Copper

The day’s biggest price mover on copper markets, Chinese bright copper scrap, broke away from its dormant phase with a 4.8 percent drop on May 15, 2012, after three changeless days. Meanwhile, the price of Chinese copper wire fell 1.7 percent. Chinese copper bar stayed flat, holding below $9,200 per metric ton. The Chinese primary copper [...]

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The day’s biggest mover on the copper markets was the LME price of primary cash copper which dropped by 1.4 percent on May 14, 2012 to close at $8,080 per metric ton. The 3-month price of primary copper saw a 0.8 percent decline on the LME to $7,990 per metric ton. Following a two-day drop, [...]

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The cash price of Japanese primary copper saw a 4.5 percent decline, making it the week’s biggest mover on the Copper MMI®. US copper producer grade 122 closed the week a with a 0.6 percent decrease in its price. Since last week, the price of US copper producer grade 110 fell 0.6 percent. The price [...]

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Rising 1.3 percent to close at $8,195 per metric ton, the cash price of LME primary copper experienced the biggest change on global copper markets for May 11, 2012. Also on the LME, the primary copper 3-month price inched up one percent to $8,052 per metric ton. The price of US copper producer grade 122 [...]

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On May 10, 2012, the day’s biggest mover was the primary copper 3-month price, which saw a two percent decline on the LME to $7,970 per metric ton. At $8,089 per metric ton, primary cash copper fell 1.8 percent on the LME yesterday. The Japanese primary copper cash price declined 0.7 percent on May 10. [...]

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The week’s biggest mover on the Automotive MMI® was the price of US palladium bar, which saw a 5.8 percent decline to $612.00 per ounce. This week marked the third in a row of declining prices for the platinum group metal (PGM). Closing out the third week of declining prices, the price of US platinum [...]

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US copper producer grade 110 prices saw the biggest shift of the day on copper markets, dropping 1.3 percent on May 9, 2012. The price of US copper producer grade 122 weakened by 1.3 percent, and the price of US copper producer grade 102 also declined 1.3 percent. The Japanese primary copper cash price remained [...]

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MetalMiner welcomes guest contributor Chelsea Craven of Zepol Corporation, a Minneapolis-based trade intelligence company.  From electrical wires and plumbing pipes to roofing sheets and machinery, copper is a familiar metal to the construction and manufacturing industries. The copper business, in general, has had its ups and downs in recent years — and prices of copper [...]

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