Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday August 30.

The new London Metal Exchange alumina cash-settled contract, which was launched on Monday March 11, will provide the market with a new hedging tool after a year of dramatic price movements.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday September 6.

A further decline in iron ore prices to levels close to $80 per tonne in the fourth quarter of 2014 will see 200 million tonnes of high-cost ore exit the market, according to CLSA analyst Ian Roper.

The use of Metal Bulletin’s iron ore indices to price physical cargoes continues to expand, with a Pilbara Blend Fines cargo traded basis the Metal Bulletin 62% Fe iron ore index on an online platform on Thursday November 23.

Guinea has cut its tax and royalty demands in its revised mining code in a bid to woo investors and push forward existing projects in the impoverished West African country.

BHP Billiton’s ceo Marius Kloppers always said that moving to an iron ore pricing system reliant on a third-party reference to fix contracts would draw the poison from relations between iron ore producers and buyers.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday September 6.

The past 12 months have seen a fundamental realignment of West Africa’s iron ore sector.

SouthGobi Resources president and ceo Ross Tromans has been named a non-executive director of Mongolia-focused Aspire Mining, the company said on Friday November 30.