Due to the enforced extension of China's Lunar New Year holidays, Fastmarkets will not be publishing a portion of its usual base metal futures coverage and will roll some prices accordingly.

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 17 that are worth another look.

Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market European equity index futures were weaker this morning, Monday June 29, but base metals prices were for the most part firmer.

Base metals prices traded on the London Metal Exchange were largely down during the morning session on Monday July 29, despite inventory outflows seen across all of the metals as of 9am on the same day.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange exhibited mixed moves but were largely little changed during the morning trading session on Thursday October 10, with market participants digesting conflicting trade headlines.

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday June 16 that are worth another look.

Most of the base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended the morning trading session on Wednesday January 8 in positive territory despite tensions in the Middle East flaring again after Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at two bases in Iraq that house United States troops.

Fastmarkets has discontinued the publication of three base metals premiums, devised via calculation, after a month-long consultation.

Glencore trader Hu Qiang has been released without charge 15 months after being arrested in a crackdown on illegal imports of secondary lead waste in China, Fastmarkets has learned.

Lead stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses increased the most in percentage terms among the base metals complex, rising by 50% or 13,509 tonnes to 40,547 tonnes in the week to Friday July 17.