Barclays COMMODITIES RESEARCH:BASE and PRECIOUS METALS --Oct2010

Barclays Capital

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CONTENTS:
FOCUS – BASE METALS: FUNDAMENTAL FUEL 3
Consumption indicators .........................................................................................................................13
Global Forecasts ......................................................................................................................................16
BASE METALS 17
Aluminium ................................................................................................................................................18
Copper .......................................................................................................................................................22
Lead............................................................................................................................................................27
Nickel..........................................................................................................................................................32
Tin...............................................................................................................................................................36
Zinc.............................................................................................................................................................38
PRECIOUS METALS 43
Gold ............................................................................................................................................................44
Silver...........................................................................................................................................................48
Platinum ....................................................................................................................................................50
Palladium...................................................................................................................................................52
DATA 55
China trade ...............................................................................................................................................56
Cost indicators .........................................................................................................................................59
Base metal stocks....................................................................................................................................60
Prices..........................................................................................................................................................62
Base metal LME cash price forecasts...................................................................................................69
Precious metal spot price forecasts .....................................................................................................70