Copper Mountain Mines Ltd

Daily Metal Prices (March 18, 2002)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMarch 12March 11March 8March 7March 6Aluminium…


US manufacturing data point to rebound in prices

In light of much-better-than-expected manufacturing data from the U.S. and Europe, which pushed base metals prices to strong closes at the end of the report period Feb. 25-March 1, the short-term risk…


Red metal suffers setback

Copper prices ended the report period Feb. 18-22 by giving up almost all the gains they had made since late January. On Feb. 22, the 30-month price on the London Metal Exchange closed just above the 1…


Short-term prospects dim in mineral commodity markets

It’s annual-report season, and given the difficult trading conditions of late, it isn’t surprising that many companies are reporting mixed results. What is cause for concern, however, is that most min…


Recovery in the air

During the Feb. 4-10 report period, we witnessed a serious test of nerves in metals markets.In the base metals sector, copper prices maintained a narrow range in the highest trading area since June 20…


Producer and Dealer Prices (February 11, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,125/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.95-7.40/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.7325/lb.


Producer and Dealer Prices (February 04, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,090/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.95-7.60/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.699/lb.


US indicators surpass expectations

Metals prices traded in buoyant fashion for most of the report period Jan. 21-25, feeding off unexpectedly good economic data and strong technical indicators. Weakness crept in late on Jan. 25, pushin…


Data point to turnaround

The decline over the Jan. 14-18 period in base metals has highlighted the extent to which markets heralded the new year with over-optimistic expectations akin to a false dawn.Large price increases and…


Base metals surprisingly buoyant as new year begins

Against most expectations, including our own, base metals have opened the year in buoyant mood. Early in the report period Jan. 7-11, they sparked sharply higher in response to fresh buying by commodi…


Mixed opening for 2002

Base metals enjoyed a mixed opening to the new year (report period Jan. 2-4). Two of the less-fashionable metals, lead and zinc, saw sizable mid-week rallies and closed strongly on Jan. 4. In contrast…


Mounting metals stocks cast pall over new year

Base metals continued to shed value during the report period Dec. 10-14 as the markets eased back following the technical rally of late November.Nickel was the big loser, shedding 8.1% of its average …


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