Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) will launch US dollar-denominated London Metal Mini Futures for six base metals starting August 5, the exchange said recently.

China’s 10 biggest copper smelters have set a treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) purchase price floor of $55 per tonne/5.5 cents per lb for the third quarter of this year, sources close to the matter told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 18.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 17 that are worth another look.

China’s top copper concentrate buyers are in a fix.

Fastmarkets summarizes four key points to take away from the one-day Yantai Copper Industry Forum held on Friday July 12 in China’s north-eastern Shandong province.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday July 11 that are worth another look.

This week, beginning Monday July 8, has seen one of the world’s biggest copper miners, Chile’s Antofagasta, begin to break away from the traditional annual price benchmark system by sealing an early deal with Chinese smelters to supply concentrates for the first half of 2020.

South Korea’s state raw materials investment company, Korea Resources (Kores), is preparing to sell its stake in Capstone’s Santo Domingo copper mining project, sources with knowledge of the matter told Fastmarkets.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 10 that are worth another look.

Sinking product prices across the copper value chain are eroding processing margins for custom copper smelters, causing uncertainty as well as driving investments and consolidation in the industry.