By Ellie Wang / February 08, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com /
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Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday February 8.
Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly lower during Asian morning trading on Thursday, with only aluminium in positive territory, after a jump in the dollar overnight and a bout of profit-taking sank prices.
The most-traded April copper contract on the SHFE dropped to 52,020 yuan ($8,300) per tonne as of 10.21 am Shanghai time, down by 870 yuan per tonne or 1.6% from the previous day's close.
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| LME snapshot at 02.22 am London time |
| Latest three-month LME Prices |
| | Price ($ per tonne) | Change since yesterday's close ($) |
| Copper | 6,924 | 44 |
| Aluminium | 2,168 | 10 |
| Lead | 2,533 | 25 |
| Zinc | 3,418 | 38 |
| Tin | 21,615 | 5 |
| Nickel | 13,275 | 100 |
| SHFE snapshot at 10.21 am Shanghai time |
| Most-traded SHFE contracts |
| | Price (yuan per tonne) | Change since yesterday's close (yuan) |
| Copper | 52,020 | -870 |
| Aluminium | 14,270 | 65 |
| Zinc | 26,280 | -200 |
| Lead | 19,070 | -130 |
| Tin | 150,160 | -1,000 |
| Nickel | 100,980 | -1,280 |
Chinese cobalt metal prices
softened over the past week due a slump in demand ahead of the Chinese New Year break (February 15-21).
The Quebec National Assembly in Canada has issued a motion
calling for the resumption of negotiations between the Aluminerie de B?(C)cancour Inc (ABI) smelter in Quebec and union workers with Syndicat des M?(C)tallos and the United Steelworkers union.
Non-ferrous scrap exports from the United States surged last year to
the highest level since 2014, propelled largely by a surge in aluminum and copper scrap shipments to China.
Miners all too often lack a clear purpose and
fail to approach investments with the appropriate due diligence, a method that drives shareholder returns lower, according to the chairman of Norilsk Nickel.
The heads of mining companies
should not be complacent about higher prices and need to continue to run their operations as efficiently as possible, the chief executive officer of Konkola Copper Mines told Metal Bulletin.
Brazil's alumina export volumes
inched up in January from a year earlier, with higher volumes to North America and Qatar offsetting the lack of shipments to South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.