By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Optimism surrounding an economic recovery drove copper to a ten month high on Wednesday, as investors flooded the market with money, betting on stronger demand. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange hit $6,149 a tonne, the highest since last October, up slightly from Tuesday’s high [...]
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices have enjoyed an 80 per cent rally this year- on the back of Chinese State Reserve Bureau (SRB) purchases. Now, signs are pointing to the finality of those purchases. Inventories monitored by the London Metal Exchange posted their first back-to-back weekly gains since February, [...]
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures hit a one-month high above $2.40 per lb Wednesday morning, as a rally in equities restored confidence in the global economy. Equities rallied as data showed better-than-expected manufacturing and industrial production. Additional impetus to copper’s rally came by way of dollar weakness, and [...]
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures ended lower on Thursday, as a stronger dollar and concerns about economic recovery weighed on values. Higher than expected unemployment figures, coupled with weak housing figures triggered fears that an economic recovery is still far off. A rising greenback further cooled the copper [...]
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Nevada Copper (TSE:NCU) announced Friday that Zhongtiaoshan Non-ferrous Metals Group (ZTS) has agreed to a $2 million debenture subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. ZTS is a Chinese state-owned enterprise that has mined, refined and processed copper since 1956. The debenture can be converted at $1.00 per share which is a 77% premium [...]
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Monday, June 15, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper fell for a second day as a stronger dollar made the commodity more expensive for those holding in other currencies; the Dollar Index, a gauge of the currency’s value against six major counterparts, rose for a second day. Further downward impetus came as stockpiling inventories in [...]
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Copper Fox Metals (CVE:CUU) annouced today a $6m financing that would consist of over 106m units consisting of a share and a full warrant. Ernesto Echavarria, a Mexican businessman has committed to a $5m investment which would give him control of the company. The financing will be subject to ratification at a special meeting of [...]
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News A battery of economic data pulled copper in every direction this week; U.S. copper futures retreated from a near three week high Wednesday morning, as a mixed report from the housing sector boosted the greenback. Consumer confidence sent copper on a rally Tuesday, overshadowing the weak [...]
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper futures fell more than 2 per cent Monday on worries that demand from China, the world’s biggest copper consumer, may slow. Copper for July delivery lost 5.7 cents to close at $2.0885 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Last [...]
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News This week, a slew of bad news zapped copper’s recent rally. Copper fell in London on concerns about demand for the industrial metal after the International Monetary Fund said the global economy will shrink this year. Copper for delivery in three months lost $36.25, or 0.8 [...]
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