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Soaring Base Metals Stockpiles

January 29, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

By Scott Wright, GoldSeek Ever since its secular bull kicked off in 2003, the once-boring base-metals sector took on an aura of excitement.  What trader wasn’t excited when copper, zinc, nickel, lead, and aluminum put together respective gains of 475%, 523%, 650%, 829%, and 163% from their 2003 lows to their interim bull-market highs? A [...]

Junior Base Metals Stocks

January 4, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

By Scott Wright, GoldSeek If you peel away the layers of what the mainstreamers classify as materials stocks, you will find the base metals stocks.  And it is this group of stocks that represents the mining companies responsible for the supply side of the non-ferrous metals trade. Such metals as copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, lead, molybdenum, [...]

Boliden shares jump on better-than-expected profit numbers

October 26, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The group benefitted from strong global base metals prices. Read more….

Australia’s Bass to build new base metals mine in Tasmania

October 21, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Sydney-based Bass Metals on Wednesday reported that it was on track to kick-start the development of its Hellyer base metals project, in Tasmania, after a definitive feasibility study at the Fossey deposit proved it to be financially robust. The project was based on an initial ore production of 851 000 t over two to three [...]

Long-term nickel price ‘turns the corner’ – analyst

October 14, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The price of nickel would continue to rise overcoming decades, even though there would be periods during which the base metals might grapple with price fluctuation within a new “super cycle”, analyst Martin Pyle said at a conference on Wednesday. The long-term nickel floor price had “turned the corner”, he said at the 2009 Australian [...]

Gold around $1,100 likely early next year – JP Morgan

October 10, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

In a research note the bank upgraded its price view not only on gold but also base metals and silver Read more….

Ivanhoe Australia to focus on Merlin molybdenum-rhenium project

October 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

One of Australia’s most active base metals and precious metals explorers, Ivanhoe Australia Ltd (ASX: IVA) has shown what its key targets are for the balance of this year. Read more….

Copper to post new records, but aluminium may have the greatest upside – RBS

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

As commodities move from investment pariah to the “darlin’ of the diggin’s’ in just a few months, RBS looks for more vibrancy for the longer term – but the base metals have mountains of inventory to climb first, so don’t be fooled by what has gone before Read more….

Base Metals Stocks

October 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

By Scott Wright, GoldSeek The base metals markets have been some of the most exciting to trade in this commodities bull.  From trough to peak, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, and aluminum have seen staggering gains of 575%, 537%, 1124%, 888%, and 163%! Naturally, gains of this magnitude have made the mining of these metals an incredibly lucrative [...]

World short of copper, 10Mt supply gap in 2020 – BHP

October 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

A copper supply shortage is looming, but top tier copper resources that could fill the supply gap are not only hard to find, but would take time to turn to account. Independent consultancy GFMS says a copper deficit of 88 000 t is likely, which, it says, is likely to push the copper price to [...]

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