SHANGHAI – Shanghai copper opened up 2.3 percent on Thursday, chasing a 3 percent rally on the London Metal Exchange while the Chinese market was shut Monday through Wednesday. Shanghai aluminium rose about half a percent at 14,630 yuan a tonne, and the third-month zinc contract was up 2.1 percent at 14,600 yuan at the [...]

SHANGHAI, May 5 – Shanghai copper fell sharply to near a three-month low on Wednesday, tracking a tumble in London copper prices in the previous session, on worries over a possible wider euro zone debt crisis despite a record bailout for Greece. Financial markets around the world tumbled with renewed selling frenzy as concern mounted [...]

* Euro strengthens against dollar * Copper tagged for delivery jumps in LME warehouses * U.S. indicators showing signs of economic growth * COMING UP: January U.S. factory orders, home sales (Recasts, updates prices, market activity; new byline, dateline, previously LONDON) NEW YORK, March 3 – Copper rose on Wednesday, hitting a seven-week high as [...]

LME Inventories Update: Copper +1350, Nickel -378, Lead -25, Zinc +0, Aluminium -5775, Tin -190.

RARE Metals Industries (RMI), a venture with South African, Russian and US investors, has said it may list shares to fund a titanium processing plant costing as much as 1,5bn. “It could be an attractive option,” RMI’s project chairman, Donovan Chimhandamba, said on Friday. Chimhandamba also works for the strategic project fund at SA’s National [...]

LME Inventory Update Copper +3475MT Lead +550MT Zinc -275MT Nickel +330MT Aluminium -4950MT Tin -40MT.

LME Inventory Update Copper +775MT Lead -350MT Zinc -125MT Nickel -162MT Aluminium -5750MT Tin -120MT.

LME Inventory Update Copper -50MT Lead 0MT Zinc -100MT Nickel -288MT Aluminium -8250MT Tin -345MT.

LME Inventory Update Copper -50MT Lead -500MT Zinc +550MT Nickel +90MT Aluminium -7450MT  Tin -300MT.

LME Inventory Update Copper +1725MT Lead +350MT Zinc +925MT Nickel +162MT Aluminium -7900MT Tin +25MT.

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