7 Quotes by John Tumazos

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    We are lowering our rating on the copper industry to neutral from favorable as demand in the United States and some parts of Asia are weaker than expected.

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    I think steel's going to recover to robust profitability for surviving companies for the most part due to reduction in supply.

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    Our revision does not guarantee that the copper market moves to surplus, but it does suggest the market is coming closer into balance.

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    We are not reducing our earnings estimates or our price target, but we do not have the confidence in current copper demand to raise our copper price estimate of $2 per pound to the current copper price of $2.31 or our price target above $160.

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    There's a constant rate of retirees, pension and medical payments. Nucor doesn't have that, so it's tough competing with that.

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    Their staffing levels are excessive, in my opinion. This isn't the first time they've laid people off, and I don't think it's the last. They are much, much leaner than they were 20 years ago.

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    If neither has a great outlook its hard to say who got a better deal and who got the worse one.

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