3 Molybdenum Stocks with Improved Q3 Results
We’re nearing the end of earnings season in North America, and some producers of molybdenum have reported stronger results compared to the same period a year ago.
We’re nearing the end of earnings season in North America, and some producers of molybdenum have reported stronger results compared to the same period a year ago.
Chinese imports of molybdenum concentrate and molybdenum oxide nearly doubled from January to February as overseas sellers stepped up competition with Chinese producers. This did little, although, to correct prices.
Molybdenum prices are currently hovering around the $9 per lb mark, a drastic decline from last Augusts’ high of $34. Molybdenum managed to hold its price point longer than other metals; but in the fourth quarter of 2008 the steel industry’s defeat sent molybdenum on a free fall.
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