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    With just 35 days remaining until the United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union, the country’s potential departure from the EU single market could see its domestic aluminium scrap market face business-critical trade barriers that, according to market participants, would send the UK’s scrap industry hurtling backwards.

    Malaysian crude palm oil prices are set to move higher after the Indian government announced on Thursday…

    Fastmarkets proposes to change the publication day of its four China minor metals price assessments from Wednesday to Friday, 2-3pm London time.

    Markets were generally buoyant this morning, Thursday November 26, with more certainty on the horizon than of late, helped by US president-elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House and with a rollout of the vaccines now insight, if things go according to plan.

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