Re: Copper and lead going up

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

> "nick markowitz" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ee1c71d5-5a2c-4929-94d6-968b74e93e6f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Was at several different supply houses  around Pittsburgh yesterday
>> and there all saying copper and lead are going up in price by as much
>> as 25% which is very strange for this time of year any one else here
>> this.

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Look at the commodities trading rates.  More than likely it's a price
> increase dictated by reduced demand in the wire making industries and
> trying to make up revenue by jacking prices.  This sort of thing usually
> happens at the distribution level.  It just drives business off shore in
> the long run.

Oops.  I should take my own advice.  LME and others do show an upward trend
in the price of copper over the last year.

http://www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/cu/cu.asp