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Following market consultation and as previously announced, Random Lengths will make the following changes over the next few weeks. Random Lengths to move to simplify monthly average calculation With effect from September 2020, Random Lengths will simplify the process for calculating monthly averages. Monthly averages appear in the Random Lengths weekly publication and in Yardstick. […]

The European Commission (EC) has initiated anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in India and Indonesia.

Base metals prices and Asian-Pacific equities were mixed this morning, Wednesday September 30, although pre-market western equity index futures were weaker following a confrontational and not very presidential first debate between US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic candidate.

Autumn-winter steel production restriction plans in northern China will start on October 1 and last until March 31, 2021, according to a draft plan on air pollution control released by the Ministry of Ecology & Environment (MEE) late on Tuesday September 29.

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Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed but little changed this morning, Tuesday September 29, while prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were firmer as they caught up with Monday’s performance on the LME.

After a period of consultation, Fastmarkets will amend the specification of its spodumene cif China price and discontinue its fob Australia and 7-7.5% cif China prices to better reflect emerging norms in the spodumene market that serve the lithium battery-grade chemicals industry.

The world’s largest steelmaker is largely decamping from its assets in the United States more than a decade after consolidating a domestic steel industry decimated by bankruptcies.

The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was slightly improved during morning trading on Monday September 28, with price action moving 0.4% higher despite a fresh inflow of just over 30,000 tonnes into LME-registered warehouses in Rotterdam, while tin futures led on the upside with 1.6% increase to trade firmly above the $17,000-per-tonne support level.