Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday March 15.

Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly weaker during Asian morning trading on Thursday March 15, with heavy losses seen in nickel and zinc prices, while lead was the only metal to push higher.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part consolidating this morning, Wednesday March 14, although copper and lead prices are showing gains of 0.5% and 0.3% respectively, with the former at $6,984 per tonne.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday March 14.

Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly higher during Asian morning trading on Wednesday March 14, underpinned by a weaker dollar and healthy data releases from China.

Newcrest Mining Ltd has declared force majeure on contracts for copper concentrates supply from its Cadia mine, where operations have been shut since March 10 due to a collapsed tailings dam.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday March 14.

Early starts to the slew of labor negotiations due at Chilean copper mines this year could mitigate the risks to supply, Antofagasta chief executive officer Iván Arriagada said today.

Despite the better-than-expected 2018 Chinese government’s subsidy policy on electric vehicles (EVs), cobalt demand in local market is likely to be subdued after transitional period specified in the new policy expires in June, market participants told Metal Bulletin.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange edged higher during morning trading on Tuesday March 13, with most metals recovering from Monday’s lull.