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The Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched its new contract allowing both domestic and international investors to trade copper in China. The launch of this contract is intended to boost China's role in setting copper prices. A surge in supply is probably the least likely ...

Chinese output grew 3.8% to nearly 31 million tons in the January to October period. Even so, demand still outstripped supply. Surplus production has a way of disappearing off the radar in the aluminum market. The stock and finance trade soaks up excess production. Output is down ...

Industrial metals have had a good few months in Q3, in part due to a China recovery. Ongoing policy stimulus in China has made its way into industrial and construction investment. That should continue to boost investment and industrial output in the coming months. While China will...

A relatively swift exit from pandemic lockdowns and the impact of stimulus-led infrastructure investment have powered China's metals rebound. A combination of Chinese demand and a weak U.S. dollar has supported metal prices more generally this summer. China's share of global alumi...

Base metals rose 8.95% in Q3. Zinc- The leader of the nonferrous metals on the upside. All base metals post gains- Double-digit percentage increases in COMEX copper, nickel, and zinc. Iron ore rallies 25.9%. The BDI declines by 7.58%. For further details see: Bas...

Original post By Sohrab Darabshaw The Indian aluminum sector, which once stood firmly on the path of growth, today finds itself buffeted by the winds of uncertainty because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Industry leaders have suggested many measures to the India government to put the se...

Original Post By Sohrab Darabshaw India's steel production contracted since the arrival of COVID-19. However, exports surprisingly notched a new high in the April-July 2020 period. Steels exports more than doubled in these months to hit their highest level in six years, reported ne...

Original post By Stuart Burns Pandemic-related lockdowns constrained the global scrap market earlier this year. Consequently, operations were restricted or closed down. But even as containments have eased, the market has been slow to come back - resulting in rising prices for ste...

Original Post By Stuart Burns Zinc and lead are co-mined metals, often assessed in tandem. Zinc and copper, however, are less likely to be viewed as driven by the same fundamentals. Sentiment, yes. All the base metals can be influenced by the same narrative, such as currency streng...

Original Post By Stuart Burns Following President Donald Trump's reimposition of 10% import tariffs on Canadian aluminum, the U.S.'s northern neighbor is now sweating the possible reimposition of steel tariffs. The U.S. imposed the Section 232 tariffs in 2018. Eventually, the U.S. li...