The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was higher during morning trading on Monday September 9, with a 0.6% gain against continued outflows in LME stocks, while spread tightness in nickel futures has been a key factor in reduced buying.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during morning trading on Monday September 9 with weak data from the United States and China last week weighing on the complex.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 6 that are worth another look.

China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price narrowed downward in the week ended Friday September 6 with most deals concluded at lower end of Fastmarkets’ published range, while those few deals struck at higher rates were done so on credit terms.

A tighter supply-demand balance for iron ore at Chinese ports coupled with sharp price decreases in the seaborne market have led to the steelmaking raw material being sold at large premiums at the docks in China.

The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange was lower during morning trading on Friday September 6, with upward momentum tempered by a fresh inflow of some 1,100 tonnes, while copper futures continued to find support above the $5,800-per-tonne support level.

What difference a few days makes, with base metals and broader, non-haven, markets looking considerably more upbeat recently, with copper prices on Thursday September 5 reaching levels last seen in early August - that after just two-days of gains. That said, the metals are consolidating this morning.

With the exception of tin and nickel, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during morning trading on Friday September 6.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday September 5 that are worth another look.

With the addition of recycled linerboard assessments in September, Fastmarkets RISI will revamp its North America Containerboard Price Watch table and will rename some price assessments. Specifically, the following changes will be made: “Linerboard (42-lb unbleached kraft)” will be relabelled “Unbleached kraft linerboard (42-lb)” “High performance (35-36 lb)” will be relabelled “High performance linerboard (35-/36-lb)” “White […]