SPOT MARKETS DEMAND FIRM; MINERS TARDY NOT REOPENING SCRAP YARDS AND COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, NICKEL, IRON ORE, MET COAL MINES 1/4/2017
NICKEL HAS 4.7% DROP IN MINE OUTPUT, 0.2% DROP IN REFINED OUTPUT AND 7.2% GAIN IN APPARENT DEMAND IN OCTOBER 2016 YTD WBMS DATA 12/31/2016
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI MODELS UPDATED FOR LOWER GOLD PRICES 12/30/2016
METALS – – VOLUME 19 OF MONTHLY PLANT SHUTDOWNS TALLIES 21 EXPANSIONS AND 10 SHUTDOWNS IN DECEMBEER AFTER 23 EXPANSIONS AND 11 SHUTDOWNS OR CUTBACKS IN DECEMBER 12/29/2016
METALS “ALLOY COMPETITION” AMONG AEROSPACE, JET ENGINE AND HIGH PRECISION SUPPLIERS 12/29/2016
ALUMINUM AND ALUMINA OUTPUTS MAKE NEW RECORDS IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MOVING INTO OVERSUPPLY 12/29/2016
GRUPO MEXICO S.A.B. de C.V. HIGHER FUTURE COPPER PRICES AND PRODUCTION GENERATE HIGHER FUTURE EARNINGS AND CASH FLOW 12/28/2016
CF INDUSTRIES ENJOYS PRICE APPRECIATION EVEN THOUGH NITROGEN PRICES AND EARNINGS FALL SHARPLY 12/28/2016
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LOWER GOLD PRICE AND LOWER OPERATING COSTS AT MEXICAN ASSETS DUE TO A WEAKER MEXICAN PESO 12/24/2016
NEWMONT MINING CASH FLOW OUTLOOK UNDERMINED BY LOWER GOLD PRICES PARTLY OFFSET BY LOWER SUSTAINING CAPEX ESTIMATES 12/22/2016