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SMM Evening Comments (Jul 2): SHFE base metals closed mostly higher amid coronavirus vaccine hopes
Nickel advanced 0.7% to lead the way higher, copper rose 0.6%, aluminium gained 0.2% and zinc inched up 0.1%, while tin stayed flat. Lead shed 0.2%.
Antofagasta and Chinese smelters Tongling, Jiangxi Copper agreed on TC at $60.8/mt for H1 2021
Chilean copper miner Antofagasta has agreed to supply Chinese smelters Tongling Nonferrous and Jiangxi Copper with copper concentrates in the first half of 2021 at treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) of $60.8/mt and 6.08 cents/lb, SMM learned.
Aluminium billet inventories rebounded 6,900 mt from last Wednesday
Inventories of aluminium billet in China rose this week due to increased arrivals.
Primary aluminium inventories fell 32,000 mt on week
Primary aluminium ingot inventories in China continued to trend lower this week, albeit at a slower pace, showed SMM data.
China’s new copper and aluminium scrap standards yet to be implemented
The long-anticipated new standards for high-grade copper scrap and aluminium scrap metal—due to come into force on July 1–has yet to be implemented at China’s customs, as the procedure for importing material under these standards has not been finalised, SMM learned from several traders, fabricators and smelters.
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