We believe that the copper concentrate market has reached a turning point from a decade of structural undersupply to a new era characterised by more plentiful availability.

Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) tracked those on the London Metal Exchange (LME) lower during Asian morning trading on Thursday May 24 as the US dollar continued to strengthen, while lead saw its rally continue apace.

It’s the carry, stupid. Although Goldman Sachs was a lot more polite when explaining why it believes long queues to access metal stored in warehouses developed.

Long-expected mine stoppages have finally come to the US coking coal industry, as tumbling prices for the steelmaking raw material drive the balance sheets of many mines into loss.

Charlotte Radford takes a look at the past five days of metals market news, highlighting some of the key stories covered by Metal Bulletin.

Metal Bulletin’s Charlotte Radford reviews key news and price moves from the past seven days.

Metal Bulletin’s Charlotte Radford takes a look back at the key news stories and price moves from the past seven days.

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

The US aluminium market responded negatively to confirmation that Section 232 tariffs would be implemented on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, although some participants said the market has already oriented itself to account for the tariffs.

Before the first morning of the conference had even finished, Vale had already caused a stir.