LUSAKA – Copper production in Zambia, Africa’s leading producer, rose 16% in the first five months of 2010, shored up by rising global metals prices, Bank of Zambia figures showed on Friday. Copper output at 321 132 t from January to May was higher than the 276 230 t the southern African country produced during [...]

SHANGHAI June 18 – Shanghai copper fell in early trade on Friday, after London copper prices touched a one-week low in the previous session, as sentiment soured after disappointing U.S. data. FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 rose $4 to $6,450 by 0132 GMT on Friday, hovering above a one-week low [...]

07 Jun 2010 : Base metals on the London Metal Exchange broke sharply lower Monday as Asian investors digested bad economic news out of Europe and the U.S. Friday. Copper and zinc each shed around 3%, while lead was down more than 4% and nickel lost more than 2.5%. The plunges follow on a collapse [...]

* Investors eyeing Bernanke testimony on monetary policy * China Jan refined copper imports at 196,926 T (Adds China trade data, comment; Updates prices) By Rujun Shen and Edmund Klamann SHANGHAI, Feb 24  - Shanghai copper fell more than a percent on Wednesday, tracking a drop in the London market in the previous session as [...]

NEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 16 – Copper led a rally across the broader base metals complex on Tuesday, hitting its highest level in more than two weeks, as the dollar stumbled and markets recovered from last week’s sell-off. “I think we are still seeing some residual demand from last week,” said Catherine Virga, senior base metals [...]

Despite a significant correction in metals prices in recent weeks, Canada’s Haywood Securities remains so bullish on gold and silver, it has readjusted its precious metals forecasts upward. Haywood metals analysts increased their 2010 forecasts from $1,000 per ounce to $1,120/oz for gold, and from $15.25/oz to $17.75/oz for silver. Long-term forecasts for gold were [...]

SINGAPORE, Feb 15  - London Metal Exchange copper fell 0.2 percent in holiday-thinned trade on Monday against a backdrop of worries about Chinese monetary tightening and euro zone debt. With much of Asia shut for the Lunar New Year, and a market holiday in the United States, just 172 lots of copper changed hands by [...]

Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc (XTA.L: Quote) reached a tentative deal with unionized workers at its Canadian nickel mining operations in Sudbury, Ontario, on Monday, averting a strike that would have all but shut down base metals production in the Sudbury region. Talks between the company and workers — represented by the Canadian Auto Workers — [...]

* Investors watch for development of U.S. bank plan * China demand, econ recovery to lift copper prices in 2010 By Rujun Shen and Edmund Klamann SHANGHAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Copper prices were steady on Wednesday, but remained under pressure from the firmness in the U.S. dollar, as well as fears of further policy [...]

SINGAPORE, Jan 12 – Shanghai copper was seen lower on Tuesday after London futures pared gains in the previous session, trimming a rally of more than 2.5 percent based on optimism about Chinese demand. But aluminium may see some upside as worries about energy supplies in Henan province and upbeat assessments on demand from UC [...]

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