The government of Canada has announced measures to prevent the transshipment of aluminium into the United States, building on commitments made when the US removed its Section 232 import tariffs in May.

China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices concluded at lower prices on high material inventory in China and lower prices from small-sized producers and traders trying to boost sales amid the price downtrend, while prices in the rest of the world prices sat unchanged.

While most base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange rose during the morning session on Friday 23 due to a marginal 0.19% increase in the United States’ Dow Jones Industrial Average index, the LME three-month tin price hit its lowest since February 2016.

With little changed in the depressed markets, focus will now turn to what ideas central bankers come up with when they meet at the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole, in the US state of Wyoming, on Friday August 23.

Fastmarkets will amend the specifications of its price assessments for steel cold-rolled coil export, fob China, $/tonne and steel galvanized coil 1mm export, fob China, $/tonne following a one-month consultation.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were in consolidation mode again on Friday August 23, with the complex broadly down - led by a 1% decline in zinc.

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday August 22 that are worth another look.

OAKLAND, CA, August 23, 2019 (RISI) Fastmarkets RISI will launch new price assessments for 30-/31-lb recycled linerboard in the US domestic market on Sept. 20, 2019. The new price assessments will be published monthly in PPI Pulp & Paper Week’s Containerboard Price Watch, the Fastmarkets RISI online portal, and the mobile app. The new assessments will […]

Fastmarkets will amend the quantity in the specifications of its price assessment for steel slab import, cfr Southeast Asia/East Asia, $/tonne following a one-month consultation.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange consolidated during morning trading on Thursday August 22 while market participants await further direction from the release of manufacturing data later.