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Japan’s JFE takes new tack to tame volatile coking coal prices

Japan's No.2 steelmaker plans to buy more coking coal from the spot market to boost activity and make prices more transparent.

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 9:21 am

Some Japan buyers agree to pay Q1 aluminum premium of $90/t, down 7% Q/Q

Some Japanese aluminium buyers have agreed to pay global producers…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 8:33 am

Analysis: Gold set for further record prices in 2024 and 2025

Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past…

Jeffrey M. Christian | December 28, 2023 | 8:29 am

China smelters cut Q1 copper guidance price as supply outlook tightens

Mine closures and disruptions tightened the supply outlook.

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 8:20 am

Spot gold wavers as bond markets rally on rate-cut optimism

Strong demand for Treasuries signalled investors are confident the Federal…

Bloomberg News | December 28, 2023 | 12:59 am

China’s copper costs driven up by Maike’s woes, output glitches

The premium that buyers pay above futures prices for domestic copper have surged since the second half of last year.

Reuters | January 20, 2023 | 8:02 am

Lithium futures gather momentum amid EV battery metals boom

Open interest in the lithium contract hit a record high of 473 contracts on Wednesday, and extends out to February 2024, according to CME data.

Bloomberg News | January 19, 2023 | 5:41 pm

Record open interest in CME Group’s copper options

Copper Options average daily volume was at 12,513 contracts month-to-date, up 410% versus a year ago.

Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 5:33 pm

CHART: Uranium’s third bull market since 1968 has further to run

New report by Sprott says West’s renewed focus on energy security, doubling of conversion and enrichment prices and green energy transition provides structural support for a sustained bull run.

Frik Els | January 19, 2023 | 2:36 pm

Column: Exchanges diversify as base metals trade shrinks in 2022

Volumes have fallen every month year-on-year since the suspension of nickel trading and the decision to cancel trades.

Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 10:46 am

Patriot Battery Metals surges on best lithium drill intercept to date at CV5 pegmatite

The spodumene mineralization at the CV5 pegmatite has now been traced over a strike length of at least 2,200 metres.

Staff Writer | January 19, 2023 | 9:21 am

Copper price on the way up, but with many ‘ifs’

Long copper positions are building on both the LME and the COMEX.

Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 8:39 am

LME CEO says nickel reforms to be implemented ‘relatively quickly’

Trading volumes at the LME have been slowly declining primarily due to increased competition from the OTC markets.

Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 7:50 am

Alcoa drops as shipments seen stagnating on shaky demand

The largest US aluminum producer expects to ship between 2.5 million and 2.6 million tonnes this year.

Bloomberg News | January 18, 2023 | 3:04 pm

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