By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News The zinc industry has been quick to respond to the slump in prices and a host of producers have announced cutbacks and closures. However, without a definitive shift in the current global economic current; supply cuts have yet to directly improve pricing. In Shanghai, spot [...]
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News The global economic outlook seems to worsen everyday. The US, China, and India are witnessing an economic slowdown. Data coming out of Japan shows that the economy there has entered into a recession in the third quarter as corporate spending and export demand slumped. The 15 [...]
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
By Heather Matthews – exclusive to Lead Investing News Base metals are continuing a downward spiral as the market reacts to the federal bailout plan and the general atmosphere of caution and unease. Base metal prices dropped on Wednesday, as September retail level reports (U.S.) were revealed, detailing reduced purchasing by consumers. After the report [...]
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
by Heather Matthews – exclusive to Zinc Investing News Zinc and lead metal spot prices showed improvement in today’s markets: this rally represents a positive development for base metals. Today, non-LME spot prices for lead and zinc were up, showing increased investor confidence in commodity investment. Zinc is currently trading at a bid/ask of .06494/0.6585, [...]
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Monday, October 6, 2008
By Heather Matthews – Exclusive To Zinc Investing News Despite the passing of the 700 billion dollar U.S. Treasury bailout plan, investor confidence remains extremely low as sellers are choosing to offload commodities, including zinc metal and lead metal, at a rapid pace. As of October 6/08, spot prices for zinc and lead have plunged [...]
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Congress is divided over the proposed 700 million dollar bailout plan that is being promoted as a solution to the current stock market crisis. This morning’s vote was only supposed to take a few moments, but it has been plagued with arguments and dissent as both sides struggle to come to an agreement about the [...]
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Monday, September 15, 2008
By Heather Matthews – Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Current market climate Shockwaves are running through global commodities markets as America faces one of its worst stock market crash since the Great Depression. The American housing market crisis has left many firms unprotected and over-leveraged: the bankruptcy of global investment bank Lehman Brothers has created [...]
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Friday, September 12, 2008
By Heather Matthews – Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Current Market Climate After months of investor withdrawals and plummeting profits, RAB, a major hedge funds investment firm that focuses on natural resources, has announced plans to alter its fee structure in order to keep investors. The firm reports profit a decrease of more than 48 [...]
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Monday, September 8, 2008
By Heather Matthews – Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Current market climate Over the past nine months, zinc and lead spot prices have declined by 26 per cent as a result of a long-term market surplus that has negated demand for the base metals worldwide. The impact of this surplus is manifesting itself in myriad [...]
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Zinc is used to galvanize steel, in the production of brass and zinc base alloys as well as for other construction, transportation, engineering and consumer goods purposes. While the demand in clearly present for this commodity, the current oversupply is causing the market value to plummet. Over 100,000 tonnes of surplus have been predicted for [...]
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