There were no clear trends for base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) during the morning trading session on Tuesday December 24, with lead’s 0.8% increase making it the best performer of the lot.
24 December 2019
Anna Xu
The China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Bureau will allow up to 275,465 tonnes of aluminium scrap shipments into the country in the first batch of import quotas for 2020.
23 December 2019
Justin Yang, Julian Luk
Zinc was the worst performer at the London Metal Exchange 5pm close on Monday December 23, while the other base metals consolidated in quiet market conditions.
23 December 2019
Alice Mason
Recylex has placed three companies including German primary smelter Weser-Metall up for sale, with the European lead producer forced to offload assets to reduce outstanding debts of €200 million ($221.4 million).
23 December 2019
Archie Hunter
Peter Waszkis will retire as chief executive officer of warehouse and logistics provider Access World next February 2020, the company said in a news release on December 20.
23 December 2019
Archie Hunter
China imported 210,000 tonnes of alumina from the seaborne market in November, down from 240,000 tonnes in October, but considerably higher than the 150,000 tonnes shipped in September when the import arbitrage window opened, according to Chinese customs data released on Monday December 23.
23 December 2019
Hui Li
The London Metal Exchange aluminium price was relatively steady during morning trading on Monday December 23, shrugging off a large cancellation of 107,125 tonnes from LME warehouses.
23 December 2019
Justin Yang
Daily PDFs will be downloadable until Wednesday December 25. After that, because of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the next daily PDF will be downloadable on Friday January 3, 2020.
23 December 2019
Fastmarkets MB staff
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange mostly softened during morning trading on Monday December 23, with the exception of the most-traded nickel contract, which bucked the trend with a 1.6% increase.
23 December 2019
Karen Ng
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday December 20 that are worth another look.
23 December 2019
Fastmarkets MB staff
