Base Metal Stocks Articles

Market Summary: Quantifying the demand damage

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

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Aluminium: Trying to consolidate

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Global risk-off selling intensifies Global markets...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the lat...Read More

Technical analysis: Long-term support levels under threat

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Aluminium Despite the broad-based selling in the LME...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download...Read More

Copper: Sitting at a major support

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Copper at its lowest since November...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as so...Read More

Lead: 2020 demand outlook scaled back

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Prices more volatile, contango returns...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as...Read More

Nickel: Relative resilience

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Nickel prices sold off again... The LME three-month...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the la...Read More

Tin: Fundamentals do not justify the recent sell-off

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

End of ‘low beta’...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it...Read More

Zinc: Surplus for 2020

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

Global risk sell-off intensifies The LME...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Bearish risks for copper as positioning not yet overly bearish

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: 17 March 2020

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

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Metals prices consolidate, volatility likely to dominate

17 March 2020 / Staff reporter

After a drop of 12.93% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) on Monday March 16, the futures in the pre-market are up by 4.96% this morning - close to the 5% limit.Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed, while those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board, as they respond to Monday’s 1.8% average drop in prices on the LME. * Asian equit...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday March 17th 2020

17/03/2020 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 25 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of February Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a gain of 0.2% versus an increase of 0.3% in January. Actual was a decline of 0.5%. Excluding auto sales, consensus was a gain of 0.2% versus an increase of 0.3% in January. Ac...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

One more Italian long steel mill suspends production

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Italian long steel producer Feralpi Group has announced the closure of one of its mills, starting from March 16, due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday March 13.On March 11, Italian authorities issued another decree intended to help restrict the spread of the coronavirus infection, tightening the lockdown across the country from the conditions set out...Read More

Two more Italian steel mills shut down, further closures possible, sources say

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country's coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 12.On March 11, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree tightening the Italian lockdown from the conditions set out in a previous decree on March 9. While...Read More

Vale issues alert about potential disruption to supplies due to global spread of coronavirus

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.The miner made it clear, however, that "as of today, we have not suffered any material impact to our operations, logistics, sales or financial position, nor [have] any of our employees tested p...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 13

March 16, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 13 that are worth another look.Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.Most mill-grade aluminium scrap prices fell in the United States this past week, encouraged by weake...Read More

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