Commerzbank figures any downward price corrections in base metals are likely to be limited, particularly since any weakness in the U.S. economy could lead to a third round of quantitative easing in....

Booking a profit on a long copper position, suggesting the market has moved ahead of its fundamentals for now, although any correction lower is likely to be limited, said Goldman Sachs in a researc....

Morgan Stanley expects copper prices to remain elevated over the next two years. Until the global inventory pipeline is replenished and a reliable supply environment ensues, copper prices should st....

Tracking the performance of copper relative to gold can reveal and anticipate macro-economic trends. The red metal has vast industrial and power grid applications thereby qualifying it as a reliabl....

The Chinese were importing copper at record levels during December 2011 to restock their inventory. There has been a concern that in 2012, there will be a copper deficit, which resulted from this b....

Copper prices to average $9,250/ton in 2012, before prices stabilise just below $10,000/ton in 2013, said Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd. in a Q1 2012 Metals Review.....

United States copper production increased slightly to about 1.12 million tons and its value rose to about $10 billion in 2011, said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a research note. The country....

Chinese copper imports were strong in December, although analysts with Barclays Capital said that they could ease in the months ahead.....

In this exclusive interview with Kwong-Mun Achong Low discusses why copper may have a slight edge on gold in 2012 and what companies are the crown jewels of his coverage list. Achong Low, an analys....

Investor and newsletter Dennis Gartman says he anticipates corrections throughout the metals complex. As a result, he favors scaling back a bullish position in copper.....

Copper prices for an average of $3.60 a pound in 2012, with a first-half average of $3.70 and second-half average of $3.50, said UBS in a research note.....

History says that government policy shifts can have a tremendous affect on the economy and the markets. While no one can predict the future, you can use probability in your favor. For example, Chin....

Favorable U.S. economic data lately, hopes of monetary easing in China plus firm Asian equity markets are buoying base metals, with copper topping $8,400 a metric ton for the first time in four mon....

Favorable U.S. economic data lately, hopes of monetary easing in China plus firm Asian equity markets are buoying base metals, with copper topping $8,400 a metric ton for the first time in four months....

China’s trade data combined with production data point to strong growth in China’s apparent copper consumption last month, compared to the year before, said Barclays Capital in a resear....

Global stock markets and commodities, including copper and gold, are trading higher despite what might be perceived as negative headlines, said R.J. O’Brien & Associates in a briefing.....

FC Stone looks for LME three-months copper to average $8,000 a metric ton in 2012. Copper has been ranging mostly between $7,000 and $8,000 the last two months.....

Copper futures rose, settling at a one-month high on hopes firm global demand for the metal would outweigh the drag from Europe's faltering economy.....