The arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Wednesday September 26*
26 September 2018
Susan Zou
Francisco (Paco) Testor, founder and president of RP Metaltrading, died on August 6, 2018, after battling with cancer for a year.
26 September 2018
Fastmarkets MB staff
Codelco has offered its Chinese customers copper cathode supply in 2019 at a premium of $88 per tonne, a 17% increase on this year’s level, Metal Bulletin has learned.
26 September 2018
Perrine Faye
The United States’ decision to extend the deadline for companies to wind down operations and contracts with producer UC Rusal weighed on the aluminium market this week, causing premiums in the US and Europe to buckle under the expectation of more material entering the market.
26 September 2018
Kirk Maltais, Alice Mason, Michael Roh, Mia Aureus
Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday September 26.
26 September 2018
Mia Aureus
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during Asian morning trading on Wednesday September 26, with many investors taking to the sidelines ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting later.
26 September 2018
Karen Ng
Global copper participants are beginning to finalize 2019 annual contracts with Chilean mining giant Codelco setting European premiums at a four-year high. Meanwhile, US sources indicated that the producer is starting to negotiate supply deals with key consumers in the Gulf of Mexico region.
26 September 2018
Archie Hunter, Dalton Barker, Julian Luk
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday September 25.
25 September 2018
Metal Bulletin Editorial
Copper trader Pascal Larouche has left Geneva-based merchant Transamine, where he was jointly responsible for the copper trading book, sources with knowledge of the matter told Metal Bulletin this week.
25 September 2018
Archie Hunter
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Tuesday September 25, with dollar weakness having little effect against the market impact of further tariffs between the US and China.
25 September 2018
Hassan Butt
