Copper demand continues to exceed supply - Telegraph

Copper demand continues to exceed supply - Telegraph:

Copper demand continues to exceed supply

Dr Copper's diagnosis for the global economy looks pretty dire. Futures prices for the economically sensitive metal are down by almost a third since their high earlier this year.

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What is Happening?

Yes, it is a long video, but do you want to know the reasons why?

I spoke to my elderly step dad last week.  He's 75 and we talked about when he was a kid, they had to go into the village to get water from a communal tap.  This was in Cardiff.  The heart of the industrial revolution.  


He also said how copper was like gold back then.  Astonishingly expensive, which probably accounts for people using a communal tap and not affording household plumbing.
  
Oil has made everything cheap.  We may not think something as cheap in price, but compared to a few decades ago, it's all very cheap.   








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20 Tin bullion bars in stock and lots of silver coins

19 One kilo Tin bullion bars now in stock

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I took advantage of the stock market crash today and bought in a load of new stock silver bullion coins.  I wish I took advantage of the crash a little later as I would've saved some money, but that's metal prices for you. 

    Top of the list is the Britannia one ounce fine silver coin.  These seem to be more expensive than other silver bullion coins.  I was put off them for years because they weren't 999 purity but realised they do have One troy ounce of fine silver in, it's just alloyed with another metal so is actually heavier than 1 troy ounce.  I suspect the other metal is to make it the coin more durable as pure silver is very soft.
This years design in quite nice.  I wasn't too keen on last years to be honest.

Here's the 1999 Kookaburra 1 Ounce silver coin.  I got a load of these in because this particular year looks really nice.  I have one laying around somewhere.  Can't remember the year but it had the rays of the sun streaming out.  That was my favourite coin for a while.  I think it was a 2006. Not sure.

There are two of these 2012 Year of the Dragon coins made in the Perth Mint. They're a whopping 10 ounces, so there's a lot of coin for your money.

If you like the Australian Koala series the 2011 coin is quite nice.
















                             2011  One ounce silver Libertad
These coins are really good. Quite different from other coins.  I had a load of 1/2 Oz silver Libertads in last month and they sold out very quickly.  I can't seem to find any more of the 1/2 Oz version which is a shame.    

The above coins will be listed soon.  

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1 Kilo Tin bullion bar .999 purity

1 Kilo Tin bullion bar .999 purity

Finished at last.  Here is one of the tin bars with the stamp marking it at TIN, it's purity and showing it's manufactured in Britain.

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TIN Bullion Stamp finally made!

Finally, after about 6 months of trying I got this stamp made.  In Britain, manufacturers are protective of their knowledge and contacts because they want you to put the work through their company.
That's fine, but, if they see you as a tiddler and not having a big order for them they don't want to know.  Emails will get ignored or people will be in a meeting, that sort of thing.
Finally I got the name of a stamp maker and got in touch.
Everything is 3D these days with manufacturing. You make a model, it has all the dimensions on etc.  Well, not with stamp making it seems.  So a lot of diagrams later, I got to see the finished product at the workshop.
The workshop was very old fashioned, with what looked like grinding machines and old men looking through lenses.  The skill involved seemed similar to watch making.  No youngsters I noticed. That's a bit of a bad sign I think.  Maybe all the youngsters are doing media courses instead of wanting to work in industry.

Hopefully in the coming week I'll have all the Tin bars stamped along with 150 kilos of Copper bullion.
The Tin bars are fine as they are without markings but people want to see the stamp of authenticity, the weight and origin of the bar, even though the receipt will verify it.

I'm still in the process of getting 50gramme copper coins made.  I got the name of a coining company, so I'll get some coin designs done and post them on this blog.  I'd like them to be quite plain to be honest because the idea of owning them is that they could be used as a coin in case a currency collapses.  People will see the value of the metal weight of the coin, rather than it having a value stamped onto it, as if it a promise from a government.
How much is 50grammes of Copper worth after an economic collapse. I'd say exchanging it for a loaf of bread would be reasonable.

Hope you like my ramblings. If you've got any thoughts and ideas about the value of metals in the years to come, please leave a comment.

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August 2011

It's a bit embarrassing being a Brit at the minute. Greece is about to go bust because of all the cut backs and real hardship suffered by the people. The people of Syria are being murdered by the presidents forces, the same happened in Yemen and Libya is just finishing off it's civil war aided by the US, Britain, France and Italy's military might. 

The cause of the British rioter earlier this month was different.  They wanted stuff.  They weren't interested in politics, their future or putting food on the table.  They only wanted LCD televisions, mobile phones and trainers.  

There is something unpleasant in British society. We don't seem to have close knit families and so our kids can easily run riot.  I was no angel myself as a kid. Would I have joined the rioters if I was 16 again? Hmm maybe if I lived in London or Birmingham.
I guess it shows Britain is still up there with the rest of the countries facing economic collapse.  Our debt is astronomical and quite possibly the highest debt to GDP in the world.  I'm not sure why things haven't popped earlier to be honest, but maybe Greece or Spain will be the catalyst in the coming weeks.  I say weeks because I honestly can't see how Greece can weather the storm. They've got no money and nobody wants to lend to them.
They do have 100 tonnes of gold however.



1 TONNE of Copper
A couple of people have asked if I can sell them a tonne of copper bars.  Yes!  It will take time to get the copper and it's probably best to have them unpolished to keep the cost down.  Prices will go up and down because of the price of copper but if you're thinking of stashing a tonne of copper then the price would probably be £10,000 before shipping.
If you live in Britain it'll probably be easy enough to send by courier on a palette.
I wouldn't expect looters or house invaders to make off with 1 tonne of copper unless they bring a truck.  : )

1/2 Oz Britannia
I thought these Britainnia's were interesting because I phoned the Royal Mint which produces the Britainnia coins and they aren't selling them. They are from the Mint that is certain, so I have a feeling this may turn out to be a rare coin.  I have 10 for sale.

1/10" Oz Koala  
I got these because, and excuse me if I'm going all 'Road Warrior', but if an economic collapse happened and you needed to trade, a 1 Oz pure silver coin would be so valuable how would you exchange it?  You'd be able to buy 50 loaves of bread for instance but if you need 2 loaves of bread, toilet paper and coal for instance, you'll be over paying.
A 1/10th Oz coin is a lot easier to trade with.

Plus, they make nice gifts for people with new born babies.  : )

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Titanium shortage

Finance News - Business news from the UK and world - Telegraph

If you listen to the audio piece you'll hear that there's a shortage of Titanium oxide. Titanium oxide is used in paint as well as making the metal itself which is widely used in aerospace defence and racing.

I manufacture titanium fasteners and parts so its an interest to me that the metal titanium is going up in price. By 75% it seems in Australia.

If you're interested in buying 1 kilo bars of titanium send me an email and I can get some made. Rather than stamping the front of the bar with its authenticity, it may be better to have the face laser etched as Titanium is extremely strong. I may be able to get the surface polished, but Grade 2 titanium(almost pure) is quite a dull in colour.

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