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Minor Metals - Complete Archive

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Publishing Date
04 Dec 2009 11:56am GMT
Author
Mining Journal

Summary

Each month, the Mining Journal provides readers with a round-up of minor metals, covering news on the production and market movements of antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, gallium, indium, mercury and selenium and more.
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04/06/10 Quiet times
Minor metals trading remained quiet in May, as most buyers held off in the expectation of lower prices as the summer months in the northern hemisphere approach. Any buying interest was very much hand-to-mouth, creating premiums for short-term deliveries. Read more
29/04/10 Cleaning up
The minor metals continued to experience high price levels in April, even though the volumes being traded are lower than usual. Read more
01/04/10 Chinese demand still driving prices
The China effect was particularly evident during March, as metals that they need to import such as cadmium and selenium both rose and fell in price, while others that are dependent on exports from China, such as antimony, bismuth and indium, rose. Read more
05/03/10

February
With the Chinese New Year occurring during mid-February, the month was understandably less active, but the feeling of generally underlying strength in commodities for the coming year was reflected by several of the minor metals. Read more
29/01/10 Confident start
The minor metals made a confident start to the year, with most experiencing good demand. Even those that were inactive held their price, with the commodities generally expected to do well in 2010. Read more
08/01/10 Festive uncertainty
Despite a quiet second half of December, the markets during the first half of the month demonstrated that there was still uncertainty, with people unsure which way prices would go. Read more
04/12/09

Unsettled month
In an interesting development, members of the Minor Metals Trade Association voted down proposals (as outlined in last month’s Minor Metals column) for an online price-discovery system. Read more
30/11/09

Minor metals stall
Having mostly strengthened in price in recent months, the minor metals generally stalled during October whilst most of the industry partied in London for LME week. Read more
02/10/09

Still going strong
With the exception of cobalt, the minor metals mostly continued to strengthen throughout the month of September. Read more
04/09/09

Taking turns
The various minor metals, particularly those influenced by supply and/or demand from China, have been taking it in turn to experience high levels of activity, leading to increased prices. Read more
31/07/09

Variability continues
The inconsistency of the various minor metal markets continued throughout July. Read more
03/07/09

Minor inconsistencies
Inconsistencies continued in the minor metals markets throughout June as the metals reacted in different ways. Read more


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