Zinc Investing News reports with the recent cutbacks in base metals due to global recession which will make way for zinc to boom. Zinc is one of the metals most positioned for an acute supply shortage. The crunch point could come as early as 2011 or 2012 once surplus inventories from the current downturn are worked [...]
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Zinc Investing News reports zinc prices have not improved despite supply cuts. In Shanghai, spot zinc traded at about 9,350 Yuan a tonne on Thursday versus 13,850 Yuan 3 months earlier. For complete story, click this link. Follow developments in resource mining and exploration for free.Sign on to The Resource Stock Watch.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Lead Investing News reports lead price has fell to more than 60% this year. Lead has joined the likes of platinum and palladium in being hit by poor automotive sales data. However, analysts say that lead has been unfairly grouped with these metals. Only around 10 per cent of lead demand is directly linked to new [...]
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Aluminum Investing News reports an increase in aluminum price on Monday. Aluminum’s gain was welcome after prices sunk during the previous week. Aluminum has taken its steepest price decent on record this year, a trend witnessed in many metals including copper, nickel and platinum. Battered aluminum prices are directly affecting the companies who produce the metal. For [...]
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Zinc Investing News reports zinc prices has fallen about 52% . A build-up of large inventories of unsold zinc has prompted many to predict further price declines. Production cutbacks have yet to hit prices as it can take up to four months for ore pulled out of a mine to end up as shipped metal. This means [...]
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Lead Investing News reports lead prices have fell to its lowest point. Lead prices on the LME are poised to fall further after dropping sharply in the previous session. Analysts are now forecasting that the metal’s demand base could weaken further as growth in China continues to shrink and car sales keep falling. Lead for delivery [...]
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Gold Investing News reports gold futures were lower with falling oil prices and firm US dollar and the need for President-Elect, Obama’s support in the recent India’s terror attacks. The ‘right’ trade on the India attacks would be two-fold: long gold, short oil. Oil could suffer because the attacks could impair growth in India. As the Indian [...]
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Lead Investing News reports lead prices have significantly fallen to about 57% this year. So far, the mass amount of output cuts by lead and zinc companies have done little to stabilize the metals’ precipitous price decline. Australian miner Oz Minerals Ltd (ASX:OZL), already in trouble due to the sharply falling value of metals, has been given [...]
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Zinc Investing News reports zinc prices have fallen to $1,198 a tonne, lowest in 2 years. After reductions in automobile production, both General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co cut vehicle production as sales slumped to their lowest level since 1991, the metal used in car batteries took a hit. Lead for delivery in three months [...]
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Gold Investing News reports gold rallied slightly higher than $800 an ounce in New York. “Gold is really starting to re-emerge as the safe-haven asset,” said David Meger, a metals analyst at Alaron Trading, in a Reuters report. U.S. gold futures for December delivery (GCZ8) settled up $43.10, or 5.8 per cent, at $791.80 an ounce on [...]
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