Base metals recovered some lost ground in non-descript trading on the morning of Wednesday December 23 on the London Metal Exchange, with zinc rising the most after two days of losses caused by the news of a new Covid-19 variant damaging sentiment.
23 December 2020
Ana de Liz
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly lower this morning, Wednesday December 23, while those on the London Metal Exchange were mixed.
23 December 2020
William Adams
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday December 22 that are worth another look.
23 December 2020
Fastmarkets MB staff
Chilean copper producer Codelco signed a new 36-month labor agreement with supervisors and overall management at its Chuquicamata division, the company said on Tuesday December 22.
22 December 2020
Renato Rostás
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday December 22.
22 December 2020
Fastmarkets MB staff
LME nickel’s three-month price saw the biggest drop in the base metals complex on Tuesday December 22, with most metals correcting down from their recent 2020 highs in reaction to news of a new variant of Covid-19.
22 December 2020
Ana de Liz
Shipping problems faced by commodity market participants are likely to get worse ahead of Chinese New Year on February 12, 2021, sources told Fastmarkets.
22 December 2020
Lee Allen, Ewa Manthey, Alice Mason, Davide Ghilotti
Brazilian aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) will begin 2021 with new extrusion billet capacity after two years of investments to increase it by 50%, the company said on Monday December 21.
22 December 2020
Renato Rostás
Daily PDFs will be downloadable until Friday December 25. After that, because of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the next daily PDF will be downloadable on Tuesday January 5.
22 December 2020
Fastmarkets MB staff
Brazil’s duty-free import quota for unalloyed aluminium for 2021 will be 262,000 tonnes, as decided by the executive management committee (Gecex) of the foreign trade chamber (Camex) on Monday December 21.
22 December 2020
Renato Rostás
