Offering more than 350 prices, complete news coverage, and in-depth analysis of market developments around the world, Platts Metals Week delivers the critical insights you need to make profitable decisions. This detailed report will help you monitor global events and quickly spot opportunities or potential pitfalls. Each issue includes a wrap-up of the previous week�s price movement, plus in-depth interviews with key market participants and outlooks for global supply and demand. It also provides our analysis of strikes, mining projects, production cuts, bankruptcies, legislation, joint ventures, and other market-critical events.
Features
The most comprehensive intelligence package available, a Platts Metals Week subscription delivers comprehensive news and data information, including:
- an in-depth summary of the week's market activity
- LME Close Edition -- a daily summary of the day's trading activity
- COMEX Close Edition -- a daily summary of the day's trading activity
- Monthly Price Report -- detailing monthly price averages
Who Should Buy
Traders, brokers, producers, consumers, industry executives and analysts stay informed about and gain new perspectives on the metals market.
Benefits
Traders can make more profitable decisions by keeping an eye on the fundamentals impacting the market, and the day-to-day exchange trading movements. They also can monitor the influence of other Platts' commodity sectors, such as oil, power and coal. Consumers and end-users will gain visibility on the factors that may affect costs moving forward. Traders and consumers benefit from breaking information on supply disruptions to help proactively manage their positions.
Platts Metals Daily-LME Close Edition, delivered by 18:00 GMT each business day, reports on the latest Asian and European market pricing and offers Platts insights on the day's trading activity. It also provides key data, such as:
- LME official prices and stocks for the day
- Key gold and silver prices, plus the latest exchange rates
- European Platts' proprietary assessments for ferroalloys and base metals
- A price graph highlighting a major metal mover
Platts Metals Daily-COMEX Close Edition, available by 18:30 EST, features late-arriving European news, information on the North and South American markets, and our exclusive insights into the market forces behind price movements. Subscribers receive:
- COMEX and NYMEX settlement prices, Platts' proprietary prices for bulk alloys and bulk and noble alloys, and Platts aluminium transaction prices for the week
- Original news stories on base metals, ferroalloys and steel
- A price graph and analysis of a key metal commodity, drawing upon our extensive history
Platts Metals Week details monthly average prices for key metals and provides data widely used by the industry and government for evaluating the pricing of metals, levying taxes and tariffs, determining freight rates, and evaluating new projects.
Standard Delivery
Metals Week is delivered in PDF format via email. You also can download issues in PDF format at Platts.com.
Dispatch Data – Metals
The price data listed in Metals Week is also available in data-point format for easy import and analysis. This is the most efficient, most reliable way to receive our industry-standard benchmark assessments.
For a modest additional cost, upgrade your subscription to include Dispatch Data – Metals. With a click of a mouse you'll have access to the latest, most-accurate metals price assessments in data-point format. Dispatch Data – Metals also provides you with end-of-day assessments, third-party data, and a rolling 45-day historical database for key assessments. For further information, please contact Platts Sales.
Archive Access
Gain access to past articles from back issues of Platts Metals Week. This valuable resource will allow you to search for and analyze useful information and create your own customized reference on issues that interest you. You'll always find what you're looking for, because our archives are easily searchable -- just enter key words, company names, a date range, or an industry, and specify which publications you wish to search. Add the Enhanced Newsletter Service to your subscription today for a minimal fee, and you'll gain long-term benefits.
Multiple-user subscriptions
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