The Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) 65% Fe iron ore derivatives registered trades on the day of their launch on Monday December 3.

Good morning from FastMarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday December 4.

Fastmarkets' South America import flat steel prices, which include plate, hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil and galvanized, will be published after the usual pricing deadline on Friday November 30 due to an editor error.

Fastmarkets MB will change the names of its benchmark in-warehouse Rotterdam price assessments from January 2019.

Fastmarkets is decreasing the minimum tonnage for its benchmark in-warehouse Rotterdam ferro-tungsten price assessment following a month-long consultation.

The China lithium hydroxide price moved down due to lower concluded deals this week, while China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate prices and the rest of the world’s battery-grade lithium spot prices kept stable.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were firm on the morning of Friday November 30 despite the release of weaker-than-expected economic data from China earlier in the day.

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday November 30.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange broadly consolidated during Asian morning trading on Friday November 30, with the market focused on the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Argentina – where US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to meet.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday November 30.