Copper Forecast Update: Prices Should Fall as Supply Rebounds and Chinese Demand Slips Post-Stimulus
We’ve raised our 2017 and 2018 copper price forecasts amid short-term supply constraints and stimulus-related demand growth in China. We now expect prices to average $2.65 per pound in 2017 (previously $2.40) and $2.40 in 2018 (previously $2.05). This sees minor upgrades to our near-term earnings forecasts for BHP, but not sufficiently to change our fair value estimate.We expect copper prices, which have surged in recent weeks to $2.90 per pound, to fall in the remainder of 2017 and into 2018. ...
BHP Billiton is a resources company. Co. extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas, primarily in Australia and the Americas. Co. operates four reportable segments: Petroleum, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas; Copper, which is engaged in the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold; Iron Ore, which is engaged in the mining of iron ore; and Coal, which is engaged in the mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. Co.'s Petroleum unit comprises conventional and unconventional oil and gas assets, and includes exploration, development and production activities.
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