LIVE FUTURES 19/07: Copper up 1.65% on strong volumes; nickel down

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange showed mixed results at the close of trading on Friday July 19, with continuing trade tensions and uncertainty at the United States Federal Reserve driving directionless trading across the complex.

19 July 2019 Amy Hinton

MMG AT A GLANCE: Q2 production results, full-year guidance

MMG’s production results for the second quarter of 2019 and the full-year production guidance.

19 July 2019 Anna Xu

BATTERY RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 19/07: Speculative buying pushes Chinese cobalt prices slightly higher

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.

19 July 2019 Charlotte Radford, Susan Zou, Martim Facada, Violet Li

SHFE STOCKS REPORT 19/07: Copper stocks rise over 6% amid low demand, renewed US-China trade concerns

Copper inventories held in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses increased by 6.4% week on week as of Friday July 19 amid weak domestic demand and renewed concerns over the possible escalation of trade tensions between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies.

19 July 2019 Amy Lv

EXCLUSIVE: LME to go ahead with QBRC reform; warehouse consultation expected

The London Metal Exchange will continue to push forward with relaxing its queue-based rent capping (QBRC) rule, a key area of warehousing reform, to 80 days, sources told Fastmarkets.

19 July 2019 Alice Mason

China copper market absorbs Baiyin Nonferrous smelter suspension - sources

North China copper smelter Baiyin Nonferrous Group’s one-month shutdown in July has had limited impact on copper concentrates and outright copper prices in China, market sources told Fastmarkets.

19 July 2019 Ellie Wang

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 19/07: LME nickel price softens amid moderate turnover; copper rallies above $6,000/t

Nickel’s three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was lower during morning trading on Friday June 19, with the metal’s weeklong price rally cooling across Asian trading hours.

19 July 2019 Hassan Butt, Consuelo de la Jara

MORNING VIEW: LME base metals prices spurred higher by dovish Fed speech, weaker dollar

Comments from US Federal Reserve officials overnight appeared dovish after New York Federal Reserve president John Williams stressed at the annual meeting of the Central Bank Research Association that “it is better to take preventative measures than to wait for disaster to unfold”.

19 July 2019 Andy Farida

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 19/07: SHFE copper up 1.7% amid weaker dollar; zinc down 0.4%

Barring those for zinc, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all up during morning trading on Friday July 19 following a retreat in the dollar index overnight.

19 July 2019 Amy Lv

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 18

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday July 18 that are worth another look.

19 July 2019 Fastmarkets MB staff