Metals & Mining Commodity Reports

Metals and Mining Commodity Reports

2009 Base Metals balances

London, February 2010

Data from World Bureau of Metal Statistics: 2009 base metals balances.

Review of trends in Zinc and Lead markets, 2009

London, 17 February 2010

Attached below the ILZSG summery of trends in the lead and zinc markets during 2009.

Changing Climate Triggers Risk and Investment Issues for Global Mining Industry

London, 28 January 2010

Global Report: Changing Climate Triggers Risk and Investment Issues for Global Mining Industry; Report Suggests Mining Companies are Failing to Fully Recognise Risks Posed by Inevitable Climate Change.

Molybdenum: Market outlook to 2014 (10th edition, 2010)

London, 27 January 2010

Cutbacks by major producers, combined with stockpiling in China, resulted in a tightening of supply, causing prices to spike in mid 2009. Between July 2009 and August 2009, prices for both molybdic oxide and ferromolybdenum almost doubled, only to drop by 50% in the next two months.

Gold: Investor demand robust and diverse ..

London, 21 January 2010

The combination of investors seeking protection against dollar depreciation and the spectre of future inflation combined with a shift in central bank reserve management as western central banks slowed gold sales and developing nations increased their gold reserves, supported the strong performance of gold during 2009, according to World Gold Council’s latest Gold Investment Digest.

Silver News, 4th quarter 2009

December 2009

The 4th quarter 2009 issue of the Silver Institute's publication, "Silver News", is now available online.

"Financialisation of Commodity Markets": UN

London, 9 October 2009

Has 'financialisation' encouraged boom and bust? The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development has devoted a chapter in its trade and development report to “the financialisation of commodity markets”.

The ICSG 2009 Statistical Yearbook

London, 31 July 2009

The ICSG 2009 Statistical Yearbook is included as part of the ICSG Monthly Bulletin annual subscription and is also available for sale as a separate single issue.

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Rebalancing the U.S.-China Economic Relationship:

Washington DC, 28 July 2009

A Steel Industry Perspective: The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) released today a study describing the negative impact of China’s economic policies on the U.S. and world economies.