Copper

Goldman Sachs sees no relief in sight for slumping copper prices. Goldman predicts a major global copper surplus through at least 2019. Despite recent weakness, the firm sees several additional potential negative catalysts coming for copper in the next several months. A new report by Goldman...

In a report published Wednesday, Macquarie Research analyst Aldo Mazzaferro reiterated an Outperform rating on shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) with an unchanged $22 price target after the company suggested it will raise up to $1 billion in equity by selling shares. Mazzaferro...

Goldman Sachs analyst Eugene King penned a report this week that focused on the firm’s updated outlook for copper and copper-exposed stocks. Goldman sees both supply and demand pressures continuing to weigh on copper prices throughout 2016, and the firm reduced its price forecast for the...

Barclays took a neutral position on the copper sub-sector in a report on U.S. Metals & Mining issued Thursday. Analyst Matthew J. Korn expected “the bullish impact of lower-than-expected metal supply to outweigh a slowdown in Chinese consumption growth and push copper prices higher....

Industrial and precious metals have had a volatile year of price swings that have included numerous false starts and subsequent breakdowns. Copper in particular has been susceptible to the whims of global economic growth trends and the pull of currency forces. Combined they threaten to sink...

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is the world's largest natural resources company. It's now undergoing a transformation and focusing on four areas: coal, copper, oil and iron ore. Here are three reasons why investors should follow the big dog in commodities in this change in corporate...

U.S. stocks rose as investors cheered the latest move by the Federal Reserve who stacked on another $10 billion to its tapering effort. By doing so, the central bank has lowered its asset purchases to $45 billion per month. “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in...

The massive earthquake that rocked the northern part of Chile, the world's leading copper producer, also shook up copper prices; briefly sending them to three-week highs. Copper rose to $6,728.75 per metric ton on the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday, its highest level since March 11. The...

After its recent four-day conference, China's ruling Communist Party released a list of reforms, meant to make the economy more responsive to consumer demand. Greater growth in China will lead to a greater demand for commodities -- as it is the world's largest consumer of many, ranging from...

Investors should always look to profit from global trends. That's especially true since emerging markets around the world have been driving much of the global economic growth. In its report, "Urban World: Cities and the Rise of the Consuming Class," the McKinsey Global Institute projects one...

With the Chinese economy increasing in growth to 7.8 percent for the most recent quarter, up from 7.5 percent previously, global financial exchanges have rallied strongly. Perhaps the biggest long term winners will be companies operating in the natural resources sector of Australia. There is an...