Governments around the world are keen to prove their green credentials by announcing target dates for the end of sales of vehicles powered by internal combustion engine vehicles and their total replacement by electric ones.

Oil and gas conglomerate BP plc is to buy Chargemaster, the UK’s largest electric vehicles (EVs) charging company, and plans to deploy the network across its forecourts in the country over the next 12 months.

China’s 10 largest copper smelters have assessed current treatment charges (TCs) at above $90 per tonne at a meeting on Thursday June 28 without officially disclosing its base level for the third-quarter procurement, Metal Bulletin has learned.

Metal Bulletin proposes to discontinue the publication of single numbers for its base metals premiums and instead continue to publish low-high premium assessments.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday June 28.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday June 27.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday June 26.

China’s push to enhance its environmental protections has reached a tipping point, with the nation’s new target of implementing a complete ban of all scrap imports by the end of 2020 leaving US recyclers in a lurch.

The London Metal Exchange will introduce three regional hot-rolled coil contracts at the start of 2019, coinciding with a change in attitude towards risk management tools for the ferrous sector, according to the exchange’s business development manager.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during Asian morning trading on Monday June 25, with the main movers being zinc and nickel, albeit in opposite directions, while the rest of the metals traded sideways.