Lead and zinc began the week slightly higher while the rest of the base metals on the London Metal Exchange came under pressure on Monday January 8.Zinc was Monday morning's best performer, up $13 to $3,365 per tonne. Aluminium, meanwhile, continued to slip marginally lower, down $12 to $2,193.50 per tonne."There's some consolidation, it's a pretty quiet start to the week after an active start to...Read More
The spot gold price rose during Asian morning trading on Monday January 8, underpinned by weakness in the dollar following a disappointing US jobs report at the end of last week.The spot gold price was recently quoted at $1,320.25-1,320.60 per oz, up by $1.25 from the previous trading day's close. Trade has ranged from $1,319.33-1,322.25 per oz so far today.Gold has been the beneficiary of a weake...Read More
Indium prices have moved up on the higher range because of the tight availability of crude indium.Indium prices have climbed to a higher range because of tight availability of crude indium, market participants said.Metal Bulletin assessed the free market indium price at $250-280 per kg on an in-warehouse basis on Friday January 5, up from $250-270 per kg on Wednesday and lows of $220-$245 per kg o...Read More
Frank Arm, Retorte's head of sales and marketing, left the company last week, Metal Bulletin has learned. Arm had spent almost nine years at the German...Read More
Key data from Metal Bulletin's Friday January 5 pricing session in Europe.Germanium Metal Rotterdam $ per kg Key drivers:- Lack of supply in the global market- Good demand in Europe and China offset subdued...Read More
Key data from Metal Bulletin's Friday January 5 pricing session in Europe.Gallium Metal MB free market $/kgFridayPreviousChange to midpoint of rangeMidpoint % change160-175155-17053.1%Key drivers: - Shortage of stock due...Read More
European antimony prices have started the year on a positive note with prices edging up slightly for both grades amid a tightening market.Metal Bulletin assessed MMTA standard grade II antimony in-warehouse Rotterdam prices at $8,000-8,350 per tonne on Friday January 5, stable from Wednesday's assessment when prices had increased from $7,950-8,300 per tonne.Trioxide grade antimony prices in-wareho...Read More
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