

BMO Equity Research Metal Matters
BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Featuring Helen Amos, Commodities analyst at BMO Capital Markets, Metal Matters discusses the hot topics in Global Metals & Mining each week.
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Sep 9, 2022 • 10min
Beijing, Batteries and Metal Buyers
In this short (10 min) podcast we discuss expectations for China’s CPC meeting, batteries, uranium and base metal inventories.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/CABE2704-7271-46B4-9852-EFC7085480C7.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Aug 26, 2022 • 9min
Powering Down
In this short (9 min) podcast we discuss the impact of rising power prices on supply and demand in the metals industry, the potential for industrial action and the current state of copper.Click here for transcript.To access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Aug 12, 2022 • 8min
Summer Doldrums
In this short (8 min) podcast we take stock of demand trends, costs, and China steel optimism in what has been a relatively quiet August thus far for metals and bulk commodity markets.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/FAF96EBA-8D96-4E15-B6BD-A51595D018FD.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Jul 29, 2022 • 10min
Counting on Costs
In this short (10 min) podcast we discuss why cost curves are back in focus, and the latest developments in China property, nickel, and aluminium.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/8E1FCB74-2560-4D7B-A690-3D3C462AAC98.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Jul 15, 2022 • 11min
Taking Stock of the Headwinds
In this short (11 min) podcast we discuss the challenges facing current metals markets, copper, steel, and the latest data from China.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/4E69F782-FD3D-464F-BF9C-1916327AFB40.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Jul 1, 2022 • 10min
Metal Matters: Little Shelter From the Storm
In this short (10 min) podcast we discuss the recent sell-off in industrial metal prices, the outlook for copper and uranium, and current price disconnects across commodity markets.Click here for transcriptTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Jun 17, 2022 • 10min
Vacation Rotation
In this short (10 min) podcast we discuss when the current energy interest may rotate back towards metals, central bank policy and China’s May economic and trade data.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/50822505-43AB-4686-9A80-EBE8F64D7047.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

Jun 3, 2022 • 9min
Catching Up on China
In this short podcast we discuss the divergent forces in China’s metals demand, thermal coal, iron ore, and the battery cycle.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/5D0C35F3-7E78-416C-9FDC-4BA75B5CE99F.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

May 20, 2022 • 9min
Peak Conference Season
In this short (9 min) podcast we discuss feedback from industry events covering cobalt, platinum, and aluminium markets, plus what is different in the current price downcycle.Episode transcript: https://research-ca.bmocapitalmarkets.com/documents/E8645781-6ED4-4F4C-80CA-612AC744A622.PDFTo access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/

May 6, 2022 • 9min
Infrastructure, Iron Ore and Indaba
In this short (9 min) podcast we discuss the implications of China’s latest pro- growth rhetoric, how to think about the iron ore market, copper and zinc market dynamics plus what we may see at Mining Indaba.Click here for transcript.To access our full disclosures, please visit: https://researchglobal0.bmocapitalmarkets.com/public-disclosure/