S&P's European downgrades have no lasting impact on copper prices as hopes are up for China to cut interest rates and spur demand.
Continue reading "Copper Shrugs Off Europe Downgrades with Eyes on China"
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Copper is key to Zambia's economic success, which needs Chinese investors. But workers are being abused at Zambia's Chinese-operated mines.
Continue reading "Zambia Copper Mines Caught Between Miners and Chinese Investors"
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Copper took a tumble as Wednesday's EU finance ministers' meeting was canceled, renewing fears about the Eurozone debt crisis.
Continue reading "Copper Drops on Canceled EU Finance Ministers’ Meeting"
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Copper tumbled as the once red-hot Chinese economy slows down and Eurozone worries persist.
Continue reading "Copper Slumps on China’s Slowdown, Eyes on EU Meeting"
Thursday, October 13, 2011
After finally experiencing upward momentum earlier in the week, copper prices plunged Thursday, as China reported a shrinking trade surplus, and concerns over the European debt crisis took a bite out of the metal’s demand prospects.
Continue reading "Shrinking Chinese Trade Surplus Thwarts Copper’s Ascent"
Friday, September 2, 2011
Bloomberg reported that Shanghai plans to lower trading costs by increasing storage for copper and aluminum.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Scrap copper is an important source of the red metal. The use of scrap copper is expected to rise in the coming years, as a necessary means to compensate for declining supplies of mined copper.
Continue reading "The Economics of the Scrap Copper Market"
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
In an interview with Resource Investing News, Yu-Dee Chang principal at ACE Investment Strategists Inc. attributed the recent volatility of copper prices to the “shift of investment demand in copper from small speculators to larger hedge funds.”
Continue reading "Copper’s Volatility: The Fund Factor"
Monday, June 13, 2011
In an exclusive interview with Copper Investing News, Adam Fleck Associate Director of Equity Research at Morningstar was more cautious in using this positive news flow to imply a broader trend, “The mining equipment sector is largely driven by mineral prices; high coal, copper, and iron prices typically drive increased mine expansion and construction, in turn leading to growing mining equipment orders.
Continue reading "Bullish Outlook for Mining Machinery Providers"
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Rising inflation and interest rate hikes in China, a struggling Japanese economy, and sustained high oil prices have investors worried about future demand for copper.
Continue reading "Economic Worries Negatively Impact Copper"
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