Driven by a recovery in the EU, along with Japanese and US demand from weak 2009 levels, world consumption grew by 8 percent or over 1 million tons to 14.678 million tons in the January to September period, while output only reached 14.242 million tons. By comparison, Chinese apparent usage increased by only 4.5 percent, although 2009 growth was huge in China and almost certainly resulted in considerable stocks compared to the rest of the world. As a result of the constrained supply position, refinery utilization was only 77 percent, further constraining supply of refined metal.
Copper Outlook 2011
In the first of several articles on the base metals markets, we review the current position for copper and what the year ahead portends. Arguably the view for copper is more consistent than for other base metals. Read More...
Fitch Ratings Predict Stable Outlook for Global Metals in 2011
Fitch Ratings expects mining companies to grow earnings and remain disciplined in capital spending and working capital management in 2011. Although liquidity is strong and cash balances are building, Fitch anticipates that “large leveraged, transformational transactions or large share buyback programs to be rare. Read More...
Copper Supplay and Demand Outlook 2011
Copper?s supply and demand picture may become so tight that many analysts and institutional investors say it is one of the commodities on which they are the most bullish for 2011. Copper has already staged an impressive rally from the commodity-wide sell-off that occurred when the global financial crisis hit in 2008. Read More...
Copper 2011 Price Outlook
If copper closes the year near its current price of around $9,200 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, the metal will finish the year with an impressive 35 percent gain in only six months. While the recession of 2008 battered the metal’s value, 2010 is the second year in a row that the metal will trace impressive price gains.Read More...
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