Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
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Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper prices climbed on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2014. The market closed on January 1 and 2 due to the New Year holidays. The most-traded copper contract for March delivery on the SHFE ended at ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis generally remained steady but displayed signs of slipping amid persistent weakness in the physical buying interest, market sources said ...
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis slipped for a second consecutive week, dampened by persistently weak physical buying interest during the current summer lull, market ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis have fallen amid thin trade after news Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper amid a probe into loan irregularities ...
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Chinese traders and analysts reacted cautiously Tuesday to news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper due to a probe into loan irregularities involving stocks in port warehouses. Local media reported Monday that ...
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Despite a recent recovery in London Metal Exchange copper prices, market analysts were still bearish this week on the metal's price for the rest of this year, based on factors such as a surge in supply and a weak Chinese construction ...
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Chinese copper prices firmed this week on domestic supply tightness and the State Council's announcement of capital market reforms, industry sources said Tuesday. The most active 1406 copper futures contracts on the Shanghai Futures ...
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Goldman Sachs remains bearish on the outlook for the copper price in 2014, with a target price of $6,200/mt, the investment bank said late Wednesday. "After selling off from $7,450/mt to $6,320/mt in mid-March, driven by Chinese property ...
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Peruvian poly-metallic miner Milpo increased production of zinc, lead, copper and silver in the first quarter after bringing online expansions at two of its mines in Peru, the miner said Monday. A unit of Brazil's Votorantim Metais, Milpo ...
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Global copper supply is expected to remain in surplus in 2014 and continue to exert downward pressure on prices, Australia's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics forecast in its March quarter report. "Although consumption is forecast ...
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China imported 379,000 mt refined copper in February, down 29% from January but up 27% from February 2013, General Administration of Customs data released Monday showed. Industry analysts Tuesday attributed the month-on-month fall to ...
Prices of copper – the bedrock industrial metal and a benchmark for gauging the strength of the global economy – are likely to soften further in the coming year as production growth is expected to exceed that of consumption. ...
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The Shanghai benchmark copper contract for delivery in February declined by 0.78 percent on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Friday compared to Thursday, ending at 51,160 yuan ($8,429.59) per ton. However, it still climbed by 0.49 ...
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