Articles Tagged "investors"

Meridian Drilling Hits High Grade of Lead and Zinc

Meridian Minerals (ASX: MII) has announced the assay results from its Kapok West prospect wherein a 14 diamond drill holes were drilled. As of this date, completed holes includes 31 holes are classified as infill holes. The infill holes has intersected stacked lenses of high grade, up to 30.5% combined lead and zinc. Meridian’s Managing [...]

Will Chinese purchases boost zinc and lead demand?

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 [...]

Zinc and lead companies underwater

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News The global economic outlook seems to worsen everyday. The US, China, and India are witnessing an economic slowdown.  Data coming out of Japan shows that the economy there has entered into a recession in the third quarter as corporate spending and export demand slumped. The 15 [...]

Zinc and lead spot prices rally

by Heather Matthews – exclusive to Lead Investing News Zinc and lead metal spot prices showed improvement in today’s markets: this rally represents a positive development for base metals. Today, non-LME spot prices for lead and zinc were up, showing increased investor confidence in commodity investment. Zinc is currently trading at a bid/ask of .06494/0.6585, [...]

Lead prices stable as Dow Jones plunges

By Heather Matthews – Exclusive To Lead Investing News Lead spot prices remained unchanged on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as the Dow Jones plunged 700 points today. Investors raced to unload stocks as widespread fears about the current financial crisis continued. Lead is currently priced at 0.7406 (low) to 0.7497 (high), with no changes [...]

Commodity sell-off affects zinc & lead

By Heather Matthews – Exclusive To Zinc Investing News Despite the passing of the $700 billion Treasury bailout plan, investor confidence remains extremely low as sellers are choosing to offload commodities, including zinc metal and lead metal, at a rapid pace. As of October 6/08, spot prices for zinc and lead have plunged 4.53 and [...]

ZINC & LEAD REMAIN STABLE AS MARKETS RISE

Current Market Climate:     Today, Congress met to discuss further revisions to the proposed 700 billion dollars bailout plan, designed for the buyout of bad debts by the U.S. Treasury. Senator Chris Dodd, (D-Conn.) has been instrumental in putting together the bailout plan and explaining its merits to Congress. According to proponents of the [...]

Zinc And Lead Rally As G7 Countries Plan Market Bailout

This morning, officials from the G7 countries (U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Italy) held a conference call to discuss potential solutions to the pressing market crisis currently at play in world markets. This tentative plan includes a possible 700 billion dollar buyout of bad debts, including defaulted mortgages and other failed investments, with [...]

Lead and zinc spot prices rise despite market crash

By Heather Matthews - Exclusive to Lead Investing News Current market climate Zinc metal and lead metal spot prices are rising despite significant fear and panic in the investing world. Following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers World Investment Bank, and the Federal Reserve bailout (85 billion) of AIG, many analysts are predicting that more banks will [...]

Stock market crash affects lead and zinc spot prices

By Heather Matthews – Exclusive to Lead Investing News Current market climate Shockwaves are running through global commodities markets as America faces one of its worst stock market crash since the Great Depression. The American housing market crisis has left many firms unprotected and over-leveraged: the bankruptcy of global investment bank Lehman Brothers has created [...]