Trading house Noble has lost its metallurgical coal sales team at its Beijing office, multiple sources told Steel First.

Shanghai cif copper premiums were down by around $5 to $120-125 per tonne on Wednesday May 21 amid an unfavourable arbitrage and a large backwardation in the London market.

Glencore did not treat Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler preferentially when it provided loans to Katanga Mining in 2009, the company said at its annual general meeting on May 20.

What have Metal Bulletin's team of global market reporters been covering over the past week? Catch up with Metal Bulletin's week-in-brief.

Financing for the underground expansion at Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project has been extended to September, owner Turquoise Hill Resources said on Tuesday May 13.

Nickel was the focus of Metal Bulletin’s attention this week. But what else crossed the desks of its global team of reporters? Editor Alex Harrison reviews the week.

Freeport McMoRan, Newmont Mining, state-owned company PT Antam and Chinese investors have teamed up to build a $2.2 billion, 400,000-tpy copper smelter in east Java, Indonesia.

The Metal Bulletin copper concentrates index was broadly stable on Wednesday April 30, as market participants awaited firm news regarding the restart of exports from Indonesia.

Over in Hong Kong for LME Asia Week, the focus was on the island’s trading ties with China. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) ceo Charles Li said he hopes that mutual access in equities will be followed by mutual access in commodities.

Following another busy week in the newsroom, Metal Bulletin's deputy editor Fleur Ritzema takes a look back at some of the key stories.