Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday July 17 that are worth another look.

China’s top copper concentrate buyers are in a fix.

Gains in the three-month prices of base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange were broadly capped by thin trading volumes during the morning session on Wednesday July 17, with only nickel and tin in positive territory.

Trade negotiations between the United States and China following a meeting between the countries’ leaders on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Japan at the end of last month have not progressed as well as investors had hoped.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange mostly drifted lower during morning trading on Wednesday July 17, with the complex coming under pressure from strength in the dollar and growing risk aversion stemming from US-China trade tensions.

Fastmarkets has corrected its price assessment for steel cold-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Russia, rubles/tonne, inc VAT, which was published incorrectly on July 8 and July 15, 2019, due to an error.

Chinese flake graphite export prices will face headwinds in the near term due to a slowdown in its traditional downstream supply chain and a surge of imported materials, delegates said on the sidelines of an industry conference in Qiandaohu, China, on July 11-12.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly little changed with a slight downward bias during morning trading on Tuesday July 16, with renewed dollar strength offsetting the positivity stemming from China’s better-than-expected economic data released on Monday.

Fastmarkets summarizes four key points to take away from the one-day Yantai Copper Industry Forum held on Friday July 12 in China’s north-eastern Shandong province.

Turkey’s biggest steel producer, Erdemir Group, has denied making an offer to acquire struggling UK long steelmaker British Steel, it said in a stock exchange disclosure late on Sunday July 14.