For Lead, some Relief is on the Horizon
In the recent base metals slide, lead has earned the illustrious title “worst performer on the London Metal Exchange.”
In the recent base metals slide, lead has earned the illustrious title “worst performer on the London Metal Exchange.”
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 [...]
Lead futures declined sharply on Monday, as risk adverse investors abandoned the volatile base metals market and headed for the safe haven investments such as gold.
The worries over the global economic outlook may see a big impact on base metals including lead. China shut down one of their three mines owned by China’s top lead producer, Yuguang Gold & Lead Co. and still the global lead market was in surplus of 23,000 tonnes in the first seven months of this [...]
Lead gained along with copper in Asia as investors purchased the metals following a slump. Among other LME-traded metals, zinc was up 2.3 percent at $1,585, lead gained 0.6 percent to $1,640, and nickel added 1.4 percent to $14,400 as of 10:51 a.m. in Singapore. Aluminum slipped 0.7 percent to $2,278 a ton, and tin [...]
Lead metal theft is up as prices for scrap metal skyrocket. METAL thieves have been condemned after trying to steal lead from one of York’s most historic and sacred buildings. Read the article here. In York, church and school roofs; manhole covers; bus seats; catalytic converters; and railway cables have all been targeted. Find the [...]
Lead dropped on the MCX by an average of three percent with concerns about reduced global demand and an increase of problems within the European banking sector. London Metal Exchange‘s warehouse inventories supported lead and zinc with a gradual decline. According to Gallipeli, zinc prices continue to find support as the metal is perceived to be [...]
Weak demand and global economy worries still have a big impact on metals. Lead was up $20 from close on Thursday, however, it fell to a 2-month low of $1,662.25 before bouncing back to $1,720. Analysts said industrial metals also took their cue from the equity markets, which rose sharply in Europe and in Wall Street [...]
Analysts from Desjardins Securities indicated that metals will weather this current storm and believe selloffs have been excessive. They see a low level of inventories and the industrialization of China as support for metals. They added that healthy consumption growth in zinc and lead will result in higher prices in the future, while consumption growth [...]
Lead was down $50 per tonne at the beginning of the week and news of Galmoy Mines has seen buyers reduce their offtake. Galmoy Mines will be closing out their lead and zinc mine projects by 2011. Market analysts predict that lead prices may remain bound within a range of $1,950-$2,000 per tonne at LME [...]
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