Lead to start strong recovery in 2009
Lead prices have seemingly resisted a fearful trend in demand as almost 50% of offtake goes into batteries in the auto sector. For full story, click here
Lead prices have seemingly resisted a fearful trend in demand as almost 50% of offtake goes into batteries in the auto sector. For full story, click here
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Chinese lead and zinc refineries are interested in integration and expansion, but not mergers or acquisitions. The Chinese government showed its support by providing a plan to encourage the non-ferrous industries to restructure and integrate. The government has also mentioned that it wants to support the [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Lead and zinc prices both started 2009 strongly, but as the year has progressed lead’s better near term fundamentals have led it to continue as the more robust of the two metals. Zinc stocks on the London Metal Exchange have consistently risen; through the month of [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News The zinc industry has been quick to respond to the slump in prices and a host of producers have announced cutbacks and closures. However, without a definitive shift in the current global economic current; supply cuts have yet to directly improve pricing. In Shanghai, spot [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News On the London Metal Exchange (LME), zinc prices have nearly halved to $1,198 a tonne from the end of 2007; last Thursday, lead fell to a two-year low in London. In lead news, after reductions in automobile production, both General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co [...]
Along with other industrial purposes, one of leads main and growing uses continues to be in batteries. Peter Theyer, geologist for Winnipeg’s Wildcat Exploration, says it is almost irreplaceable for this use at this time. This is largely because of the high volumes of cars being produced. Previously used in a lot of household products [...]
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