Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Singapore, as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday January 9.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly higher during Asian morning trading on Tuesday January 9, with copper prices finding slight support from potential supply-side constraints, while tin was the lone metal in negative territory.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Shanghai, as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday January 8.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were weaker across the board during Asian morning trading on Monday January 8, with the complex coming under pressure from news that researchers at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have agreed that the time may be right to raise interest rates.

Metal Bulletin is extending the deadline to provide feedback on its proposed tungsten concentrates index to Friday January 19.

The Chinese government has finished issuing the first two rounds of solid waste import licenses for 2018, with copper scrap import license numbers and tonnages both more than 94% lower.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday December 22.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday December 20.

A total of 275 lots have traded on the CME’s copper cif Shanghai futures contract since it was officially launched on November 20, all for first quarter 2018 shipments.

Deliverable tin stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses dropped by 1,214 tonnes or 16.3% over the past week to 6,214 tonnes as of Friday December 15, the largest decline among the base metals complex.