GLG News by Copper Mining Experts

The fp trading desk has made a bold prediction on short term copper prices which expects a price increase of 20% in a matter of one or two months. Their use of recent historic economic data does not tell the whole story.

Wheeling-Pittsburg Corp. has been sued for not paying for scrap steel. They claimed the scrap was out of specifcation. Assuming their claim is accurate, under what rule of law do they get to keep the scrap without paying for it?

The May 24, 2007 Reuters article, "Lawmakers mull coal-to-liquid fuel plans", touches on many aspects of a current debate, decisions and actions from which have significant potential impact, financially and environmentally, and long term and short term. While some advocates with their respective...

World wide consolidation in steel appears to be inevitable and Asia is the next area of real opportunity for significant consolidation activity.  Some movement in this direction has occurred with the alliance of different companies under the Nippon Steel umbrella or the combination of NKK and Kawasaki...

The article was right on target. Expect further cuts. India may become more active.

Nickel demand has benefited from the sharp gains in stainless steel output. However nickel is now the single most important cost in the production os stainless steel.  As such stainless steel prices have increased and demand for stainless is beginning to be affected. Nickel demand is...

Xstrata's move for LionOre reinforces the latest trend that it is easier to buy existing production rather than develop new projectsThere remain major financial and technological risks concerning the next generation of nickel "mega" projects

To review, in a little publicized study published on Copper.org, confirmation of certain desirable medicinal properties of copper and copper alloys were presented. This report was distributed to the association’s membership, but still has not received widespread publication by the media. However, this...

India announced on February 28 that it was initiating a tariff on iron ore of nearly $7 per metric ton.China’s purchases of 75 million ton of iron ore from India, comprise 23% of its total imports.Yet, one of the major Chinese importers, Sino Steel, has refused to purchase any new material. Last year...

Copper has desirable medicinal properties, some of which may kill undesirable microorganisms such as E Coli bacteria and Influenza viruses.It has been documented that copper has been used since Ancient Egypt to cure numerous diseases and afflictions.It may be time to bring copper into the environment...