Base Metal Stocks Articles

Technical analysis: Getting overbought

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

Aluminium Follow-through selling on Friday February 1 initially...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.Plu...Read More

Copper: Rebound set to continue

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

In this week’s analysis, we intend...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

Lead: Base in place, higher prices coming

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

Prices extend gains to levels...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

Nickel: Too much, too soon?

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

Nickel price up 25% already this year After...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 iss...Read More

Tin: Buy the dips

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

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Zinc: Q4 2018 producer results in focus

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

Testing $2,800 per tonne 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 as soon...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: How long might fund short-covering continue?

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: February 5 2019

05 February 2019 / Staff reporter

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Tech Talk for Tuesday February 5th 2019

05/02/2019 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade.Alphabet (GOOGL) dropped $27.17 to $1114.25 despite reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter sales and earnings. Profit margins on advertising revenues were less than consensus. Several investment firms slightly lowered their target price on the stock.Gilead (GILD $70.05) is expected...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Prices rise on higher raw materials costs

February 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Billet prices increased last week in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Turkey, Southeast Asia and most other regions due to rising scrap costs.Fastmarkets' daily ferrous scrap index of North Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) was $297.39 per tonne cfr Turkey on Friday February 1 compared with $288.01 per tonne cfr on January 25.The increase was mostly due to tight supply in Turkey.Iron ore...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Prices rise on higher raw materials costs

February 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Billet prices increased last week in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Turkey, Southeast Asia and most other regions due to rising scrap costs.Fastmarkets' daily ferrous scrap index of North Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) was $297.39 per tonne cfr Turkey on Friday February 1 compared with $288.01 per tonne cfr on January 25.The increase was mostly due to tight supply in Turkey.Iron ore...Read More

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

February 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday February 1 that are worth another look.Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1. Market participants will take a cautious stance...Read More

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

February 04, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday February 1 that are worth another look.Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1. Market participants will take a cautious stance...Read More

Metals start the new week well placed to extend higher

04 February 2019 / Staff reporter

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Monday February 4, with copper down by 0.4% at $6,116 per tonne and zinc leading on the upside with a 0.6% gain. Aluminium, nickel and lead were all up by 0.2% and tin was little changed.      With the Lunar New Year holidays (February 4-10) underway in China and across most of Asia, volume acr...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday February 4th 2019

04/02/2019 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Chipotle (CMG $527.20) is expected to open higher after Wedbush raised its target price to $440 from $400.Keycorp (KEY $16.63) is expected to open lower after Wedbush downgraded the stock to Neutral from Outperform. Dell Technologies (DELL $15.63) is expected to open higher after JP Morgan r...Read More

Brazilian justice freezes $3.44 bln from Vale's resources after dam failure

February 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

Courts in Brazil have ruled that up to 12.6 billion Reais ($3.44 billion) of Vale's assets and resources will be frozen after the rupture of a tailings dam at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iron ore mine, the miner stated on Friday February 1.The federal prosecutors' office, state prosecutors and the state government of Minas Gerais, where Feij??o is located made most of the complaints. Additionally,...Read More

China's crude stainless steel output hits new high in 2018

February 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

China's crude stainless steel output rose 3.6% to a new high in 2018, according to data released by the China Stainless Steel Council.The country produced 26.71 million tonnes of crude stainless steel last year, up 940,000 tonnes from 25.77 million tonnes a year earlier, according to the statistics released late on Thursday January 31. Of the total, 48% or 12.82 million tonnes consisted of 300-ser...Read More

China's Shagang raises long steel prices for early to mid-February

February 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

Eastern China's Shagang has increased the prices for its long steel products for orders booked in the first 20 days of February.The mill is selling its HRB400 16-25mm rebar at 3,900 yuan ($582) per tonne over the February 1-20 period, up 20 yuan per tonne from its last set of prices, it said on Friday February 1.Shagang is also...Read More

US PIG IRON: Market calm on unclear scrap, HRC trends

February 03, 2019 / Staff reporter

The United States pig iron market continued to be plagued by uncertainty during the week ended Friday February 1 due to unclear price trends for scrap and hot-rolled coil. Fastmarkets' import price assessment for pig iron in the US was $340-345 per tonne cfr on Friday, narrowing downward from $340-350 per tonne cfr a week before.The market level was estimated by sources at $340-345 per tonne cfr i...Read More

BATTERY RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 01/02: Cobalt sulfate holds premium after metal plummets in January

February 02, 2019 / Staff reporter

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

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