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Analysts predict fresh record for copper
Source: Financial Times, 2nd September 2010
The price of copper hit a four-month high on Thursday morning as continued optimism about Chinese demand buoyed the red metal amid tightening physical supplies.
SGX proposes introduction of metals futures
Singapore, 31 August 2010
Singapore Exchange ( SGX) is consulting the public on the proposed introduction of non-ferrous metals futures contracts for trading on the SGX derivatives market. The introduction of new futures contracts arises from SGX’s partnership with the London Metal Exchange ( LME). They are:
Prosperity fuels gold investment demand in India
Varca, India, 30 August 2010
Prosperity and higher savings are changing the way Indians perceive gold, driving them to invest in coins, bars and exchange-traded funds, a senior official in a prominent gold importing bank said on Saturday.
Steel glut to hit iron ore price
London, 31 August 2010
The price of steelmaking commodities iron ore and coking coal will drop next quarter for the first time in a year as lower steel production forces global miners Vale of Brazil and UK-listed Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, to offer discounts on their supply contracts.
Spotlight on investment demand at India gold meet
Mumbai, 27 August 2010
India's gold investment demand, poised to rise as economic growth and adequate monsoon rains boost incomes in the world's biggest consumer of the metal, is expected to be the key theme at an international meet in Goa this weekend.
Delegates attending the conference will also be looking for prospects of a revival in jewellery demand -- particularly in the ongoing festive season -- after India's appetite for gold saw the sharpest fall in a decade in 2009 because of a severe drought.
Read more: Spotlight on investment demand at India gold meet
Tin prices extend two-year highs
Source: Financial Times, 27th August 2010
Tin prices jumped to a new two-year high on Friday morning as growing optimism in the markets combined with tight physical supplies to boost the base metals complex.
Tin price jump pushes base metals higher
Source: Financial Times, 26th August 2010
The price of tin jumped more than 6 per cent on Thursday, leading a rally among base metals that were buoyed by tight physical supplies and optimism on Chinese growth.
Tin price jump pushes base metals higher
Source: Financial Times, 26th August 2010
The price of tin jumped more than 6 per cent on Thursday, leading a rally among base metals that were buoyed by tight physical supplies and optimism on Chinese growth.
Stewart Group gets fired up in Mongolia
London, 25 August 2010
Stewart Group, the international inspection, analysis and assay group has expanded its operations in Mongolia, with a state-of-the-art expansion at its laboratory in the heart of the country.
Chinese households look to gold for security
London, 25 August 2010
Whatever the reasons for China's massive household savings rate (a BIS paper last month suggested it's because household earnings are falling as a proportion of national income), the World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends today shows private consumers putting ever-more money into physical gold.
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