Base Metals and Minerals
Lithium Rising As Electric Vehicles Take Hold
Sam Green of TradersCircle investigates the rapid global shift towards electric vehicles.
Feb 10 2017
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities. Macquarie cuts oil and LNG price outlook; Philippines throws another spanner in nickel works; China’s looming capacity reductions.
Feb 07 2017
Manganese Is Energy Critical
Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills makes the case for manganese.
Feb 01 2017
More copper and less gold production is expected from OZ Minerals in coming years and Carrapateena’s imminent feasibility study could be a catalyst for the stock.
Jan 31 2017
Previous Stories
Another Safety Net, Another Bounce
Jan 24 2008
Hopes of a rescue for stricken US bond insurers helped to encourage buyers back into stocks as the Dow turned down 300 into up 300.
Back From The Brink
Jan 23 2008
Wall Street saw what happened in the rest of the world and opened the Dow down 464 points. But the Fed decided to make an emergency rate cut of 75 basis points and the Dow came racing back.
The World Crumbles
Jan 22 2008
Stocks in Asia, Europe and elsewhere suffered huge falls yesterday and overnight as all confidence is lost in the financial sector and the Bush rescue package is seen as inadequate.
RBC Capital Markets Sees Little Value In Iluka
Jan 21 2008
Last week’s quarterly report showed challenges remain for Iluka and in the view of RBC Capital Markets there is still little value in the stock despite it falling 28% in recent months.
Will Copper’s Starperformer Status Last?
Jan 15 2008
Market analysts remain divided on the outlook for copper prices, as bullish factors such as potential supply side issues are countered by the impact of any slowdown in the global economy.
Base Metal Price Strength Not Sustainable Says Barclays
Jan 11 2008
Base metal prices have started the new year strongly but with continued concerns over global economic growth Barclays Capital doesn’t expect the trend to continue shorter-term.
Big Production Downgrades At Perilya
Dec 21 2007
Underground seismic activity has led to some rather disappointing production downgrades for Perilya.
And We End It With An Oracle
Dec 21 2007
The Dow managed to rise 38 points despite weak economic data, spurred on by the tech sector. The Nasdaq was up 1.5%.
China Swoops On Morgan Stanley
Dec 20 2007
The Dow lost 25 points in a volatile but thin session last night, following news the Chinese government had bought into Morgan Stanley.
ECB Floods The Market
Dec 19 2007
The Dow closed up 65 points after the ECB injected no less than US$500bn in two-week credit.
