By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Positive sentiment that spread through the markets during the week edged up most of the base metals. The U.K. benchmark FTSE 100 Index jumped 0.9 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed 2.7 per cent higher in Tokyo. Pessimistic data still came out of [...]
Continue reading "Market sentiment wins in price tug-of-war"
Sunday, February 1, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News In their bi-weekly price review, Hindustan Zinc Limited announced that effective Saturday, it had cut its prices of zinc, but held lead rates steady. Zinc prices will drop by Rs 800 per tonne to Rs 68,900; whereas lead maintained the Rs 70,200 per tonne level. Lead prices have [...]
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News The global financial crisis and sharp falls in metals prices have forced several companies to abandon or put on hold their plans to bring new mines on-stream. Some existing producers have also shut down or curtailed output at mines and plants as high costs and low prices [...]
Continue reading "Output cuts extend through lead and zinc industry"
Sunday, December 21, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News The recent price crash in the metals means that many miners who were once raking in cash are now cutting output and suspending operations just to stay afloat. Analysts are already bracing for metal prices to skyrocket when demand recoups. The mining boom we just witnessed [...]
Continue reading "Cutbacks make way for lead boom"
Sunday, December 7, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Lead Investing News Shanghai base metals fell by their daily limits on Friday, chasing steep falls on the London Metal Exchange (LME). The Exchange said it would make an announcement about which contracts would be suspended after the market closed. So far this year, zinc prices are down 52 per [...]
Continue reading "Low zinc and lead inventories threaten price stability"
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading "Will lead production cuts boomerang prices?"
Friday, September 12, 2008
By Heather Matthews – Exclusive to Lead Investing News Current market climate After months of investor withdrawals and plummeting profits, RAB, a major hedge funds investment firm that focuses on natural resources, has announced plans to alter its fee structure in order to keep investors. The firm reports profit decreases of more than 48 per [...]
Continue reading "Lead stable despite RAB hedge-fund woes"
Friday, August 22, 2008
By Daniella D’Alimonte – Exclusive to Lead Investing News After slipping through the summer, lead made a slight recovery over the last week. After reaching a low of US$0.75 per pound August 14, it is now back up to nearly US$0.88 per pound. With the harsh blows being meted out to metal exploration and mining companies in the [...]
Continue reading "Slow changes or a bump in the road?"
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
In order to increase metal prices as well as save electricity and complete maintenance 27 of China’s smaller lead and zinc smelters agreed to reduce production by 10 percent in July and September. Analysts have also suggested that building a stockpile of lead will help keep prices stable. Tong Leshen, an analyst with the Shanghai [...]
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