2010年8月全球钢铁行业研究报告.pdf

METALS INSIDER COMPILED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010 If you would like to receive this newsletter via email please register at /commodities_preference CHART OF THE DAY (Click on the chart for full-size image) FEATURE METALS INSIDER-August brings no relief from LME backwardations Hans August is normally a seasonal lull in the LME base metals trading calendar. The dog days of northern hemisphere summer are often char- acterised by low volumes and rising exchange inventories as holiday shutdowns translate into physical market surplus. Andy Home is a Reuters Columnist. The opinions expressed are his own Click here to read the rest of his column MARKETS (Click on the sections below to jump to the full story) BASE METALS: Copper prices rose on Monday as the market fo- CLICK HERE FOR LME CHARTS cused on falling inventories, supply constraints and strong eco- TRADING PLACES nomic growth in China, the worlds largest consumer of industrial metals. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was • Spotlight on Chinese walls in LME warehouses trading at $7,210 a tonne at 1008 GMT compared with $7,156 at the • CFTCs Sommers: position limit deadline poses