Freeport-McMoRan Stock Discussion

Hello mooers! Check out the latest market dynamics of the metals and mining industry over the past week.
•Base metals: Copper prices rebound by 3.5% in a week
•Energy metals: Nickel prices stabilize and surpass $17,000 per ton
•Precious metals: Gold and silver prices rise by 2.1% and 4.1% respectively last week
•Bulk commodity: Thermal coal prices up by 1.4% to $134 per ton
Spot ...

Hello mooers! Check out the latest market dynamics of the metals and mining industry over the past week.
•Base metals: Copper prices rebound by 3.5% in a week
•Energy metals: Nickel prices stabilize and surpass $17,000 per ton
•Precious metals: Gold and silver prices rise by 2.1% and 4.1% respectively last week
•Bulk commodity: Thermal coal prices up by 1.4% to $134 per ton
Spot ...

Copper market balance under pressure: We've seen more supply disappointments and disruptions in recent months.
- Production at Codelco, the world's top supplier of the red metal, fell 10.1% to 107,300 metric tons in March.
- There was another strike at MMG's large Las Bambas copper mine, one of the largest copper mines in South America.
- Glencore's copper production fell another 2% last quarter and has been declining for more than 4 years.
- Copper production at Antofagasta, a major copper mine...

Outperforming mining and energy stocks are set for further gains as a constructive backdrop for commodity prices and demand is set to support earnings.
Basic resources and energy shares have outpaced the benchmark over the past three months, despite May’s drop in crude prices. Wall Street continues to be bullish on mining and energy stocks, believing that the shareholder payouts and a wide discount to the mar...

On this Monday, the London Metal Exchange witnessed a significant surge in benchmark copper prices, reaching an unprecedented nominal peak above the $11,000/t mark. This milestone eclipsed the previous high of $10,850, recorded in 2022.
However, the market saw a dramatic reversal on Wednesday, with prices plummeting 4.3% to $10,396/t—marking the steepest single-day drop since July 2022. Despite this midweek slump, copper prices have maintain...