Originally, the company produced only foundry castings at the 106 East 20th Street plant, but expanded to producing machined parts in the 1920’s. A Machine Shop building was leased until 1969 when a new Machine Shop building was built at 401 West 23rd Street. Commodities are a favorite play during periods of high inflation, but… Read More
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Bullish Copper Bets Drop as Once-Hot Market Cools
Beckett Bronze Company was incorporated May 21, 1913 as the Delaware Brass and Aluminum Company by a group of stockholders which included John Beckett, a molder, and his son, Charles Speculative investors recently pushed bullish wagers on copper prices to their lowest level in more than a year, a sign that traders are worried that… Read More
METALS-Copper slips as nervous investors wait for Fed signals
Beckett Bronze manufactures bronze bearings, bronze bushings, and bronze bars. Custom made cast bronze bearings, bushings, and bars are made from over 50 alloys in our own foundry. Why pay a broker mark up? LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) – Copper prices lost ground in low volumes on Wednesday as investors waited on the sidelines for… Read More
The Copper Price Mountain Crumbles
Originally, the company produced only foundry castings at the 106 East 20th Street plant, but expanded to producing machined parts in the 1920’s. A Machine Shop building was leased until 1969 when a new Machine Shop building was built at 401 West 23rd Street. It’s too early to say copper prices have peaked for the… Read More
China to Release Metal Reserves in Effort to Tame Commodities Rally
Beckett Bronze Company was incorporated May 21, 1913 as the Delaware Brass and Aluminum Company by a group of stockholders which included John Beckett, a molder, and his son, Charles. Charles Beckett eventually bought out the other stockholders, including his father, and managed the company until his death in 1960. China said it would begin… Read More
From Copper to Corn, Markets Show Peak Inflation Fear Has Passed
Why pay a broker mark up? Deal direct for cast bronze parts or bars made to your exact specifications for any application. Veteran owned. Competitive prices and delivery. (Bloomberg) — With investors anxious to hear the Federal Reserve’s latest take on inflation after last week’s hot reading, certain corners of the market are already simmering… Read More
Here’s Why Copper Is Down
Beckett Bronze produces cast bronze precision-machined parts and continuous cast bars. Castings are manufactured at the East 20th Street plant. The West 23rd Street plant produces finished machined parts and has about 75 machine tools including CNC lathes. We know the structural case for the deficit in copper, and how it’s one of the tightest… Read More
WSJ News Exclusive | Copper Boom Has BHP, Freeport Picking Through Waste
Beckett Bronze manufactures bronze bearings, bronze bushings, and bronze bars. Custom made cast bronze bearings, bushings, and bars are made from over 50 alloys in our own foundry. Why pay a broker mark up? An obscure mining business part-owned by members of the Pritzker and Walton families is getting some new heavyweight investors: BHP Group… Read More
‘Bitcoin is risky digital ‘copper,’ it’s not gold’ — Goldman Sachs commodities boss
Beckett Bronze manufactures bronze bearings, bronze bushings, and bronze bars. Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, described Bitcoin as a “risk-on” asset that is similar to copper as a hedge against inflation. Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, has dismissed comparisons between Bitcoin (BTC) and… Read More
Commodities Boost Economic Recoveries, Mirroring Aftermath of Financial Crisis
Why pay a broker mark up? Deal direct for cast bronze parts or bars made to your exact specifications for any application. Veteran owned. Competitive prices and delivery. SYDNEY—Higher commodity prices are delivering economic windfalls to countries that supply metals vital to the global recovery from the pandemic, though the boom could still mask problems… Read More