Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday November 23.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly up during Asian morning trading on Friday November 23, with the complex benefitting from a slightly weaker dollar. Tin and nickel fell however, with the former coming under pressure from fears over slowing demand and a buildup in exchange stocks.

The price of cobalt sulfate in China continued to fall this week amid slow trades and aggressive buyer bidding.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange continued to give mixed performances this morning, Thursday November 22.

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday November 22.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during Asian morning trading on Thursday November 22 despite the recent softness in the dollar; copper and aluminium were little changed with a slight upward bias, while the rest were lower across the board.

Trafigura’s rescue package for Nyrstar comes at a price, with the trader taking greater ownership of one of the world’s largest zinc smelter's prized assets in return for helping it bridge a nine-day liquidity crunch.

The London Metal Exchange is planning to launch a lithium contract in the second half of 2019 to meet growing demand from the electric vehicle industry, Fastmarkets learned during Asia Copper Week in Shanghai.

Fastmarkets MB proposes to increase the frequency of the assessment for manganese ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin and Qinzhou to weekly.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.4% this morning, Wednesday November 21.