Hot-rolled coil spot prices in the United States have surpassed $35 per hundredweight for the first time since March 2019.

The union representing Argentina's grain receivers, Urgara, has announced that they will resume direct industrial action after...

Mitsui is to sell all of its 22.63% stake in Chile's Caserones copper mine, after posting a capital loss of more than ¥7 billion ($67.5 million), the Japanese company said on Monday November 9.

Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Monday November 9, after markets reacted positively to Joe Biden winning the US presidential election and the resulting weaker dollar.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products to China rose significantly in the first 10 months of this year, according to customs data released on Saturday November 7.

Though confirmed deals lowered hot-rolled coil prices in the United States on Friday November 6, the spot market may well hit $35 per hundredweight ($700 0per short ton) soon due to limited availability and rising raw material costs, according to sources.

Fastmarkets has launched two new coefficients for the copper concentrates market, with data available from November 2 and an update published for the first time on Friday November 6.

Deliverable stocks of base metals in Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses were little moved in the week to Friday November 6, with the biggest percentage change seen in lead at 6.5%.

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the frequency of its zinc spot concentrate treatment charges (TC) price assessment to fortnightly from its present monthly timing.

Market participants in China are increasingly confident that Chinese authorities will revive steel scrap imports into the country in 2021 following the release of new domestic scrap classification standards.