The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday August 16.

The annual sitting of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference - widely known as the ‘twin sessions’ - in Beijing released a series of stimulus packages for the development of China’s economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday July 17.

Stricter winter production cuts in China from October are expected to have a significant influence on the entire domestic steel market in comparison with the last heating season, industry sources told Metal Bulletin this week.

The sharp declines in the European ferro-vanadium market have paused with prices only moving down slightly last week. Meanwhile, the Chinese ferro-vanadium export market stabilized on firm offers.

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday August 6.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday March 16.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday August 24.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday May 8.

The rallies in the base metals on the London Metal Exchange have generally continued in early trading today, Friday August 25, with prices up by an average of 0.4%, with aluminium, zinc, lead and copper prices up between 0.6% to 0.8%, while nickel is off 0.5% and tin is little changed. Three-month copper prices are at $6,740 per tonne.