Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly up during Asian morning trading on Thursday January 31, supported by easing trade tensions and a softer dollar.

Australian lithium miner Neometals produced 15.33% less lithium spodumene year-on-year in the October-December quarter of 2018, the company reported on Wednesday January 30.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part still consolidating the gains seen at the end of last week, following weakness on Monday January 28, an up day on Tuesday, and now awaiting further direction.

Iron ore prices are set for short-term gains following Brazilian miner Vale SA’s announcement early on Wednesday January 30 to decommission all of its upstream dams over the next three years, a move that will have a production impact of 40 million tons per year or around 10% of the miner’s projected output for 2019.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly up during Asian morning trading on Wednesday January 30, supported by improving market sentiment amid ongoing trade talks between China and the United States.

PPI Pulp & Paper Week has corrected a typo for 20-lb copy paper, 30% PCW, 92 bright in its Graphic Paper price tables. The price reported on Oct. 26, 2018 should have been $1,150-1,180/ton, based on our market survey, which reflected a $30/ton increase from September’s $1,120-1,150/ton. But due to the typo, the price actually […]

Fastmarkets proposes to launch two reference prices for the cobalt hydroxide market to capture and quantify the standalone fundamentals of the cobalt intermediates market through its emerging spot trade.

Fastmarkets MB has today discontinued its aluminium premium assessments for Antwerp duty-paid and unpaid and Vlissingen duty-paid and unpaid.

Most base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange saw a slightly negative bias during Asian morning trading on Tuesday January 29 as market participants awaited the outcome of the US-China trade talks on January 30-31, although tin bucked the trend amid ongoing supply concerns.

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