Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer with gains averaging 0.6% on the morning of Friday October 19, but this follows a general down day on Thursday, when the complex closed down by an average of 0.8%.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday October 19.

Manganese market participants believe that 2018 will be the first year since 2015 that will end without a dramatic fourth-quarter ore price rally.

Nickel briquette – a key feedstock for nickel sulfate and stainless steelmaking – has been extensively used by downstream consumers in China this year against a backdrop of healthy demand growth in the domestic electric vehicle (EV) and stainless steel sectors.

Chinese cobalt metal and salts prices fell in the midweek pricing session following an 17.8% drop in local futures contract prices, which dented buying sentiment.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday October 18.

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose to their highest in a year as the market gathered in London for LME Week.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday October 17.

The US might agree to relax Section 232 tariffs on steel from Canada and Mexico by the end of November, the president and ceo of the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) said on Tuesday October 16.

Here are eight key things Fastmarkets MB learned at the aluminium trade show in Dusseldorf on October 9-11 and during LME Week in London.