Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its premium assessments for special high grade (SHG) zinc basis in-warehouse Singapore and Malaysia.

ASX-listed Brumby Resources has announced that it will merge with privately owned zinc explorer Marindi Metals.

Chinese domestic concentrate treatment charges (TCs) are increasingly a key tracking element in the zinc market where smelting economics are under the microscope more than ever.

Huge amounts of zinc ingots from Spain, both new and old stock, continue to enter the Chinese market after a significant inflow last year, which is leading to inventory build-up and depressed premiums, market participants have told Metal Bulletin.

Following a turbulent first half of the year marked by outbreaks of price volatility, forecasts suggest market sentiment towards London Metal Exchange zinc and lead are set to improve on brighter supply dynamics.

Zinc bears are betting that the London Metal Exchange zinc price will fall to $2,500 per tonne in June, with massive orders for put options placed in recent weeks, Fastmarkets learned.

Noranda Income Fund said its main challenge currently is for its zinc processing facility to continue to operate profitably amid current low treatment charges.

Fastmarkets MB is delaying the launch of a weekly price assessment of South America import aluminium-zinc alloy coated steel coil reported on a US-dollar-per-tonne cfr South America basis.

Metal Bulletin has amended its formula for calculating the daily copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel arbitrage between the Chinese and global metals markets.

After navigating the rough waters of 2021, lead smelters will likely have another tough year ahead