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Base Metals & China – Why So Glum?

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24 January 2025: China is a crucial driver for the LME metal markets and financial market sentiment still looks depressed in the country, with equity…

January 24, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Copper: Tariff Threat Troubles Traders

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17 January 2025: The LME three-month copper price underperformed in the second half of last year, but it has bounced back in recent weeks. The…

January 17, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals & Trump: Rhetoric v Reality

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9 January 2025: Donald Trump will start his second term as US President on 20 January and his approach is likely to be radically different…

January 10, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Tin: Prices Retreat, but Fundamentals Retighten

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19 December 2024: LME tin prices have outperformed the rest of the base metals complex so far this year and upside risks are now building…

December 19, 2024 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals Review of Year and Look Ahead Dec24

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Our latest Youtube video is now available giving our review of base metal market trends in 2024 and look ahead to 2025. Click on the…

December 13, 2024 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals: AMT Algo Models Outperform

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8 November 2024: Risk appetite has been fickle in the run up to the US election and Chinese stimulus measures have been disappointing. Given this,…

November 11, 2024

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Base Metals: Bulls to Dominate, Amid Tight Fundamentals

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24 September 2024: The LME base metals complex saw mixed price trends in the past year, with aluminium, copper and zinc all up, while tin…

September 26, 2024

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Copper: Challenging the Bullish Narrative

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11 September 2024: LME three-month copper prices rallied into mid-May, but have fallen significantly since then. The biggest problem for bulls is that the Chinese…

September 12, 2024

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Base Metals: Algo Signals and Momentum Modelling

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24 July 2024: Base metal prices are driven by a combination of fundamental and technical drivers. One important part of technical analysis is to understand…

July 25, 2024

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