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January 2020 | Base Metals


Market Summary: Anticipating the rat


Trading volumes are low and this probably reflects activity winding down for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will herald the year of the rat. We suspect there could be some significant restocking activity in some base metal markets after the holiday, which could be supportive to prices in the remainder of Q1.

Anticipating the rat
Trading volumes are low and this probably reflects activity winding down for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will herald the year of the rat. We suspect there could be some significant restocking activity in some base metal markets after the holiday, which could be supportive to prices in the remainder of Q1.

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