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CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Operational Limitations” On NYC Gold Depository
CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Operational Limitations” On NYC Gold Depository
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,349.54, and GBP 1,090.46 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,347.56, and GBP 1,090.87 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $34.08/oz, €26.41/oz and £21.34/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,620.50/oz, palladium at $666.40/oz and rhodium at $1,065/oz.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold edged up $1.30 or 0.07% in New York yesterday and closed at $1,748.40. Silver traded off and recovered climbing to a high of $34.16 and finished with a gain of 0.12%.
Gold moved slightly upward today after Greece’s creditors reached a new bailout deal, which will help fund emergency aid for Athens.
The 34.4 billion euro in aid plus reducing interest rates on the bailout loans expect to cut Greek debt to 124% of GDP. The interest rates have been dropped to 50 basis points above the interbank rate so countries like Italy and Spain will be lending at a loss.
The Eurozone’s dangerous but easy policy choice of “extend and pretend” continues which is bullish for gold in the coming months.
Mark Carney has been named as the new governor of the Bank of England by Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Carney, the governor of the Canadian central bank, will serve for five years and will hold new regulatory powers over banks.
Carney would be considered something of a monetary dove. The Goldman Sach’s alumni’s appointment means that ultra loose monetary policies will likely continue at the Bank of England leading to weakness in sterling – especially versus gold.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said that institutions and hedge funds slightly raised their bullish bets on silver and gold futures in the week ending November 20th.
The White House and Republicans are still in a stalemate over the fiscal cliff. The White House press secretary said that President Obama is still waiting for a realistic proposal to look at.
“President Obama would be open to proposals that closed loopholes or capped deductions,” Carney said, “so long as raising the top tax rate remains on the table.”
Obama has asked for $1.6 trillion in higher revenues to pay down the debt. In the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations, Republicans were considering a plan that would involve only $800 billion in new revenue or half what is needed to avoid the cuts and pay down the deficit.
“Extend and pretend” will also likely be seen in the U.S. – with obvious ramifications for the medium and long term outlook of the dollar.
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that China aims to produce between 420 and 450 tonnes of gold bullion in 2015, up about 25% from 2011, while consumption may reach 1,000 tonnes at that time.
XAU/EUR Currency, 1 Year – (Bloomberg)
CME Group declared a force majeure at one of its New York precious metals depositories yesterday, run by bullion dealer and major coin dealer Manfra, Tordella and Brooks (MTB), due to “operational limitations” posed by Hurricane Sandy.
MTB has “operational limitations” following Hurricane Sandy and can’t load gold bullion, platinum bullion or palladium bullion, CME Group Inc., the parent of the Comex and New York Mercantile Exchange, said today in a statement.
MTB must provide holders with metal at Brinks Inc. in New York to meet current outstanding warrants in relevant delivery periods with compensation for costs, Chicago-based CME said.
The CME said that MTB will not be able to deliver metal as the lower Manhattan company deals with "operational limitations" almost a month after the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
MTB is one of five depositories licensed to deliver gold against CME's benchmark 100-troy ounce gold contract, held 29,276 troy ounces of gold and 33,000 troy ounces of palladium as of Nov. 23, according to data from CME subsidiary Comex.
In a notice to customers on Monday, CME declared force majeure for the facility, a contract clause that frees parties from liability due to an event outside of their control.
CME said that individuals holding MTB warrants or certificates for a specific lot of metal stored in the depository, may receive gold delivered from Brinks Co. (BCO) in New York. MTB is responsible for any additional costs incurred by customers receiving metal from Brinks, CME said.
"This shouldn't have a material impact on the way market participants are doing business," a CME spokesman said. "They'll still contact MTB if they want to take delivery on contracts," and MTB will arrange for delivery through Brinks according to Dow Jones Newswires.
In a notice posted to its website dated Nov. 12, MTB said the firm "sustained substantial damages" following Hurricane Sandy's arrival in New York City on Oct. 29, and had curtailed its operations.
The force majeure will remain in effect until further notice from the exchange, the CME said. The delivery period for CME's December-delivery precious metals futures begins on Friday.
NEWSWIRE
(Bloomberg) -- Turkey Becomes Gold Reprocessing Center for Iran, Hurriyet Says
Scrap gold and gold jewelry imported into Turkey from Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, countries in the Balkans and North Africa being converted to standard gold bars within 4 hours in Turkey, Hurriyet newspaper says, without saying where it got the information.
-- Iranians use Turkish lira payments for natural gas at Turkish banks to buy gold in Turkey.
-- Gold is then exported back to Iran, or to countries including India, U.A.E., Qatar and Kuwait, where it can be exchanged for currency and transferred back to Iran.
NOTE: U.S. to review Turkey’s exemption from Iran sanctions in December, after Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said Iran is buying gold in Turkey with money received for natural gas.
(Bloomberg) -- ETF Securities Starts Gold, Silver, Platinum Funds on HKEx
The ETFs will track the London benchmark prices of the metals and begin trading tomorrow, according to a statement on the Hong Kong Exchanges website today.
The funds on silver and platinum are the first on the exchange for those commodities.
(Bloomberg) -- IShares Silver Trust Holdings Unchanged at 9,818 Metric Tons
Silver holdings in the IShares Silver Trust, the biggest exchange-traded fund backed by silver, were unchanged at 9,818.07 metric tons as of Nov. 26, according to figures on the company’s website.
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Nov. 26 Nov. 23 Nov. 21 Nov. 20 Nov. 19 Nov. 16
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012
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Million Ounces 315.658 315.658 315.658 317.643 318.127 319.579
Daily change 0 0 -1,984,433 -484,013 -1,452,093 -1,452,117
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Metric tons 9,818.07 9,818.07 9,818.07 9,879.80 9,894.85 9,940.01
Daily change 0.00 0.00 -61.73 -15.05 -45.16 -45.17
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NOTE: Ounces are troy ounces.
(Bloomberg) -- Silver Expected to Outperform Gold in 2013, CICC Says
China International Capital Corp. comments in e-mailed report today.
Silver seen at $35/oz in 3 mths; $38/oz 6 mths; $35 in 12 mths.
Silver forecast to average $36/oz in 2013; $32/oz in 2014.
NOTE: Silver for immediate delivery trades at $34.17/oz at 2:59 p.m. Singapore time.
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Gold Climbs as Greek Debt Agreement Lifts Euro; Silver Advances - Bloomberg
Gold futures edge higher after Greek deal – MarketWatch
India 2012 gold demand likely to rise 23% - MarketWatch
Gold ticks higher after Greek debt deal - Reuters
Euro zone, IMF agree on Greece debt deal - MarketWatch
COMMENTARY
Mark Carney: New age is dawning for the Bank as George Osborne bags his man – The Telegraph
Greece Kicks The Can For The Third Time - SocGen's Take: "More Will Be Needed" – Zero Hedge
China to Import More Gold on Suring Demand and Tepid Domestic Output – The China Perspective
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Damn, Sandy again.
Man made nukes of destruction. It's Force Majeure bitchez!!!
It took nearly one month from them to realize and declare the the situation. If I would have one tonne of gold underground in flooded area, i'd be a little more concerned.
Anyway, this case smells.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
"Force Majeure" is bankster-speak for "short squeeze." They'll be "operationally" clear for delivery once the CBs and algos coordinate a smackdown to $1675 or so.
Excellent comment.
"Force Majeure"
is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (such as hurricane, flooding, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc.), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.
In practice, most force majeure clauses do not excuse a party's non-performance entirely, but only suspends it for the duration of the force majeure. [2][3]
Force majeure is generally intended to include risks beyond the reasonable control of a party, incurred not as a product or result of the negligence or malfeasance of a party, which have a materially adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations[4]...
Thanks to wikipedia
If you ask for your gold and instead they give you excuses in French you know you're really fucked.
There were 3 dollar smackdowns in the silver price over the last 3 days that were subsequently erased.
http://www.silverdoctors.com/massive-silver-raid-in-access-market-trading-as-silver-flash-smashed-to-31-80/
Now they're making it harder to get delivery metal, and announce this smelly ''blame it on Sandy'' excuse days prior to the first day of Dec. delivery. How can Sandy be related to difficulty in picking up gold bars? Never let a good crisis go to waste is right. This is another finger in the dyke to discourage taking possesion of physical metal.
SORRY, No Physical Bitchezzz ...........
All The Tungsten Got Washed Out To Sea...
This is probably the biggest story to hit the gold market in 12 years.
"Until further notice". LOL, so weeks, months or years? In other words, they dont have the gold and it wasn't Sandys fault.
Game Over bitchez...
FED to Germany - "Due to a 1% increase in humidity we are declaring a force majeure indefinitely and will be unable to repatriate the 150 tons of bullion missing from our vaults."
lol
Play Misty for me?
"Operational Limitations."
Is that something like being a little bit bankrupt? As in being just a little pregnant?
Or, have they ran out of the 'quicker-picker-uppers' to wipe the mud and debris off the bars, left there by Sandy?
Or, just possibly they are getting down to the bottom of the vault and find it bare! Just mud.
"We cannot give you your gold."
"Why not?"
"Your gold is wet."
"I don't care, give it to me, I'll dry it off."
"Nope. No can do. Wet gold causes an airborn disease much like SARS and the black plague, so due to national security, we cannot give you your wet gold. We can give you dollar bills as a replacement."
"Uh....no. The dollar has depreciated 99% in the last 100 years where gold is up 10,000%. Give me my gold."
"Ask again and under NDAA the gold clause, we will haul your ass off to Gitmo."
"Oh. Ok. then give me lead instead, bitchez!"
Your reference to 'fingers in the dyke' is amusing in light of the re-alignment of the political power structure by Merika's first gay-bathhouse POTUS....but I suspect you were referring to the more traditional lil Dutch boy and his penchant for performing plug-ins on earthen dikes(of the kind that mysteriously 'gave way' even when Katrina failed to affect them in the slightest!)
No worries, the reference swings both ways, so to speak, and a timely reminder of NYC's status as long time haven for criminal mafia types who, sheltering from the long arm of the Inquisition, first displaced themselves to Amsterdam, then opportunistically hopped passage to Manhattan and set up shop as slavers, whiskey peddlers, arms merchants under the benign gaze of their protestant Dutch hosts, who like the dupe Pilgrim types in Merry Olde, had their hearts set aglow by the waving of golden guilders which these hebraic moneychangers have used for millenium to hypnotize their hosts....
The CME Group...proudly continuing the hallowed traditions of yesteryear, through applying the science of tommorrow!
" Fingers in the dyke " - is a desperate male manouver designed to convert a lesbian back to hetero. Usually followed by " Eating the beaver ". Don't get out much, huh ?
Force manuere . . . bullshit.
LOL & + 1kg
in other words, someone holding a contract could file a lawsuit against both CME and MTB for negligence, and use the discovery process to prove the malfeasance of the entire allocated gold storage market-
Good luck getting a judge to hear, a judge to move forward, an appeals court judge, etc.
Justice is for sale in the US, just like everywhere else, the largest obstacle to an effective lawsuit is that anyone with deep enough pockets and serious concern about the integrity of the gold markets, would also be more concerned with exchanging their fiat to obtain more physical gold for themselves rather than exchanging their fiat to finance shysters to prove a point which benefits other and smaller market participants.
I have a feeling that the real traders have taken their ball and went home a long time ago. Only the lie remains.
Smells like there was never any gold to begin with, and delivery requests are picking up.
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/gold-fraud-exclusive-eu-and-asian...
the issue wouldn't appear to be just any gold, but rather gold with very specific numbers on it, and equally specific people looking for that gold, which is a necessary step to proving the extent of the corruption in the industry
I get this feeling it wont be the last time we hear "force majeure" used as an excuse for breaking contractual obligations for metal delivery
I sense an institutional "boating accident" on the near horizon.
One big fucking cover-up about to be served bitchez.
CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Operational Limitations” On NYC Gold Depository
CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Lack of Gold” On NYC Gold Depository
Fixed...
Not a word from the MSM.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/11/26/cme-declares-force-majeure-at-manhattan-gold-depository/
I sense an institutional "bloating accident" in the toilet of the FED
Force manure!
I posted this yesterday.. Lol
Zerohedge always points out Lowest volume days with nice charts.
But his charts hides the simple fact: low volume market rises means bears still lose money.
Don't get Prechterized
>Implying there are any bears on Zerohedge
>Implying Zerohedge doesn't understand what happens to markets with out of control printing by central banks
"This shouldn't impact the way market participants criminally suppress paper gold and silver".
I wonder if premiums for physical will rise while they're not directly delivering..
Hmmm..............
I guess should this occur in London - it will still be a result of Sandy.
I'm just glad my ancestors had the foresight to get the hell out of that place.
Sandy was so big, their talking about taking back Katrina assistance measures, because Katrina was such a small storm compared to Sandy.
Katrina didn't do nearly the damage that Sandy has done, as the media has pointed this out every day since it happened.
Sandy: The storm of the millennium..
While on the topic of Katrina... Blanchard & Company did not declare a force Majure during Katrina.
the gold rusted in the flood
I wonder where they will find rust free bars? At least until the next flood.
I didn't think tungsten was water-soluable...
It isn't.
Floated away, bitchez.
You know, for few hundred dollars, someone could have at least put a pair of swimmies on the pallets. I mean, what kind of jackasses run that establishment?
That tart Sandy just won't quit!
Now she tries her hand at Corzining, and it seems she made a pretty good catch.
The fucked up part is that those bars where only electroplated with 999 mils of gold... and now the gold peeled off...
MADE IN THE USA used to mean something in the past... now all it takes is a bit of water and poof...
Boating accident?
If you can't touch it (and successfully defend it), you don't own it.
So true. If it's not in your possession you're screwed.
all my gold is sandy...what happened..?
I hope it wont rust the tungsten component
http://www.silverdoctors.com/source-deutsche-bank-fulfilled-recent-gold-...
Force majeure or major farce?
Was their building constructed with the rigors of Fukushima?
"Could never have foreseen going under water..."
vaporized
Make sure you Corzine (TM) it.....just to be sure.
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd its gone.
South Park vs. Cafe Del Mar - And It's Gone ...
The 'dog ate my homework' excuse.
In this case, its derivative: the ole 'a haarpicane corzined your gold and palladium' excuse.
No, the dog ate YOUR homework.
Huston we have a problem with our tungsten bars.
Actually, they're Wonka bars with gold tickets in the wrapper.
Fuck you, Slugworth!
Gold Bars?
What Gold Bars? We don't have any Gold Bars here, you must be confused....?
December is a big delivery month...I bet we set records of how much is delived....and I bet Gold and Silver are a big Christmas gift item this year...maybe Neiman Marcus has a his/hers gold bullon gift this year....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-wzTRwJMg
Frank Zappa Lloyd Jew Boy Blankfein Lyrics
Hey there, people, Im Lloyd Blankfein
They say Im the cutest boy in town
My car is fast, my gold is shiney
I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie
Here I am at a famous school
Im dressin sharp n im
Actin cool
I got a yenta cheerleader here wants to help with my paper
Let her do all the work n maybe later I'll rape her
Oh God I am the zionist dream
I do not think Im too extreme
An Im a handsome sonofabitch
Im gonna get a good job n be real rich
(get a good
Get a good
Get a good
Get a good job, suckin dick)
Womens liberation
Came creepin across the nation
I tell you people I was not ready
When I fucked this dyke by the name of Timmy
She made a little speech then,
Aw, she tried to make me say when
She had my balls in a vice, but she left the dick
I guess it's still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick
Oh God I am the american dream
But now I smell like vaseline
An Im a miserable sonofabitch
Am I a boy or a lady...i don't know which
(I wonder wonder
Wonder wonder)
So I went out n bought me a leisure suit
I jingle my change, but Im still kinda cute
Got a job doin radio promo
An none of the jocks can even tell Im a homo
Eventually me n a friend
Sorta drifted along into s&m
I can take about an hour on the tower of power
Long as I gets a little goldman shower
Oh God I am the Zionist dream
With a spindle up my butt till it makes me scream
An I'll do anything to get ahead
I lay awake nights sayin, thank you, Timmy!
Oh god, oh god, Im so fantastic!
Thanks to Timmy, Im a sexual spastic
And my name is Lloyd Blankfein
Watch me now, Im goin down,
And my name is Lloyd Blankfein
Watch me now, Im goin down, etc.
"Bobby Brown"
"American Dream"
"Frankie"
Changes like that to get back to Frank's original.
Pfff. everybody knows paper is affected by flooding water.
Another nail in the coffin which contains the CME's credibility.
The gold tungsten floated away?
Gee, this sounds a lot like they "lost" all their gold in an inverse "boating accident". What, they can't hire scuba divers? Treasure hunters dive hundreds of feet to get to gold, and these guys can't dive an elevator shaft in Manhattan?
Seriously, this is a non-story. All it says is that those ecpecting plated tungsten bars from Manfra, Tordella and Brooks will now get them from Brinks. Move along, nothing to see here....
NOT YOURS!
Platinum THE OTHER WHITE METAL... no mention of lack of AG deliveries... I smell a squeeze in PT and PD folks...
I'll take wet gold.
Yes sir, get it here, get it now - "The Bankers' Excuse", just add water, stir and presto, just like magic, a whole bowl of excuses....
Just exactly how does one "consume" 1000 tons of gold bullion, as China mentioned above?
That's a lota Goldschlager
So now CME owes metal to Brink's?
Sell Brink's.
The Fiscal Cliff is NOT "extend and pretend." More like THE END actually. You have to read through the now hilarious propaganda coming from New York et al concerning the Middle East to understand. No..."Egypt did NOT put forth a cease fire proposal." This was what the NEWS reported. In fact "they will close the Suez Canal the same time Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz."
Why didn't Corzine think of this ....'Force Majeure Due To I simply don't know where the money is"
No Mr. Corzine, "force majeure" does not mean "the devil made me do it."
Did I wake up in the wrong movie...ie a C list flick with D list actors? WTF is an operational limitation anyway? How about some hard proof you can't give me my bullion? And what do the regulators/CME/assorted morons in charge do? They challenge nothing! Once again this gives the expression 'to be corzined' a new meaning.
An operational limitation is that your nephew who used to put the bars on a hand truck is working with Irish Travelers repairing roofs in Seaside Heights and the hand truck wheels got rusted by the salt water.
Bob Pisani, time to hold up that rehypoticated tungsten bar again
*** All silver lease rates are 0.000% And all gold lease rates are negative.
All gold lease rates are negative. bigtime.
The gold cartel is up to something,watch your asses.
Buying opportunity comming up me thinks.
The lease rates often nosediven when the banks need to generate liquidity (they loan the gold, but are afraid to sell it.)
My read given how shaky things are at the moment is that instead of it being a gold cartel ploy, the banks are covering up the early stages of a crisis (remember in '08 AU nosedived ahead of the crisis, and two weeks later during it, launched+20%.)
We'll have a pretty good idea in the next couple months. My vote is some level of financial crisis, which things seem ripe for.
Here's your preview:
chart 1 , http://flic.kr/p/dr5zxy
chart 2 , http://flic.kr/p/dvDHf2
That's all the warning you need, good to 2013 September
Banksters still holding the one year lease rate on gold down at negative -0.5% so there bullion banks buddies can load up with manipulation ammo.
Criminals,all of them.
Force Majeure bitchez! LONG BOATING ACCIDENTS
mega-BULLISH
CME said that individuals holding MTB warrants or certificates for a specific lot of metal stored in the depository, may receive gold delivered from Brinks Co. (BCO) in New York. MTB is responsible for any additional costs incurred by customers receiving metal from Brinks, CME said,
"We had to sell your serial numbered bars"
This story highlights the problem facing Americans. The 75% of white males who voted against obama need to come to their senses and JAIL TH WALL STREET AAND BELTWAY BANKER THUGS, THIEVES & LIARS! If they DON'T do so, they will see 100'S OF 1,000'S young white people DIE in UNWINNABLE RESOURCE WARS in RESOURCES-RICH NON-WHITE NATIONS! All this fiwcal cliff garbage is about forcing the WEALTHY OLD WHITE MEN TO PAY UP for ENSALVING Americans, Africans & Asians!
PLEASE CONNECT THE DOTS!