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How to Hammer Out a Niche in Copper - WSJ (Sept, 1987)
Read what The Wall Street Journal wrote when John started his consulting business in 1987.
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Expected Supply Deficit To Underpin Copper Prices - Kitco News (Dec, 2018)
Analysts look for copper to start benefitting from a supply-demand deficit in 2019 after being held back during 2018 by issues such as worries about the U.S.-China trade war. Read More (Link)
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Ferrous futures likely to go mainstream - Fastmarkets AMM (May, 2018)
Ferrous futures contracts have not been widelyadopted by the metals industry yet but if progress in the copper and aluminium markets is any indication...Read More (PDF)
This content was originally produced by Grace Lavigne at Fastmarkets AMM: View Article
2011-2013
What Is The Gold Market Telling Us? (Sept, 2013)
The price of gold peaked at $1,762 on a monthly average basis in September 2011. Since then, the market has tried and failed three times. Read More
What Is Driving The Metal Markets? (Oct, 2013)
In all likelihood, Mark Twain did not have metal markets in mind when he said, “history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme”. Read More (PDF)
The Longview of Copper Prices - MetalMiner (Apr, 2011)
When it comes to the long-term view of the ups and downs in the copper market, it can be argued that John Gross has it covered...Read More
Copper: The Challenge Continues - Electrical Wholesaling (Jan, 2011)
The market is bullish, and why not? Read More (PDF)
2009
Copper Pricing Update - Electrical Wholesaling (Oct, 2009)
Right now there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason for the run-up in pricing for copper and other metals...Read More
Managing Price Risk Protects Profitability - Electroindustry News (Jun, 2009)
As you know only too well, the past several years have seen unprecedented price volatility for all commodities, with copper in particular subject to violent swings...Read More (PDF)
Copper: Managing Price Risk - Wire Journal International (May, 2009)
Hedging can help protect buyers of copper and other metals from wild swings in prices...Read More (PDF)
Managing Price Risk - Electrical Wholesaling (Apr, 2009)
Hedging can help protect buyers of copper and other metals from wild swings in prices...Read More
Copper: The Evolution Of An Industry - Recycling Today (Feb, 2009)
On a hot, humid summer day in 1974, I paid my first visit to the United States Metals Refining Company...Read More
Copper Market of Extremes - Electrical Wholesaling (Jan, 2009)
What a long, strange trip it's been for the copper market over the past 12 months...Read More (PDF)
2007-2008
Copper: A Market Divided - COMEX / NYMEX (Apr, 2008)
The real turning point began to emerge in earnest during 2004 however...Read More
Copper Prices: A Story Of Extremes - Wire Journal International (Dec, 2008)
It was just a little more than a half year ago, July 2, 2008 to be exact, that the price of copper on Comex closed at a record high $4.08 per pound. Read More
Copper: Anatomy of a Bull Market - COMEX / NYMEX (Aug, 2007)
With prices continuing to advance at unprecedented rates, it was apparent that something unusual was occurring, beyond what might be expected. Read More (PDF)
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