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Original Post By Stuart Burns According to the Financial Times , Norsk Hydro's (NHYDY) (NHYKF) giant Alunorte refinery in Brazil has been given approval to restart production by the Brazilian authorities. The announcement caught the market by surprise, coming some months earlier t...
With each level on the up or the downside, Doctor Copper provides market participants with a potential diagnosis for the overall health and wellbeing of the global economy. However, since China is the world's leading consumer of the red metal as well as many of the other base metals that trade...
Original Post By Stuart Burns Not content with putting the squeeze on Iran's oil industry, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order last week extending existing sanctions to include Iran's metal industry. According to the Financial Times, much of Iran's non-oil income ...
By Stuart Burns It is often tough to discern fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to corporations and politicians. Two developments this month in Europe raise questions about the relationship and balance of influence between major corporations and government. "Are corporations r...
If a fly on the wall at the trade negotiations between the US and China had a trading account, the most sensitive market offering the most significant rewards when it comes to the ups and downs of the process has been copper. The red metal that trades forwards on the London Metals Exchange and...
Industrial companies and metals producers reliant on Chinese demand bounce off opening losses but remain sharply lower following Pres. Trump's latest tariff threat. More news on: Deere & Company, DowDuPont Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Stocks on the move, Commodities news, News on ETFs, ...
Improved Chinese demand and supply-demand dynamics specific to aluminum and copper will drive outperformance for the two metals, Deutsche Bank analysts say. More news on: Teck Resources Limited, Alcoa Corporation, First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Commodities news, News on ETFs, Read more ....
Base metal prices fell by 23.43% in 2015, but in 2016 they appreciated by 26.77%. In 2017, the sector of nonferrous industrial metals was the best-performing commodities sector posting a 21.99% for the year. In 2018, the industrial commodities shed 15.78% of their value. All of the six base ...
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO ) says iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region are progressively resuming following last week's tropical cyclone Veronica, but initial inspections uncovered some damage to the Cape Lambert A port facility. More news on: Rio Tinto Group, BHP Group, V...
By CME Group The price of copper has long been viewed as a bellwether of global economic growth, given its widespread use in our everyday lives. Its relative abundance and affordability, combined with its ductility, malleability, resistance to corrosion and heat, and electrical conductivit...