The base metals sector posted a 10.47% Q4 gain. The composite of copper, aluminum, nickel, lead, zinc, and tin forwards traded on the London Metals Exchange posted across-the-board gains in Q4 and ...

Base metals are critical for infrastructure building and are increasingly crucial for green energy initiatives. The London Metals Exchange (LME) is the most liquid base metals market. While copper ...

After a 10.03% decline in 2023, the LME metals composite rallied 11.24% in Q2 and was 11.51% higher than the 2023 closing level. Steady interest rates, a U.S. and U.K. ban on Russian metals on the LME ...

The election of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, with the majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, means that the incoming administration could have a degree of smooth sailing in ...

TORONTO, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vale Base Metals (VBM) is on track to increase its total Mineral Reserves and Resources in Canada and Brazil by more than 20 per cent by the end of 2027, ...

Effective hedging strategies, such as using futures, options, and swaps, are crucial for stabilizing costs and managing price risks in volatile base metal markets during H2 2025. Metal buyers can ...

Copper prices appear to be marching to the beat of their own drum. The industrial metal has decoupled itself from the market movements inherent in base metals as well as oil. It's not a divergence ...

Copper edged lower, along with most other industrial metals, amid persistent uncertainty over the future of US tariffs on China, the largest consumer of the materials. Dozens of nations are seeking ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Link to PDF TORONTO, March 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Vale Base Metals (VBM) is on track to increase its total Mineral ...