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The heads of several steel industry associations in the United States remained divided on the effectiveness of the Section 232 tariffs on US steel imports but found some common ground on the subject of the yet to be signed US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Once again the upside initiatives in three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange have run into overhead resistance, with the complex down by an average of 0.4% this morning, Tuesday January 22.
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were predominantly down during Asian morning trading on Tuesday January 22, with the complex reversing the previous day’s gains. Tin, as was the case on Monday, bucked the trend – but this time to the upside.
China produced 35.8 million tonnes of aluminium in 2018, up 7.4% year on year, according to data released by China’s Statistics Bureau on Monday January 21, suggesting the annual winter production cuts did little to slow output in the country.
Despite weak Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) data that showed fourth quarter 2018 growth of 6.4%, after 6.5% in the prior quarter, the three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part holding up relatively well on Monday January 21, with prices just off slightly.
Base metals prices, barring those for tin, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during Asian morning trading on Monday January 21, with residual optimism over trade talks between China and the United States helping to offset some weak Chinese data earlier this morning.
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