IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from November 27

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday November 27 that are worth another look.

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has agreed to buy 96.4% of Sider??rgica Latino-Americana (Silat) shares from Spanish group Hierros A????n for $110.8 million, in a shift from its divestment strategy of the past four years.
Shifting London Metal Exchange zinc and lead prices have dictated premiums this past week, overriding fundamental shortages from key suppliers.
Miner-trader Glencore suspended operations at its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) early this week - a month earlier than previously expected.
The London Metal Exchange's cash-settled alumina futures contract, which is settled against a basket of prices that includes Fastmarkets' index, has seen a flurry of activity on the January 2020 prompt date.
Nickel premiums have fallen in the United States over the past week on a year-end push for sales while rates in China are mixed and those in Europe are flat.

Immediate trigger for crash was new Fed Chairman pick

Gold stocks slump on metal price decline

Is the gold market starting to turn 'irrationally exuberant'?

Gold stocks explode up as equity markets languish

Gold stocks outpace flat large caps