Minor Metals - Complete Archive
- 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.| 01/07/11 | Quiet time July is traditionally the start of the holiday period, with many works, particularly in the northern hemisphere, on or preparing for summer shutdowns Read more |
| 01/07/11 | Summer plunge With the exception of mercury, and to a lesser degree bismuth, the minor metals took a tumble during June as is often the case during the summer months in the northern hemisphere Read more |
| 27/05/11 | Back to reality Most minor metals prices held firm, or slipped, in May as market activity slowed. Read more |
| 28/04/11 | Settling down As the traditional summer slowdown begins minor metal prices start to settle. Read more |
| 01/04/11 | Unclear fallout Instability around the world has created uncertainty in the minor metals market. Read more |
| 04/03/11 | Markets stay strong Demand and prices remain high. Read more |
| 04/02/11 | Rock and a hard place January can often be a complex month in which to determine the current market levels, or future trends, beginning as it does at the end of western holidays and ending with the onset of the Chinese New Year Read more |
| 07/01/11 | Seasonal slowdown Traditionally an active period, December was a slow month for the minor metals. Read more |
| 03/12/10 | Starting to slide Prices for some of the minor metals are beginning to fall. Read more |
| 05/11/10 | Staying strong Antimony prices continued to hold firm as offers out of China were being withheld while suppliers evaluated the impact of the Yuan appreciation on their costs.. Read more |
| 08/10/10 | Resilience from minor metals It was not only gold that remained strong in September, with most of the minor metals continuing to impress with their resilience. Read more |
| 27/08/10 | Snap recovery Having succumbed to the summer slowdown in July, several minor metals rose in August. Read more |
| 30/07/10 | Slowing down With the notable exceptions of antimony, gallium and mercury, the minor metals finally succumbed to the summer slowdown. Read more |
| 09/07/10 | Staying strong in summer 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 30/11/09 | Minor metals stall |
| 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 |
| 31/07/09 | Variability continues |
| 03/07/09 | Minor inconsistencies |
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