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Category: Supply & Demand
Week in Review: Natural Gas, the U.S. Dollar and Utah Oil Sands
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was and some of the metals-related storylines here on MetalMiner: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns took a look at the natural gas sector, which make be in for a shakeup […]
Zinc, Lead Post Global Supply Deficits in 1H 2018
According to data released Monday by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG), both lead and zinc were in deficit through the first six months of the year. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook According to the ILZSG report, Chinese data for the months of April, May and […]
Copper Price Falls as BHP Says Deal is Reached to Avoid Escondida Strike
The breaking news this week is that Chile’s Escondida mine operator BHP has announced it looks like a strike has been averted and that a settlement plan is being put to the workers. That is good news for a market widely expected to go into deficit this year, according to Mining.com. But the prospect of […]
Freeport-McMoRan Reports Q2 Net Income Jump As Copper Price Continues to Fall
Miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, announced its second-quarter earnings Wednesday. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The miner reported Q2 net income attributable to common stock of $869 million and $1.6 billion for the first six months of the calendar year. The figures compare with […]
This Morning in Metals: E.U. Approves Provisional Measures to Limit Steel Imports
This morning in metals news, E.U. states have thrown their support behind measures to curb steel imports, Indian steel demand could double by 2025, and copper and zinc prices continue to drop. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook E.U. Backs Steel Import Curbing Measures E.U. states voted to approve […]
Oil Price Rises Pose a Threat to Global Growth Next Year
Rising oil prices were seen last year as a positive result of growing global growth and recovery, but a combination of factors are turning this benign view into a more sinister scenario. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook On the supply side, the combined efforts of OPEC and Russia, […]
Europe Has the Potential to Develop Domestic Lithium Sources
We normally associate Cornwall in England with scones and cream teas … or, if we are really metal nerds, we associate the sometimes sunny southeast country of the British Isles with mining (particularly with tin mining). Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The area dominated with igneous morphology has […]
Nickel Fundamentals Come Back to the Fore
As my colleague Fouad Egbaria wrote last week, the U.S. administration’s relaxation of the timescale for implementation of sanctions against Rusal has had the effect of taking the panic out of the market. As a result, prices have fallen for several days, not just for aluminum but for other metals that the market feared could […]
Week in Review: Price Movements, Indian Exports and Section 232 Exemptions
Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was with some of this week’s stories here on MetalMiner: Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook What’s going on with steel prices? Have they neared a top? MetalMiner’s Irene Martinez Canorea offered her analysis […]
