Chinese demand to support copper prices in the second half of the year, said Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm, in a commodities briefing.....

Buying the Q2 commodity lows has been a profitable strategy in each of the past two years and we think that pattern will hold this time.....

Global refined copper production rose by 3% year-on-year to 4.95 million tons in the first quarter (Q1) of this year with significant increase in Spain, Iran and India, as per latest data released ....

China’s April copper imports fell, a beginning and Commerzbank looks for more declines. Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank.....

Politics are going to be a bigger risk to the base metals this year than has been the case for some time with elections in France, Greece and the US and the hand over of power in China, said Barcla....

Copper prices to reach $9,000 a metric ton in late 2012, said Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas (BNP Paribas), in a commodities briefing. BNP Paribas is the eurozone's largest bank by deposits.....

Copper supply growth to face further disappointments in 2012 and 2013, said Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, in a weekly commodities report.....

Barclays Capital give overweight ratings for gold and copper among the commodities in their monthly report on rankings.....

Following the Chilean copper confab, CESCO, there was little change in the conviction in the view of copper prices by conference-goers, said Deutsche Bank in commodity research note.....

Base metals are sharply lower. “A confluence of events is behind the negative start to the week, with political developments out of Europe being at the forefront of what is most troubling the....

Analysts with Barclays Capital say their visit to the CESCO/CRU copper conference in Chile last week confirmed their view that the near-term fundamental outlook offers downside risks to copper pric....

The enduring narrative of lower-than-expected copper supplies is occurring again so far in 2012, said Morgan Stanley in a briefing.....

LME base metals finished mixed as “relative value plays,” with technically oriented trading and currency-related activity dominating flows, said RBC Capital Markets in a research note.....

Barclays Capital has revised downward its 2012 copper price forecast from $9,000 to $8,803 a metric ton to allow for a weaker-than-normal sequential rise in the second quarter, but expects a streng....

Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) forecasts global copper demand growth of 3.7% to 20.7 million metric tons this year, driven by a 7% rise in Chinese demand to 8.2 million.....

A combination of factors contributed to a sharp fall in copper prices, said Triland Metals in a research note.....

FCStone looks for London Metal Exchange copper to remain in its range of roughly $8,100 to $8,800 per metric ton from February and March as a “tug-of-war” continues.....

Metals may face headwinds for a while yet, but “patience is a virtue” for the longer term, said TD Securities in a commodity research note.....

Contrary to consensus expectations, China’s copper imports in February increased again to the second highest on record. One common explanation for strong refined copper imports is financing, ....

Chile's copper mining giant Codelco expects a fall in 2012 production while another mining giant Collahuasi sees an increase in production. Chile is the largest copper producer in the world.....