Company is accelerating expansion of its African zinc operations to take advantage of a surge
in zinc prices.
The Bongará Zinc Mine Project was in production from 2007 to 2008, but was closed due to the global financial crisis and concurrent decrease
in the zinc price.
Not exact matches
SHANGHAI METALS: Aluminium and
zinc prices in Shanghai also raced higher.
Copper
prices were responsible for another major change
in 1997, when the penny's composition was switched to 98.4 %
zinc with a copper plating.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth
in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures
in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase
in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift
in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases
in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations
in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; market share and
price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering
prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials
in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the
zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates
in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals
in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta
in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes
in its stock
price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations
in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time
in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
The increased demand fueled a surge
in prices; copper tripled and
zinc doubled over the five - year period ending
in 2007.
In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on
prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results
in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in years, while
zinc and lead
prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures
prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion
in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions
in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.
Despite the recent pullback
in prices,
zinc is still trading hands at multi-year highs.
Kapuskasing will be
in a great position to take advantage of not just one but several commodity
price spikes, the first of which I think will be
in both copper and
zinc.
Zinc treatment charges
in some years have a
pricing component that is linked to LME
prices.
Zinc prices rose by 13 per cent over the three months to January, as stronger - than - expected demand led to falls
in stocks.
Treatment charges
in spot markets, where there is scant surplus material, hit a record - low of $ 10 / t last month, with one trader saying that suggests
zinc prices may keep climbing after rallying 60 %
in 2016 and 29 % last year.
It seems the view now is that the «wall of supply» is taking longer to materialise and could be
in the lower - range of estimates,» he said, as higher
zinc prices have driven some miners to ramp up operations.
The reason
zinc prices have rocketed higher
in recent weeks is that
zinc is an essential metal for the construction industry.
While
zinc rose by 0.7 percent,
prices for wheat
in Chicago gained by 0.5 percent to reach $ 8.61 a bushel.
Sprouting also aids
in the absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and
zinc (
Price - Pottenger Nutrition Foundation).
To the residents of Donora, Pa., a mill town
in a crook of the Monongahela River, the daily haze from nearby
zinc and steel plants was the
price of keeping their families fed.
In the US, the high
price of
zinc and copper means it currently costs 1.8 cents to produce 1 cent.
And, yes, the Weston A.
Price Foundation has been very active
in warning people about the need to properly soak and prepare these foods
in order to inactivate phytate so it will not interfere with absorption of calcium,
zinc and other minerals.
It seems unlikely that
ZINC would be able to generate high returns ex-ante
in a commodity industry, especially when the commodity
price isn't at the top of its cycle.
The leverage and cyclicality of Horsehead Holdings set up the possibility of that occurrence, and the fall
in the
price of
zinc triggered it.