Posted on January 19th, 2010 by admin
Base metal prices ended on a mixed note on Monday as markets remained dull by the closure of US financial markets for the Martin Luther King Day holiday. Absence of US economic data also made for sluggish trade and as the complex turned hesitant ahead of important releases later in the week from the US [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2009 by admin
Thanks to China and the Fed Reserve’s steps, global base metal prices are set to see new heights now.
China has decided to go ahead with its plans to make use of the recession and prices fall, and stock base metals so that it can boost its future projects. This move has helped the prices of [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2009 by admin
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It was a good week for copper till Thursday when it fell amidst caution expressed by investors a day ahead of the US employment data. However, Copper futures prices recorded gains on Friday as the LME warehouse copper inventories continued to drawdown and Comex copper stocks decreased. The weakness in US currency against its [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
Base metals ended on a mixed note on Wednesday averting a significant downside. Though news on the economic front was on the weaker side, base metals like Copper, Zinc, and Aluminum managed to end in the positive territory. The downward pressure in base metals was relaxed on the back of similar trend in equity markets. [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by admin
Base metals may remain upbeat in the coming week driven by the speculation that the stimulus packages proposed by the governments of the US and China will revive growth and boost demand for industrial commodities. The anticipations regarding the revival of China, the world’s largest consuming nation, by allocation of funds $535-billion (second time) has [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by admin
Base metals may remain upbeat in the coming week driven by the speculation that the stimulus packages proposed by the governments of the US and China will revive growth and boost demand for industrial commodities. The anticipations regarding the revival of China, the world’s largest consuming nation, by allocation of funds $535-billion (second time) has [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2009 by admin
After a rise, copper climbed down by the end of the week and caused a slump for all base metals this week.
According to market reports, copper had gained around 10 per cent on Monday. However, this has not helped boost the metal’s future as analysts fear that copper’s grim future will continue.
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Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by admin
Base metals once used to be the hottest commodities as the world was witnessing a construction, retail and information technology boom in the last few years. But in the last one year, base metals like nickel, copper, aluminium and zinc have been steadily losing in value that their stockpiles are jumping up and production cuts [...]
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