India copper futures eased on Thursday in tune with overseas markets, where economic concerns weighed on the red metal along with profit-booking. For full story, click here
London copper slipped nearly 2 percent on Thursday, after scaling fresh 10-month highs in the previous session, as investors stepped back to reassess the health of the global economy. Mark Pervan, senior commodity analyst at Australia and New Zealand Bank, stated: A lot of people are holding their breath because the gains have been really [...]
AV Birla group company, Hindalco Industries, which has reported a 31% drop in net profit at Rs 481 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2009, is exploring the Global Depository Receipts (GDR) option to raise up to $500 million in addition to offering shares under the QIP route. The board is exploring the [...]
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc sees a tighter global supply base for copper and strong demand from China and the developing world favoring the industrial metal’s longer-term outlook. For full story, click here
Shanghai copper closed weaker, but off two-week lows on Wednesday when talk of a second U.S. government stimulus plan stoked concerns about the fate of the global economy. For full story, click here
World Bureau of Metal Statistics declared that copper excess in international market in January to April 2009 period reached 133,000 tonnes. At the same time a year ago there was copper shortage of 161,000 tonnes. For full story, click here
Copper future prices have improved by 0.15 per cent at the Multi Commodity Exchange today on the back of higher advices from the London Metal Exchange, the hub of international trading in base-metals. For full story, click here
Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine, owned by international miners Xstrata Copper and Anglo American, its annual output should reach 1 million tonnes of copper by 2015. Miguel Angel Duran, CEO of the local unit of Anglo American Plc, stated: We are still at the conceptual stages, so we can’t give a concrete date, but 2015 could [...]
Halbis Capital Management, the active management arm of HSBC Global Asset Management, has raised its shareholding in Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd. to 5.12% from the 4.82% it held earlier, according to the bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. For full story, click here
Indian copper futures traded up on Friday as positive international macro-economic data along with a weak dollar supported investor sentiment. For full story, click here
Thursday, August 6, 2009