Switzerland-based Tiberius Group is making a return to base metals trading under the helm of former TMT Metals head trader Arefe Khosravi, with a focus on refined aluminium, several industry sources have said.

A broad base of markets are rebounding after China's move to boost liquidity and stabilize the market convinced many investors that the measures being taken will help cushion the economic impact of the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

The three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday December 17. The exception was zinc, the price of which was up by 1.3% at $2,565 per tonne. The three-month copper price was down by $1.50 per tonne at $6,139 per tonne.

The unresolved metals stocks of China’s Fanya Metal Exchange remain the wild card in the indium market, despite the recent rise in the metal’s price, Donna Vareha-Walsh, director of Indium Corp’s metals business unit, told delegates at the annual Minor Metals Association (MMTA) conference in Montreal last week.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Singapore as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday April 5.

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The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday May 18.

Dafydd Davies has stepped down from his position as a physical metals trader at Goldman Sachs and is set to move to rival investment bank BTG Pactual in November, a source familiar with the matter told Metal Bulletin.

Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange were up during Asian trading on hopes that weak manufacturing data from China last week would trigger stimulus measures.

Metal Bulletin's editor Alex Harrison looks back over the main stories of the week.