Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the past week.

Metal Bulletin deputy editor Fleur Ritzema picks out some of the week's top stories and price moves in metals.

Record high premiums are the main topic at the Metal Bulletin 27th Aluminium conference in Moscow this week, but nobody is moaning too loudly, because there are no real losers.

Base metals prices were higher across the board this morning, Friday October 13, while copper climbed back above $6,900 per tonne due to support from stronger fundamentals.

An escalation in geopolitical tensions over the weekend dampened sentiment during Asian morning trading on Monday April 16 with the base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange broadly down.

Swiss commodity giant Glencore doubled its traded volumes of iron ore in 2014 to 60 million tonnes, making it one of the largest traders of the raw material in the world, sources told Steel First on Thursday February 12.

Metal Bulletin’s Charlotte Radford reviews some of the key news from the past seven days.

Most base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange saw a slightly negative bias during Asian morning trading on Tuesday January 29 as market participants awaited the outcome of the US-China trade talks on January 30-31, although tin bucked the trend amid ongoing supply concerns.

The longer I spend looking at commodity markets, the more I wonder how many people actually understand what makes them behave as they do (and for the avoidance of doubt, I include myself in that non-comprehending majority).

Metal Bulletin looks back over the key market news following one of the biggest weeks in the metal industry calendar - London Metals Week.