Base Metal Stocks Articles

Technical analysis: Mostly looking for consolidation

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price attracted strong...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...Read More

Copper: More to come from the Q4 uptrend

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

Rebound in Q4, in line with...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

Lead: Prices correct having become overbought

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

5% correction after last Tuesday’s...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 a...Read More

Nickel: Technical consolidation to last a while

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

Nickel’s long-term outlook was once again a major...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...Read More

Tin: Overlooked at LME Week

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

In this week’s analysis,...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...Read More

Zinc: Scene set for end-of-year volatility

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

Data remains weak, but provides some...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 s...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday November 5th 2019

05/11/2019 / Staff reporter

Dow Jones Industrial Average $INDU is scheduled to open above its all-time high at 27,369.68Walgreen Boots $WBA, a Dow Jones Industrial stock moved above $58.10 extending an intermediate uptrendEmerson Electric $EMR, an S&P 100 stock moved above $72.07 extending an intermediate uptrend.MMM $MMM, a Dow Jones Industrial stock moved above $172.48 completing a base building patternAgribusiness ETF...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Healthy buying pressure across the board

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: 4 November 2019

05 November 2019 / Staff reporter

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 1

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday November 1 that are worth another look.Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a la...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 1

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday November 1 that are worth another look.Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a la...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 1

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday November 1 that are worth another look.Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a la...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Markets stabilize after weeks of recovery

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Prices for steel billet stabilized in most markets due to resistance to higher offers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the absence of demand from re-rollers in China.This comes after a period of mild recovery in billet markets due to stronger prices for ferrous scrap.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), Northern Europe origin, cfr Turkey was calculated at $...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Markets stabilize after weeks of recovery

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Prices for steel billet stabilized in most markets due to resistance to higher offers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the absence of demand from re-rollers in China.This comes after a period of mild recovery in billet markets due to stronger prices for ferrous scrap.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), Northern Europe origin, cfr Turkey was calculated at $...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 1

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday November 1 that are worth another look.Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a la...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 1

November 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday November 1 that are worth another look.Chinese steel exporters are bracing for a tough year end and an equally challenging 2020, even as the trade war between China and the United States mellows after a truce reached in early October.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rebounded slightly amid a la...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday November 4th 2019

04/11/2019 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 20 points in pre-opening trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open above its previous all-time high at 27,369.68.Bausch Health added $0.78 to $26.70 U.S. after reporting higher than consensus third quarter earnings.McDonalds dropped $3.83 to $190.11 after the company fired its Chief Executive Officer....Read More

Brazilian iron ore export volumes, revenues fall in October

November 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

Brazilian iron ore export volumes and revenues dropped year-on-year in October due to supply disruptions, according to figures released by the country's economy ministry on Friday November 1.Export volumes of iron ore declined to 31.20 million tonnes in October, down by 16.1% from 37.19 million tonnes a year earlier.Iron ore shipments from the country fell this year in an annual comparison, becaus...Read More

LME WEEK 2019: Mixed trends for prices predicted for steel, iron ore, coking coal in 2020

November 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

A mixture of trends were forecast for steel, iron ore and coking coal prices in 2020 at the London Metal Exchange Ferrous Focus session this week."Steel is going to drift a bit lower, but not collapse," Citi research analyst Tracy Liao told delegates on Thursday October 31, "[and] iron ore will go quite a bit lower, whereas coking coal prices will go up." Liao said that wh...Read More

BHP to fund Samarco pellet plant restart with $44 million

November 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

BHP will provide $44 million of the necessary funding to resume operations at Brazilian iron ore pellet producer Samarco, the Australia-based mining company said on Friday November 1.Samarco is a joint venture between BHP and Vale and has been closed since late 2015, when a tailings dam failed and flooded the nearby Rio Doce river in southeastern Brazil.On October 25, the pellet producer received...Read More

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