Key data from the Wednesday August 29 pricing session in Shanghai.

Prices for some US domestic and imported energy tubular goods may decline as a result of President Donald Trump's order allowing buyers to receive Section 232 exclusions on material from countries that are subject to quotas.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday August 30.

Price spreads widened in the European molybdenum markets in the middle of the week that began on Monday August 27, after easing the week before, sources told Metal Bulletin this week.

Due to a technical error, Metal Bulletin’s Shanghai-London physical arbitrage calculation for aluminium was published incorrectly on Tuesday August 28.

A preliminary trade deal between the United States and Mexico will not affect the former’s existing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo has said.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday August 28.

The United States' 10% Section 232 tariff on aluminium imports is benefiting some upstream parties but to the detriment of other, more downstream entities that are reliant on imported material – although the upstream benefits might be limited, evidenced by recent market developments.

Metal Bulletin has today discontinued the publication of single numbers for base metals as of August 28, 2018.

Metal Bulletin has amended its formula for calculating the daily copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel arbitrage between the Chinese and global metals markets.