WOW, you should have posted that. Copper above $4.00, which it hit last year, would be great, copper above $5.00 would be AWESOME!
This is what I found - looks good. Everyone predicting a nice rise.
Copper Price Forecasts From Survey of October 24, 2011
(US$/metric tonne)
Survey Date Spot Price US$7381/t Dec 11 Mar 12 Jun
12 Sep 12
% Change from spot Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13
Barclays Capital 8000 9000 9800 11000 49.0% Download the sample issue
Macquarie Bank 9250 9500 10000 10500 42.3% below to see the complete table
BREE 9544 10050 10050 10050 36.2% of forecasts, price charts,
RBS 9700 9744 9810 9943 34.7% and written analysis.
ANZ 8024 9424 9975 9755 32.2%
CPM Group 7670 8820 9790 9490 28.6%
Deutsche Bank 7850 8700 9000 9400 27.4%
Metal Bulletin Research 7600 8000 8800 9300 26.0%
Wilson HTM 8416 8852 8852 9253 25.4%
BIPE 7500 8000 8700 9200 24.6%
Credit Suisse 7496 8201 8907 9193 24.6%
BNP Paribas 8075 9300 9500 9075 23.0%
Econ Intelligence Unit 7761 8599 8819 9040 22.5%
Oxford Economics 7379 8089 8659 8972 21.6%
Societe Generale 7750 8200 8550 8600 16.5%
IHS Global Insight 7235 7985 8366 8481 14.9%
Citigroup 8500 7600 7850 8250 11.8%
Morgan Stanley 8929 8488 8378 8157 10.5%
BoA Merrill Lynch 6000 7500 9500 8000 8.4%
HWWI 7500 7700 7800 8000 8.4%
UBS 7275 7496 7937 7937 7.5%
Investec na 7055 7055 7496 1.6%
Prometeia 7558 7470 7332 7293 -1.2%
Consensus (Mean) 7955 8425 8845 8973 21.6%
High 9700 10050 10050 11000 -
Low 6000 7055 7055 7293 -
Standard Deviation 844 814 871 940 -
The table above shows a portion of copper price forecasts taken from the
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Zinc Price Forecasts From Survey of October 24, 2011
(US$/metric tonne)
Survey Date Spot Price US$1841/t Dec 11 Mar 12 Jun
12 Sep 12 % Change from spot Dec 12 Mar 13 Jun 13 Sep 13 Dec 13
Macquarie Bank 2250 2350 2350 2500 35.8% Download the sample issue
RBS 2359 2249 2359 2491 35.3% below to see the complete table
BREE 2337 2475 2475 2475 34.4% of forecasts, price charts,
Wilson HTM 2162 2251 2251 2401 30.4% and written analysis.
Barclays Capital 2050 2150 2250 2400 30.4%
Deutsche Bank 2100 2200 2300 2400 30.4%
BNP Paribas 2190 2300 2325 2375 29.0%
UBS 1984 2094 2315 2315 25.7%
ANZ 2028 2249 2348 2315 25.7%
Prometeia 2143 2233 2250 2261 22.8%
BIPE 1950 2050 2150 2250 22.2%
HWWI 2000 2080 2150 2250 22.2%
Metal Research Bulletin 1850 1980 2200 2250 22.2%
CPM Group 1888 2100 2250 2230 21.1%
IHS Global Insight 1955 2026 2179 2221 20.7%
Investec na 1984 1984 2205 19.8%
Credit Suisse 1940 2094 2161 2205 19.8%
Societe Generale 2180 2200 2150 2200 19.5%
Oxford Economics 1999 2019 2069 2127 15.5%
BoA Merrill Lynch 1850 2100 2400 2100 14.1%
Citigroup 2125 2000 2050 2100 14.1%
Morgan Stanley 2161 2161 2116 2072 12.6%
Econ Intelligence Unit 1984 1984 1940 2028 10.2%
Consensus (Mean) 2067 2145 2218 2268 23.2%
High 2359 2475 2475 2500 -
Low 1850 1980 1940 2028 -
Standard Deviation 145 130 134 136 -