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Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price closed negatively...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plu...Read More
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Long drawn-out downward trend flattens...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as...Read More
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Tin rebounds... The LME three-month tin...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue a...Read More
Price resistance remains around $2,600 per...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issu...Read More
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Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday December 11, with average gains of 0.2%. This after they again tested support levels on Monday, when support held to varying degrees.Copper led on the upside this morning with a 0.6% gain to $6,133 per tonne, while aluminium dipped 0.1% to $1,945 per tonne. Volume across the complex has...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 29 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures moved slightly higher following release of the November Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a decline of 0.6% in October. Actual was an increase of 0.1%. Excluding food and energy, consensus for the November Producer Price Index was...Read More
Steel billet prices continued to decline in most of the world's major billet markets during the week to Friday December 7 due to thin buying interest caused by the weak finished steel sector and cheaper scrap.China's prices rebounded at the beginning of the week, after a 90-day suspension of the country's tariff war with the United States was announced on December 2, although market sentiment...Read More
Steel billet prices continued to decline in most of the world's major billet markets during the week to Friday December 7 due to thin buying interest caused by the weak finished steel sector and cheaper scrap.China's prices rebounded at the beginning of the week, after a 90-day suspension of the country's tariff war with the United States was announced on December 2, although market sentiment...Read More
Base metals continue to face headwinds from the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China, but also from tension over the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Brexit, social unrest in France and stuttering equity markets. Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board on Monday December 10, with average losses of 0.5%, ranged between 0...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower overnight on news that China has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to protest detention of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, but recovered before North American equity markets opened. Conoco Phillips (COP $65.91) is expected to open higher after the company announced...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher at the close of trading on Friday December 7, supported by an uptick in equity indices while a softer US dollar index helped most three-month prices reverse Thursday's losses.Despite low volumes in LME trading, with aluminium's 11,723 lots topping the complex, strong afternoon trading resulted in intraday highs for aluminium,...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
European lead producer Recylex has opened talks with the debtors of its Weser Metall division after leveraged investments at the smelter there failed to result in expected production gains. "The group anticipates that its German perimeter will not be able to reach its financial targets at December 31, 2018," the company said on Wednesday December 5. Weser-Metall GmBH, a wholly-owned German divisio...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday December 7.China The domestic ferro-chrome spot price slid after some sellers lowered prices to book sales and generate cash before year-end, but buying interest from China's domestic stainless steel mills was thin. The imported charge chrome market was quiet. Some sellers had just compl...Read More