Before we come to the end of the first business week of 2018, let’s look back at some of the stories on MetalMiner so far this year: Chinese supply-side reforms generally have a big impact on metal prices — such was the case for copper, as our Stuart Burns wrote early this week. In case […]
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This Morning in Metals: Chinese Steel Futures Fall Ahead of Dropping Demand
This morning in metals news, Chinese steel futures fell, iron ore has done well to start 2018 and a new copper deposit has been discovered in Ecuador. Two-Month Trial: Metal Buying Outlook Chinese Steel Futures Break Three-Day Upward Streak Chinese steel futures fell on Thursday, breaking a three-day streak of gains, according to Reuters. The […]
Chinese Capacity Cuts Help Push Copper to Highest Point in Nearly Four Years
Copper is on a tear. Benchmark Your Current Metal Price by Grade, Shape and Alloy: See How it Stacks Up Copper rose to its highest point in nearly four years last week following further curbs on domestic production in China, closing at new year-to-date high for 2017. LME and Comex copper continued its longest bull […]
