Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during the morning trading session on Monday December 9, supported by better-than-expected US jobs data and positive trade developments. The upward momentum seen across the SHFE base metals complex was mainly the result of strong US employment figures released at the end […]

The price of copper was hammered on Friday amid an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies and a global economic slowdown.     In early afternoon trading in New York, copper for delivery in July touched a low of $2.5685 a pound ($5,660 a tonne), down 3.6% from Thursday’s settlement to its […]

Base metals have had a shaky start to 2019, with a cautious first-quarter advance giving way to an April drop on uncertainty about the global economy and the impact Chinese stimulus will have on consumption. Clouding the outlook are mixed signals on world growth. China’s first official gauge of the manufacturing sector fell in April, […]