Economic stimulus policies put in place by the government of China will be key to sustaining price rises among base metals in the coming quarters, Daria Efanova, head of research at UK-based services provider Sucden Financial, said during the company’s third-quarter metals webinar on Wednesday, August 2

Fastmarkets has launched MB-NI-0253 nickel sulfate, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne and MB-NI-0254 nickel sulfate premium, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne on Friday September 1.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ zinc and lead price assessments for Tuesday, March 1 were delayed because of a reporter error.

Nonferrous scrap export volumes from the United States rose in October, with decreases in used beverage cans (UBCs), nickel and zinc scrap being offset by increases in aluminium, copper and lead scrap, according to the latest data from the US Department of Commerce. In year-to-date comparisons, however, only exports of aluminium scrap declined

With China's domestic producers increasing or expanding their capacities, the supply of gallium in the Chinese market is gradually rising. But due to uncertainties in the new year's export control policies and insufficient downstream demand, the market might face a more severe oversupply in 2024, according to sources

Plans for a major battery metals recycling hub run by Glencore and Li-Cycle in Italy are likely to go ahead despite recent pushback from local authorities, sources told Fastmarkets this week

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The Chinese government plans to lower the import thresholds for impurities contained in metals concentrates, indicating that the old standards are no longer practical, sources have told Fastmarkets

Despite concerns over the uncertainty of China’s economic recovery, base metals price forecasts remain mixed for aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc prices

Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange had fallen by 4% at the 5pm close of trading on Friday March 25, after another week of disruptions.