Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.
Base metalsThe London Metal Exchange's average daily volume was little changed for January 2018 from a year earlier but only when taking into account trading changes due to MiFID II. It was a tough week for the copper market - prices fell to their weakest since mid-December after volatility returned to the equity market although the commodities arena is not completely reflecting the volatility in equities. Nyrstar, the world's second-largest zinc smelter, has filed an arbitration request to the operator of Century Zinc mine to enforce "long-standing life of mine agreements" for the offtake of zinc concentrates. Transamine and...