Most base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange staged a recovery during Asian morning trading on Thursday July 12, with only lead weakening.

A boom in construction is driving growth in East Africa’s steel industry. In the first of a series of reports, Nina Nasman gives a rundown of Kenya’s and Tanzania’s biggest names in steel.

Edward Meir, formerly of MF Global and now of INTL FCStone, has scooped first place on the overall leaderboard for price forecasts in base metals during 2011, with 95.8% accuracy across all six.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during morning trading on Monday August 20, with the complex finding support from an apparent easing in trade tensions between China and the United States.

Starting in July this year, and for the first time, millions of tonnes of copper and aluminium scrap will be shipped into China not as waste but as merchandise, after the country announced its timetable for the renaming of high-purity non-ferrous scrap as recyclable materials.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.6% on Tuesday November 13.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading on Friday October 5, with aluminium bucking the trend.

Metal Bulletin reviews some of the key news and price moves from the past week in the global steel market.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were split into two camps on the morning of Tuesday July 3, with aluminium and tin prices both off by 0.3%, while the rest of the complex was up by between 0.1% and 0.6%. Zinc led the rebound, while copper was the laggard at $6,578 per tonne.

Most base metals on the Shanghai Futures Exchange staged a minor recovery during Asian morning trading on Wednesday June 20, after suffering sharp declines on Tuesday.