Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 12 that are worth another look.

Comex copper prices rallied for the third straight session on Thursday February 7 with the market growing more optimistic on the red metal's prospects through the first quarter.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday February 1 that are worth another look.

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) dropped further at the end of January, with smelters in China breaking away from the quarterly procurement price floor amid an outlook for a tightening in supply later this year.

Further weakness in China’s Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), that fell to 48.3 in January from 49.7 in the prior month, was enough to dent confidence in the base metals market this morning, Friday February 1, with prices for the most part weaker as a result.

A joint venture between Trafigura and a Saudi Arabian company will start building a major copper, zinc and lead smelter complex in Saudi Arabia approximately one year from now, a company source has confirmed with Fastmarkets.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday January 25 that are worth another look.

The market cannot get too excited about base metals prices in 2019 while the trade conflict between the United States and China continues to dominate headlines, INTL FCStone analyst Edward Meir said.

INTL FCStone’s Edward Meir took the top spot on Fastmarkets’ Apex 2018 yearly base metals leaderboard with an accuracy rating of 98.75%.

M2 Cobalt Corp and Jervois Mining Ltd are to merge in a deal that will complement the latter’s ambitions in East Africa as part of its focus on the growing battery metals market.