Tin

Tin Price and Stocks Have Both Been on a Roller Coaster

by Stuart Burns on October 5, 2011

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It must have been a nightmare trying to manage price risk at tinplate and solder producers these last two years. The bull narrative for tin seemed to be set fair at the end of last year. On the back of supply tightness, prices charged to an all-time high of $33,600 per ton 3 months in [...]

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New Tantalum Supply Sources to Ease Some of the Shortages

by Lisa Reisman on October 4, 2011

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Last week we speculated as to whether the conflict minerals legislation within the Frank-Dodd financial reform bill would impact the supply market for tantalum. Certainly supply shortages ensued following the financial crisis in 2008 when three of nine tantalum producers shuttered production. So how can one describe the global tantalum supply market? As a 6 [...]

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Will The Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Law Ever Do What It’s Supposed To?

by Taras Berezowsky on August 10, 2011

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It seems workers, companies — essentially all parties except the warlords — are getting screwed over by the conflict minerals law in the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The latest lament on behalf of Congolese mine workers comes from where else? The New York Times. We’ll get to this in a [...]

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Is There a Rift Between Businesses and Policy Makers on Conflict Minerals Legislation?

by Lisa Reisman on July 5, 2011

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Last week we caught up with our friends at Elm Consulting Group International (you may recall a series of posts published on MetalMiner written by Lawrence Heim of Elm Consulting relating to the conflict minerals provision recently enacted under the Frank-Dodd banking reform bill) to hear about the progress made by SEC in terms of [...]

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Goldman Sachs Calls the Top on Several Commodities

by Stuart Burns on April 13, 2011

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Following our two-part article on the price of oil and the consequences for global growth posted April 12, it was interesting to see a Reuters article that reported Goldman Sachs’ recommendation to clients to exit oil positions. Specifically, Goldman Sachs warned clients on Monday to lock-in trading profits before oil and other markets reverse, with [...]

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Tin: Where To Now?

by Stuart Burns on March 31, 2011

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Tin has been one of the wonder boys of recent months, powering up to over $32,000 per ton in the early part of the year, falling back briefly to $28,000 in March and then forging back up to over $31,000 while other superstars like copper have struggled. Source: LME So what on earth are tin [...]

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What China and the DRC Mean for Tin Investment, Tantalum and Conflict Minerals Legislation – Part One

by Taras Berezowsky on March 9, 2011

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A recent CRU report outlines the attractiveness of tin as an investment vehicle, but uses the supply/demand picture to show that the (perhaps) over-reported supply tightness resulting from Indonesian production shortfalls may not be the end of the story. Because tin commands such a high price per ton, and because of its recent entry into [...]

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First Tin, Then Copper, Recently Gold, and Now Indium Rides to Cornwall’s Salvation

by Stuart Burns on February 14, 2011

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The people of Cornwall in South West England have the twin blessing of living in one of the most beautiful parts of the country, considered by many a vacation destination, and the curse of high unemployment. The area’s remoteness from any centers of commerce or industry have contributed to its unspoiled countryside, but likewise to [...]

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