Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board by an average of 0.7% this morning, Monday November 13. Nickel prices are leading the way with a 2.3% gain, with tin prices up by 0.7% and three-month copper prices up by 0.5% at $6,828 per tonne, while the rest are up by 0.2%.

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday October 24.

Iron ore production in Mexico fell by 2.9% year-on-year in May 2012 to 694,163 tonnes, according to national statistics agency Inegi.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during Asian morning trading on Tuesday February 12, with a firm dollar and uncertainty surrounding trade talks between China and the United States hampering the complex.

Comments from US Federal Reserve officials overnight appeared dovish after New York Federal Reserve president John Williams stressed at the annual meeting of the Central Bank Research Association that “it is better to take preventative measures than to wait for disaster to unfold”.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange remain under pressure this morning, Monday April 10, with three-month prices down an average of 0.2%.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during morning trading on Monday June 24, with trade and macroeconomic uncertainty keeping investors cautious at the start of a new trading week.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board by an average of 0.4% this morning, Tuesday February 27.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board during Asian morning trading on Wednesday September 12, with market participants taking stock of the build-up in trade tensions between the United States and China.

Metal Bulletin today launches a weekly Turkey export hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) coil $ per tonne fob price assessment.