That sinking feeling
Worse-than-expected industrial production data for the U.S. and the European Monetary Union (the eurozone IP moving into negative territory, year over year, for the first time at minus 0.1% in May), t…
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Summer holidays keep prices suppressed
The deterioration in base metals prices continued across the board during the report period July 2-6. The only variation was the scale of price falls, which ranged from a 0.2% fall in aluminum cash pr…
Producer and Dealer Prices (July 09, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,110/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.75/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.40-11.50/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.714/lb.
Another bummer for nickel, copper
Base metals suffered their third consecutive week of across-the-board declines during the report period June 11-15 as recent price support came under renewed attack. Nickel and copper were the hardest…
Copper and zinc test new lows
The base metals market deteriorated further during the report period June 4-8. Only the performance of tin, the average cash price of which gained 3% on aggressive fund buying, saved it from an across…
Data point to shrinking demand
During the report period May 28-June 1, base metals moved back to test the bottom end of their recent price ranges and, as a result, posted some large declines. Copper, aluminum and nickel all registe…
Metals hang on to recent gains
During the report period May 21-25, the major metals traded on the London Metal Exchange (LME) held onto gains that had been made in the previous week. In terms of cash price performance, copper was t…
Are speculators turning positive?
Base metals prices ended the report period May 14-18 strongly, with aluminum, copper and lead prices all achieving their best closes for the past few weeks and nickel sustaining big gains achieved in …
Producer and Dealer Prices (May 21, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,245/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.95-11.60/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.755/lb.
Nickel enjoys dramatic rally
Metals markets were volatile during the report period May 7-11, with sharp downward adjustments in aluminum and copper prices and a dramatic rally in nickel. The London Metal Exchange (LME) 3-month ni…
Copper, nickel gain despite slowdown
Metals prices are proving to be resilient in the face of slowing economic growth and a barrage of discouraging economic indicators. In the race for stability and strength between the U.S. dollar and t…
Markets show modest gains
Given the numerous positive factors that emerged during the report period April 16-20, price gains in the metals markets were modest. Nickel led the way, but the average cash price gained only 1.5%; c…