Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange broadly ticked higher during morning trading on Monday August 12 following the retreat in the dollar index over the weekend, although zinc and tin bucked the trend.

Trafigura is set for crunch talks with holders of Nyrstar bonds and the company’s bankers, as the world’s largest global zinc producer faces €340 million ($385 million) of looming debt repayments and a crumbling share price.

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Warehouse queues emerged at London Metal Exchange-listed sheds in July after a surge in cancellations last month, especially in the exchange's aluminium inventory, according to LME data.

For someone who is perhaps best known for writing research reports under headlines such as “Abandon ship” and “Astonishingly bad,” Philip Ngotho is in good spirits.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange softened during morning trading on Friday July 24, with positive manufacturing data out of Europe and a continued drawdown in LME stocks doing little to stop a complex-wide correction, that saw most metals decline by more than 1%.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were either little changed or stronger on the morning of Friday November 16.

The stronger tones in the base metals that have been seen this week were struggling to push ahead this morning, Wednesday September 16, because the market is waiting for direction, which is expected to come out of this evening’s US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.

Renewed optimism that a phase one trade deal between China and the United States could soon be reached gave a boost to most of the base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange during the morning session on Thursday December 5.

Base metals prices were for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday September 15, supported by some good Chinese economic data.