Metal Bulletin's editor Alex Harrison brings you the biggest news and price moves from the metal market over the past week.

Commodities fund Tiberius is seeking to underpin a new world of digital currency transactions with a bullish future for industrial and precious metals, by launching a physical metals-backed cryptocurrency called Tiberius Coin.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are up by an average of 0.5% this morning, Tuesday July 25. Tin is once again bucking the trend with prices off 0.3% at $20,190 per tonne, while the rest have gains of between 0.3% for aluminium and 0.9% for nickel and copper, with the latter at $6,088 per tonne basis three months.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were little changed during morning trading on Friday March 2, with the complex restricted by thin liquidity and a firmer dollar.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange remained under pressure during Asian morning trading on Wednesday July 18, with concerns over trade wars and a slowing Chinese economy weighing on the complex.

With the exception of lead and tin, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during Asian morning trading on Wednesday February 20, with the complex broadly benefiting from a softer dollar and optimism surrounding the latest round of trade talks between China and the United States.

Copper and aluminium prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during Asian morning trading on Tuesday July 17, with the former finding support from potential supply-side disruptions, while the light metal benefited from supply concerns surrounding the sanctions on Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal.

Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange have once again failed to hold on to recent gains, with the three-month price retreating nearly $200 per tonne during morning trading on Friday February 2.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly down during Asian morning trading on Monday July 2, with market sentiment dampened by disappointing Chinese economic data released over the weekend.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading on Thursday July 19, with a retreat in the dollar index reviving investors’ appetite for the metals.