Base Metals

China: Output of lead/lead concentrates in April 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:02:00 GMT
According to the statistics of the China Nonferrous Metals Association, domestic lead output is 347687 tons, and total output for Jan-Apr is 1220710 tons, down 0.89% yoy. Production of lead concent...
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Iran struggle for the world's seventh largest copper industrial country

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:16:00 GMT
The Tehran Times reported that Iran's special assistant to the President, Ali Akbar Mehrabian recently said that in this calendar year, Iran will improve the ranking in world copper industry throug...
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China commodities and metal demand to ignite in H2 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:03:00 GMT
China is the behemoth for energy demand and consumption and any time there is a slowdown, the global financial markets get nervous. To put it into perspective, the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
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China: Output of zinc/zinc concentrates in April 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:55:00 GMT
According to the statistics of the China Nonferrous Metals Association, domestic zinc output is 383764 tons, and total output for Jan-Apr is 1565366 tons, down 6.01% yoy. Production of zinc concent...
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Worldwide Refined Zinc Demand Up By 2% In Q1 On Y-o-Y

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:04:00 GMT
Global refined zinc demand rose by 2% to 3102 kilo tons in the first quarter (Q1) of 2012 on y-o-y basis, as per preliminary information compiled by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZ...
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Base metals prices trade in tight ranges in LME pre-market

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:52:00 GMT
Base metals prices remained in tight ranges in pre-market trading on the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday May 22, following slightly improved European sentiment following remarks from the G8 summit...
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22 May, 2012 COMEX copper stocks distribution

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:50:00 GMT
Unit: Short Ton Date 21-May 22-May Registered warehouse receipt 53987 53987 Non-registered warehouse receipt 8181 7831 Total 62468 61818
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Lead Price Movement on May 23

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:49:00 GMT
SHFE lead prices opened lower Wednesday. In domestic spot markets, Chihong Zn Ge was initially quoted around RMB 15,300/mt, with premiums of RMB 150/mt over the most active SHFE lead price, but quo...
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Low metal prices hit Independence Group

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:49:00 GMT
Asked to sum up the year since Independence Group bedded down its $500 million scrip acquisition of Jabiru Metals, chief executive Chris Bonwick says it has been interesting to say the least. That ...
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Morning Review - 2012/5/23 Lead Market

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:46:00 GMT
LME lead prices dropped sharply overnight since Lucas Papademos, the former prime minister of Greece, said risk still exists that Greece may leave the euro zone and since the US dollar index hit a ...
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