Zinc prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during morning trading on Thursday March 21, benefitting from a softer dollar and improved market sentiment.

Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Tuesday May 29*

Treatment charges (TCs) for spot market zinc concentrates dropped to multiyear lows while Chinese smelters re-entered the market for tonnages in January.

Zinc’s three-month price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 2% during morning trading on Thursday June 6, breaching its nearby $2,500 per tonne resistance level while the metal’s forward spreads begin to show signs of easing.

State-owned Finnish company, Terrafame, will boost investment in developing a battery chemical plant in Sotkamo, Finland, amid a record-high quarter for zinc and nickel production output, the mining company said in a release this week.

Lead’s performance during 2018 is totally reliant on its sister metal zinc, with it lacking any clear direction of its own, an analyst said at Metal Bulletin’s Lead & Zinc conference in London on Thursday March 22.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower during morning trading on Wednesday August 14, with zinc undoing Tuesday’s gains.

Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Thursday June 14*

Zinc’s three-month price on the London Metal Exchange continued its ascent during morning trading on Tuesday August 13, appreciating by over 1% to steadily approach the $2,300-per-tonne level, while lead was the only metal across the complex to trade lower.

Metal Bulletin is running a one-month consultation to seek feedback on whether to keep or amend the minimum tonnage used in the assessments of its zinc premiums for European countries.