LIVE FUTURES REPORT 16/11: LME lead price up 3% in dollar downturn; zinc stabilizes

Base metals futures on the London Metal Exchange rebounded at the close of trading on Friday November 16, led by a strong performance in the three-month lead price while a marked downturn in the US dollar index prompted follow-up buying.

16 November 2018 Hassan Butt, Sofia Okun

BATTERY RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 16/11: Cobalt prices show weakness on thin trading, ailing Chinese market

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.

16 November 2018 Charlotte Radford, Chris Kavanagh, Susan Zou, Justin Yang, Martim Facada, Violet Li, Carrie Shi

INTL FERRO-ALLOYS CONF: Eight things we learned in Lisbon

Fastmarkets MB presents the key things we learned when the ferro-alloys community gathered for a busy week of meetings and contract negotiations in Lisbon at the 34th International Ferro-alloys Conference on November 11-13.

16 November 2018 Charlotte Radford, Chris Kavanagh, Ewa Manthey, Jon Stibbs

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 16/11: Comex copper rally reaches fourth day

Comex copper prices hit a multi-week high in morning tradingin the United States on Friday November 16, amid improving macroeconomic fundamentals and with trade talks to be held between the US and China.

16 November 2018 Dalton Barker

INTL FERRO-ALLOYS CONF - POLL: How will ferro-alloys prices move in 2019?

At Fastmarkets MB’s 34th International Ferro-alloys Conference in Lisbon this week, we polled delegates about their expectations for the ferro-alloys markets in 2019.

16 November 2018 Charlotte Radford

NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF 16/11: Southeast Asian steel billet import prices fall; SGX to launch high-grade iron ore derivatives; China rebar price lowers

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday November 16.

16 November 2018 Hassan Butt

SHFE STOCKS REPORT 16/11: SHFE nickel stocks up 10.5%

Base metal stocks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) showed divergent trends during the week ending Friday November 16, with nickel stocks surging 10.5% on a weekly basis.

16 November 2018 Huaqing Fu

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 16/11: Positive opening for LME base metals boosted by dollar dip; lead, nickel prices climb 1%

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange had a mixed start in morning trading on Friday November 16, with investor sentiment improving amid easing US-China trade tensions and a slight downturn in the US dollar index.

16 November 2018 Hassan Butt

SHFE vs LME physical arbitrage 16/11: Copper, aluminium, zinc, nickel

Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Friday November 16 *

16 November 2018 Amy Lv

METALS MORNING VIEW 16/11: Metals prices mixed while trade uncertainty dominates

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were either little changed or stronger on the morning of Friday November 16.

16 November 2018 William Adams