650 for the Superman half-ounce gold $50 coin.
Source – Coin World
LBMA – London Bullion Market Association is a whole sale market for trading precious metals. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
VIZSLA Silver files updated tech report
Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSX: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA) (Frankfurt: 0G3) (“Vizsla Silver” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated January 6, 2025, it has filed an independent technical report (the “Technical Report”) containing an updated mineral resource estimate on the Company’s Panuco silver-gold project. The Technical Report has an effective date of September 9, 2024, and was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) by Allan Armitage, Ph. D., P. Geo., Ben Eggers, MAIG, P.Geo., and Henri Gouin, P.Eng. of SGS Geological Services and Peter Mehrfert, P.Eng., James Millard, P.Geo., Scott Elfen, P.E., and Jonathan Cooper, P.Eng. of Ausenco Engineering Canada ULC.
The Technical Report can be found under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and is also available on the Company’s website (www.vizslasilvercorp.com).
Source – PR Newswire