Industrial-metals

The US is going to print the dollar to get out of the recession, and anything tangible, like industrial metals, is going to be worth more.

For industrial metals, copper tends to have the closest relationship.

He said it aimed to expand production of copper and cobalt, two industrial metals with rising demand being driven by Chinese consumption.

Crude oil and industrial metals continued to move higher after the Greek parliament approved implementation bills.

The world's output of industrial metals is also expanding, and prices have been dropping for over a year.

This type of linkage is repeated across the industrial metals sector and, to a lesser extent, in oil, a more speculative market.

Drawn by Congo's abundance of industrial metals, China was the newest and potentially largest of the country's foreign investors.

Copper rose to a four-month high yesterday as optimism about Chinese demand buoyed the industrial metals markets amid tightening supplies.

A possible signal of tighter liquidity by China's central bank was expected to affect gold less than industrial metals.

Metallurgy applies engineering and technical skills to developing industrial metals and manufacturing processes.

Since the June quarter-end, gold is off more than 11%, and several industrial metals also have tanked.

Other industrial metals have also risen sharply since midyear, reflecting both the economic backdrop and supply-demand dynamics.

Yet while demand for raw materials is growing steadily, supplies of crops, water, energy and industrial metals aren't keeping up.

The supply chain for industrial metals, from copper to iron ore, has gone from being regional and fragmented to global and unified.

Precious metals, industrial metals and grains also recorded strong gains during that three-year period.

Partly as a result of the Chinese real-estate slowdown, prices for key industrial metals have softened.

Copper climbed to a 27-month high as investors sought industrial metals to hedge against a decline in the dollar.

In tandem with confidence in the Brics came a sustained bull market in commodities, led by oil and industrial metals.

And investors have started to react, particularly by selling industrial metals and oil.

Industrial metals, like copper and zinc, also saw considerable swings.

The huge demand for industrial metals may be artificial.

Sure enough, the Aussie moves with the price of industrial metals.

Other industrial metals facing shortages include lead and iron ore.

China's elevated imports of industrial metals continued apace in the month of June.

Precious metals such as gold and silver get most of the attention, but industrial metals are better suited for the scarcity trade.

Of all commodities, industrial metals have the closest correlation with equities, according to Deutsche Bank AG.

The cobalt price's collapse is in line with other industrial metals such as aluminium, zinc, nickel and copper.

The two Asian giants are big buyers of Latin American commodities such as grains, industrial metals, oil and other sources of energy.

These centre on oil in Angola and industrial metals in Congo, with less public attention to diamonds.

After that, industrial metals gained 26 per cent and agricultural commodities as much as 40 per cent, according to Dow Jones-UBS indices.

Of all commodities, industrial metals have the highest correlation to equities, according to Deutsche Bank AG.

Industrial metals such as copper were on a tear. So were precious metals, such as silver.

Negative sentiment in China also weighed on industrial metals.

Copper and other industrial metals such as tin are also being driven by supply constraints.

Gains in industrial metals such as copper and aluminum over the past few months are more tied to fundamentals, according to some analysts.

This is especially true in cyclical commodities such as oil and industrial metals.