Overseas Mn ore offers: Comilog August offers for 44.5% Gabonese ore 

On December 1, ports in north China: Australian ore 45-46 yuan/mtu, South African manganese semicarbonate ore 34-35 yuan/mtu, Gabonese ore 41-42 yuan/mtu, Brazilian ore 42-43 yuan/mtu, South African high-iron manganese ore 34-35 yuan/mtu; ports in south China: Australian ore 47-48 yuan/mtu, South African manganese semicarbonate ore 37-39 yuan/mtu, Gabonese ore 43-44 yuan/mtu, Brazilian ore 43-44 yuan/mtu, South African high-iron ore 35-36 yuan/mtu.

South Africa’s national power company Eskom said on October 23 that it would cut the power supply by 2,000 megawatts due to the failure of the generator sets of its six power plants. The power curtailment continued until Oct 25.

Shanghai base metals were mostly lower on Tuesday morning as investors awaited the release of China's trade data for June. Meanwhile, their counterparts on the LME also fell for the most part.

Trades thinned on Wednesday Aug 22 as demand weakened after transactions from most long-term contracts ended

Purchasing price for its Sept tender settled at $2,509/mt cfr over the weekend, down some 11% from Aug

Aluminium fluoride prices in the Chinese market have been holding steady since the beginning of this month

Trades were brisk on Jul 18 as sellers were willing to offload cargoes and as traders and downstream consumers were keen to purchase

Local environmental protection authorities ordered the suspension from Jul 18 after an accident occurred at the plant

TCs of imported clean copper concentrate for the week ended Friday Jul 13 stood at $83-90/mt

Some 153,500 mt of copper scrap received the green light in the 15th batch of approvals for restricted solid scrap imports