Base Metal Stocks Articles

Market Summary: What follows the trade truce relief rally?

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Aluminium: Rebound gains might not stick

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Across-the-board rally on the US-China trade...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 is...Read More

Technical analysis: Chart configurations have improved

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price surged as...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 downlo...Read More

Copper: Set up to rally into year-end

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Lead: Rebound, but forecasts trimmed

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Nickel: Recovery has begun

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Tin: Buy the dip

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Zinc: Sentiment strengthens

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Price rebound underway... Risk sentiment has...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 is...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Risk appetite rebounds, but can it last?

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: December 4 2018

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

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Prices rebound again after Monday's rally ran into selling

04 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Price gains inspired by the trade developments at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit over the weekend were sold into during afternoon trading on Monday December 3. But likewise the dips have been bought into again this morning. Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up by an average of 0.5% on Tuesday morning, with all of the metals – bar nickel which was unchanged ...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday December 4th 2018

04/12/2018 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points in pre-opening trade. Bank of Montreal (BMO $99.00) is expected to open higher after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter earnings. The Bank also raised its quarterly dividend.Autozone gained $15.54 to $840.00 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings.Dollar General...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Negative sentiment in Asia drags prices down

December 03, 2018 / Staff reporter

Steel billet prices continued to fall in most global regions during the working week from Monday November 26 to Friday November 30, due to a return of Chinese producers to the export market and a downturn in the Asian markets.Sentiment in the export billet market in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) became more depressed, while import prices in the Middle East and Turkey weakened in lin...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Negative sentiment in Asia drags prices down

December 03, 2018 / Staff reporter

Steel billet prices continued to fall in most global regions during the working week from Monday November 26 to Friday November 30, due to a return of Chinese producers to the export market and a downturn in the Asian markets.Sentiment in the export billet market in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) became more depressed, while import prices in the Middle East and Turkey weakened in lin...Read More

Metals react positively to G20 trade developments

03 December 2018 / Staff reporter

Some progress at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit on US-China trade has given the three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange a boost, up by an average of 1.4%. The LME zinc price gained 1%, while copper was up 1.9% and recently quoted at $6,314 per tonne. Volume across the complex has, not surprisingly, been strong with 14,686 lots traded as at 6:53am London time. The precious met...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday December 3rd 2018

03/12/2018 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 39 points in pre-opening trade. Strength is related to an agreement between China and the U.S. to postpone trade tariff escalation for the next 90 day. The Shanghai Composite Index jumped 67 points to 2,655.Caterpillar gained $5.93 to $141.60 after Bank of America/Merrill upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral.Costco s...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 30/11: Zinc leads base metals in Friday's close, up 2.9%

December 01, 2018 / Staff reporter

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed higher on Friday November 30, with zinc, lead and nickel the best performers of the day.Zinc was the strongest performer on Friday, with its three-month price rising 2.9% from Thursday to close at $2,542 per tonne. After consistently dipping since January, LME zinc stocks settled at a fresh 2018-low of 117,550 tonnes on Friday.W...Read More

BATTERY RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 30/11: Cobalt price falls gain pace on year-end sales pressure

December 01, 2018 / Staff reporter

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

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 30/11: Comex copper price dips ahead of G20 meeting

December 01, 2018 / Staff reporter

Comex copper prices experienced further weakness ahead of world leaders converging in Argentina for the Group of Twenty (G20) meeting this weekend.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.80 cents to $2.7735 per lb.Price movement is expected to be muted today with investors focusing on the weekend's G20 summit, where finance ministers.....Read More

Assmang declares force majeure on manganese ore shipments from Saldanha

December 01, 2018 / Staff reporter

South African manganese miner Assmang has declared force majeure on manganese ore shipments from the port of Saldanha, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 30.Assmang has now joined fellow miner United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) in making the declaration after South African state transport...Read More

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