Non-ferrous Metals

Falling Tin Prices Hide Potential for Strong Rises in 2012

by Stuart Burns on January 19, 2012

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Taking a first pass over the World Bureau of Metal Statistics’ monthly bulletin report on 2011 production, consumption and inventory up to the end of November, one could be excused for thinking the tin market was operating in a comfortable surplus and the sell-off seen in 2011 is a reflection of a market in oversupply. [...]

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Is Copper Set to Test $10,000 Again As LME Stocks Shrink?

by Stuart Burns on January 18, 2012

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A headline and opening paragraphs in an FT article this week suggest copper is set to re-test 2011 highs above $10,000 per ton as stocks flow out of LME warehouses. Following the outflow of 120,000 tons of metal since October, this week has seen requests for a further 67,000 tons to be withdrawn, which if [...]

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Mercedes SL or a Prius: Which Is Greener? – Part Two

by Lisa Reisman on January 17, 2012

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MetalMiner welcomes guest commentator Thomas Kase, principal analyst for MetalMiner’s sister site, Spend Matters, and unabashed car aficionado. This post is continued from Part One. The new SL is only the 3rd large-scale aluminum-bodied car production effort ever. (While giving credit to Honda for their NSX sports car, Audi and Jaguar are the first two [...]

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Mercedes SL or a Prius: Which Is Greener? – Part One

by Lisa Reisman on January 17, 2012

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MetalMiner welcomes guest commentator Thomas Kase, principal analyst for MetalMiner’s sister site, Spend Matters, and unabashed car aficionado. Source: NY Times If you like cars – as I do – and if you like Mercedes – as I do – then you haven’t missed the latest about the new, nearly all-aluminum 2013 version of the [...]

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Will Alcoa’s Smelting Cuts Push Up Global Aluminum Prices?

by Taras Berezowsky on January 9, 2012

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Well well well, we should’ve seen this coming. Seems like just yesterday that MetalMiner covered Alcoa’s optimism on the future of the aluminum market — and the company’s stake in its success. Now, with the global aluminum supply/demand balance out of whack in producers’ eyes — too much metal and not enough demand keeping prices [...]

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Will the LME Listing of Swaps Products Help Metals Hedgers? – Part Two

by Lisa Reisman on January 3, 2012

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MetalMiner welcomes back guest contributor Spencer O. Johnson, who has worked at INTL-FCStone as the primary risk management associate for steel since December 2009. Johnson co-authored this post with his partner on LME swaps, Dr. Mo Ahmadzadeh, who has over 30 years of LME trading experience. (This post is continued from Part One.) Average priced [...]

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LME Introduces Swaps Clearing for Non-Ferrous Metals – Part One

by Lisa Reisman on January 3, 2012

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MetalMiner welcomes back guest contributor Spencer O. Johnson, who has worked at INTL-FCStone as the primary risk management associate for steel since December 2009. Johnson co-authored this post with his partner on LME swaps, Dr. Mo Ahmadzadeh, who has over 30 years of LME trading experience. For more than 125 years, the LME has insisted [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – News Stories of the Year, and How They Affected Metals

by Taras Berezowsky on January 2, 2012

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Source: quickenloans.com Huge events — some glorious, many catastrophic — took place in 2011, and a lot of them had an impact on metals markets. (For the most catastrophic natural events, such as the Japanese tsunami and ensuing Fukushima disaster, we’ve devoted a separate Best Of post.) However, here are some other news items that [...]

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