It’s been a wild week on the Metal Bulletin news desk. Here, deputy editor Fleur Ritzema wraps up the key stories.

Standard Bank has exposure to aluminium in bonded warehouses in Penglai, China, sources familiar with the matter told Metal Bulletin on Thursday July 10.

On March 7, the copper market suffered one of the biggest price drops for years, losing some 4% in a matter of hours.

What metal stories and price moves have been on the agenda? Metal Bulletin editor Alex Harrison reviews the week

What markets and news have Metal Bulletin’s global reporters being covering in the week of June 16-20? Metal Bulletin editor Alex Harrison reviews the top stories.

The 19,242 tonnes of nickel that appeared in LME sheds in Asia and Europe on Wednesday June 18 served as a painful reminder to nickel bulls.

The Cairn Hill iron ore project in South Australia has fallen victim to iron ore price drops, becoming one of the very first to drop out of the game.

The Qingdao port probe has continued to wreak havoc with markets, spreading further disruption and spooking lenders. Metal Bulletin deputy editor Fleur Ritzema takes a look back at the key stories this week.

“It’ll all blow up. Or it’ll all blow over.” That was how the head of one LME brokerage summed up the possible repercussions of the situation in Qingdao at the end of the week.

Chinese companies are investing in a $5-billion industrial plant in Indonesia with ferronickel and nickel pig iron smelting facilities, an executive at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has confirmed.