NON-FERROUS WEEK IN BRIEF 07/09: Alcoa strike continues; Shanghai zinc premiums at 4-year high; Europe molybdenum moves up; Chinese spot manganese ore prices diverge; high-grade cobalt prices rise

By Hassan Butt / September 07, 2018 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.

Base metalsWorkers at Alcoa's alumina and bauxite operations in Western Australia have voted to extend industrial action, with around 80% of members rejecting a proposed workplace agreement, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) said in a statement on Friday September 7.Shanghai zinc premiums touched their highest in more than four years this week while the Shanghai-London arbitrage window remain open.Investors keen to tap into the electrification of the world's transport networks should look upstream to the...

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