Base metals futures on the London Metal Exchange gave an overall positive performance during the morning trading session on Monday November 14, with the metals mostly continuing their upward trajectory from the previous week

Unprecedented scrap market volatility has created widespread uncertainty in global scrap price movements. Fastmarkets experts analyze the eight market-changing events influencing the global scrap markets

The London Metal Exchange has decided not to ban or otherwise change how it deals with Russian metal, the exchange said on Friday November 11

The United States Department of Commerce revoked Russia’s market economy status on Thursday, November 10, which is likely to lead to higher duties on aluminium imported from Russia and could potentially boost US aluminium premiums, sources told Fastmarkets

The top 10 copper producers in China are looking to convince the Chinese government to relax copper scrap import standards to improve their secondary production ratio

Aluminium premiums in Europe and Japan continued to move lower in the week to Tuesday November 8, under pressure from weak consumer demand, while premiums in the United States bucked the downtrend for a second week despite uncertainty over the midterm elections there

Industry association European Aluminium has warned of the negative impact of including indirect emissions in the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Imports of aluminium scrap into the United States fell by 9.61% month on month in September, with decreases recorded in all import categories, according to the latest data from the US Department of Commerce

Battery materials, specifically nickel, dominated many conversations during LME Week 2022

Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco has made a premium offer of $140 per tonne to Chinese copper market participants for its 2023 copper cathode supply, at least two sources receiving the offer told Fastmarkets on Monday, November 7