Even as metal prices weaken, the company’s zinc, lead & silver businesses should provide cushion. With declining base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME), the stock of Sterlite Industries has lagged the broader market since end-July. It has lost almost 32 per cent in the past two months, including 4.5 per cent on [...]

Hindustan Copper Ltd, the only miner of the metal in India, feels that copper is set to continue in comfortable zone for some more years despite fears of global recession keeping prices volatile for sometime. “Globally, price of copper is expected to remain high in the next 3-4 years. The present scenario is highly favourable [...]

Commodities fell, led by copper’s drop to a nine-month low, on speculation that demand for raw materials will decline as European policymakers prepare to assess whether Greece can meet conditions of a rescue loan. Industrial users of metals and energy and companies that use agriculture commodities to make food may slow purchases, waiting on a [...]

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Bloomberg reported that South Korea bought 2,000 tonnes of copper cathodes at a higher premium than its purchase in May. Bae Cheol Gyu Agency official said that the Public Procurement Service which stockpiles strategic commodities bought the grade A copper with more than 99.99% of purity from LS Nikko Copper Inc at USD 93 per [...]

Copper strengthened by 0.87% to Rs 418.10 per kg in futures trade today as speculators indulged in building up fresh positions, taking positive cues from global markets. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, August copper rose by Rs 3.60, or 0.87%, to Rs 418.10 per kg, with a business turnover of 4,953 lots. Click here to [...]

* U.S. July consumer spending growth at 5-month highs * Strike threat looms at Grasberg copper mine * Coming Up: U.S. consumer confidence 1400 GMT, FOMC minutes 1800 By Susan Thomas LONDON, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Copper rose on Tuesday, helped by data that showed U.S. consumers were willing to spend, especially on cars, suggesting [...]

London: Copper fell for a fourth day in London yesterday, on course for the biggest monthly drop since December 2008, as commodities and equities slid after Standard & Poor’s cut the US credit rating. Tin reached an 11-month low. Zinc and crude oil paced declines as the S&P GSCI Spot Index of raw materials retreated [...]

MUMBAI (Commodity Online): Copper futures in India declined in unison with weak London Metal Exchange. Meanwhile, copper for three-month delivery fell 1.3% to $9,230.25 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange. At MCX Copper August contract is currently trading at Rs.413.50 per Kg, lower by 1.38 against the previous close. In the earlier session the [...]

ET reported that Indian copper prices rose by INR 1.25 to INR 434.25 per kilogram in futures trade as speculators enlarged their positions on the back of a firming global trend. Trading sentiment turned better after demand for copper in China, the world’s biggest user, rose by 8% this year, depleting global supplies and boosting [...]

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