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Rolling LME/SHFE price report 11/12: Large Ni delivery into Johor
December 11, 2015 - 17:12 GMT
Welcome to the rolling base metals price report, tracking the Shanghai Futures Exchange and London Metal Exchange markets on Friday December 11.
WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze
December 11, 2015 - 16:44 GMT
Metal Bulletin reviews some of the key news from the past five days in the metals markets.
HOTTER ON METALS: Aluminium spreads ease as long gives back some of its position
December 11, 2015 - 13:32 GMT
It has been an interesting week for the aluminium market, with financing banks getting tougher and a major long-position holder giving back some of its position.
HOTLINE: Nickel bears in Shanghai
December 11, 2015 - 13:00 GMT
Moves by nickel producers in China to encourage the authorities to act against what they deem ‘the wrong kind of short-selling’ in the futures market recalls the complaints made about speculators when prices were ramping upwards in the commodities boom.
HOTLINE: Nickel bears in London
December 11, 2015 - 12:52 GMT
Lord Copper hosted his annual lunch at the Oxford & Cambridge Club in London earlier this week, attended by a number of traders and brokers close to the nickel market.

Base metals

Dec 11, 2015 17:12 Rolling LME/SHFE price report 11/12: Large Ni delivery into Johor
Dec 11, 2015 16:44 WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze
Dec 11, 2015 14:41 MILLING ABOUT: Erik Bay Gundersen becomes Mercuria's head of aluminium trading
Dec 11, 2015 13:32 HOTTER ON METALS: Aluminium spreads ease as long gives back some of its position

Ores & Alloys

Dec 11, 2015 17:15 NOBLE ALLOYS WRAP: FeMo, MoO3 up again; wariness remains for 2016
Dec 11, 2015 16:44 WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze
Dec 11, 2015 16:23 MANGANESE ORE INDEX: High and low grade rebound as cheapest numbers dry up
Dec 11, 2015 15:52 FeCr, Cr ore prices drop in Europe, China

Raw materials

Dec 11, 2015 15:52 FeCr, Cr ore prices drop in Europe, China
Dec 11, 2015 12:38 MILLING ABOUT: Rioneli leaves Raw & Refined
Dec 11, 2015 12:38 NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF: Key metal markets news so far on December 11
Dec 11, 2015 03:30 EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF: Key metal news and price updates on December 11

Exchange news

Dec 11, 2015 17:12 Rolling LME/SHFE price report 11/12: Large Ni delivery into Johor
Dec 11, 2015 16:44 WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze
Dec 11, 2015 13:32 HOTTER ON METALS: Aluminium spreads ease as long gives back some of its position
Dec 11, 2015 12:38 NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF: Key metal markets news so far on December 11

Minor & precious metals

Dec 11, 2015 17:29 Manganese flake prices rocket on tight supply
Dec 11, 2015 16:44 WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze
Dec 11, 2015 15:36 Trade log December 2015: Cobalt
Dec 11, 2015 15:11 MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES

Carbon steel

Dec 11, 2015 12:38 NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF: Key metal markets news so far on December 11
Dec 7, 2015 12:41 Evraz Highveld reaches agreement on staff layoffs
Dec 4, 2015 00:05 ASIAN MORNING BRIEF: Latest metal markets news on December 4
Dec 1, 2015 00:05 ASIAN MORNING BRIEF: Latest metal markets news on December 1

Stainless & special steel

Dec 11, 2015 15:52 FeCr, Cr ore prices drop in Europe, China
Dec 11, 2015 12:38 MILLING ABOUT: Rioneli leaves Raw & Refined
Dec 11, 2015 12:38 NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF: Key metal markets news so far on December 11
Dec 11, 2015 12:30 Helvetia Resources positioning itself for market recovery - Rioneli

Scrap & secondary

Dec 11, 2015 14:00 MB NON-FERROUS EUROPEAN SCRAP PRICE CHANGES
Dec 11, 2015 10:50 After record year, Aurubis shares drop by most ever on ‘significantly lower’ profit forecast
Dec 9, 2015 15:54 MB NON-FERROUS UK SCRAP AND FOUNDRY INGOT PRICE CHANGES
Dec 8, 2015 00:05 ASIAN MORNING BRIEF: Latest metal markets news on December 8

Editor's picks

SNAP ANALYSIS: Technical squeeze could lie ahead in cobalt metal market
Chinese cobalt participants looking to cover or stock up after last month’s large State Reserve Bureau purchases could create a technical squeeze in 2016, as they seek tight specification grades in an otherwise well-supplied metal market.
Al premium contracts go untraded – a victim of the LME’s success in tackling queues
The London Metal Exchange’s new aluminium premium contracts remain untraded two weeks on from launch, but the lack of interest in the contracts is a testament to the belated success of the LME’s warehouse reforms, Metal Bulletin’s Mark Burton argues.
HOTTER ON METALS: BTG Pactual and the race against rumours
It’s been a tumultuous few days for BTG Pactual, the Brazilian investment bank.
SNAP ANALYSIS: China's SRB scoops up excess minors
The past few weeks have brought a raft of measures by Chinese entities aimed at supporting the ailing metal markets. Here, we outline the latest moves and what they have meant for the minor metals and ferro-alloys markets.
SNAP ANALYSIS: Chinese entities move to support ailing base metals markets
The past few weeks have brought a raft of measures by Chinese entities aimed at supporting the ailing metals markets. Here, we outline the latest moves in the base complex, and consider the effect they may have on markets.

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Comment & analysis

HOTTER ON METALS: Aluminium spreads ease as long gives back some of its position

It has been an interesting week for the aluminium market, with financing banks getting tougher and a major long-position holder giving back some of its position.
HOTLINE: Nickel bears in Shanghai

Moves by nickel producers in China to encourage the authorities to act against what they deem ‘the wrong kind of short-selling’ in the futures market recalls the complaints made about speculators when prices were ramping upwards in the commodities boom.
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Canadian speciality metals group 5N Plus has appointed Arjang Roshan as president and ceo following founder Jacques L’Ecuyer’s decision to step down in November.

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