April 19, 2024 Spectacular copper price rally only gaining momentum A double digit runup in copper just in April lifts the orange metal to within sight of $10,000/tonne as warnings prices are running ahead of fundamentals emerge.
April 19, 2024 Iron ore price set for second weekly gain on improving China demand Iron ore has gained more than 15% so far this month.
April 18, 2024 Column: Funds buy back into copper’s supercycle credentials The impact of fund flows on the current price dynamics may be a harbinger of things to come.
April 17, 2024 Biden calls for tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel The Biden administration is also pressuring neighboring Mexico to prohibit China from selling its metal products to the United States indirectly from there.
April 17, 2024 Russia and China trade new copper disguised as scrap to skirt taxes, sanctions Russian RCC and Chinese firms have avoided taxes and skirted the impact of sanctions by trading in new copper wire rod disguised as scrap.
April 17, 2024 Traders are already gaming the new Russian metal sanctions The opportunity lies in massive piles of Russian metal already sitting in the LME global warehouse network.
April 17, 2024 Iron ore price hits over 5-week high on improving steel market, pre-holiday restocking Near-term ore demand will remain solid as mills show increasing willingness to resume production after an improvement in margins and downstream demand, said analysts.
April 17, 2024 Short squeeze fears grip tin as LME says it’s watching market Tin's 25% advance in 2024 puts it well ahead of more closely-watched commodities like copper or crude oil.
April 15, 2024 Copper price at fresh high as satellite data shows sharp Chinese smelter cutbacks China’s Copper Smelter Purchase Team appears to be making good on promises of cutbacks with end-March inactivity at refiners jumping to 12.8% compared to 4.1% a year ago.
April 15, 2024 Metals whipsawed as sanctions on new Russian supplies rattle LME Aluminum jumped as much as 9.4% as the market opened, the most since the current form of the contract was launched in 1987.
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