Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday September 4 that are worth another look.
A sustained weakness in the United States' Midwest aluminium premium and increased barge freight rates
pushed the estimated arbitrage between Southeast Asian warehouses and the United States to an 18-month low.Zinc premiums in Northern Europe have risen with falling zinc prices, while spreads on the London Metal Exchange went into backwardation. Meanwhile, lead premiums were broadly flat with many market participants attending an industry conference.
Atlantic Copper, Europe's third largest copper smelter and refinery, has
delayed intake of copper concentrates for up to two weeks, with primary smelting reduced to 40% capacity after an outage at its electric furnace, sources at the company told Fastmarkets.
After a period of correction that lasted for about three weeks, the
price for Chinese cobalt metal has been given fresh strength by rising raw materials costs and tightened spot supply.
Flat steel producer
ArcelorMittal Italia will "continue operations beyond" September 6 at its plant in Taranto, Italy, despite the country's adoption of the so-called Crescita Decree law, the company said on September 4.