Asia’s largest economy has been a crucial support for metals markets over the last two to three decades.

Declining stocks have heightened market concern about the availability of copper.

Friedland, who’s behind the discovery of some of the world’s biggest copper deposits, has long championed the importance of the metal.

Glencore would hold a 9.99% equity interest in Stillwater upon completion of a private placement.

Exchanges are in an uncomfortable wait for the outcome of a lawsuit by two financial firms against the LME.

Weak demand from the construction industry has pushed zinc prices to levels which leave some miners with little or no profit.

As nickel prices surged and for hours after a large Chinese bank missed a margin call, the Financial Conduct Authority was largely passive in its interactions with the LME.

Grupo Mexico recently clashed with Lopez Obrador over a railway concession and has several mines where production has stalled.