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The most-traded Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) tin contract, SN2612, closed the November 3 night session at 351,760 yuan per tonne, down 2.95% from the previous settlement of 362,450 yuan per tonne, according to Shanghai Metals Market (SMM). The official LME three-month tin price closed at…
Read morePrice trends in regional pig iron markets moved in opposite directions in October 2026, according to GMK Center. Quotations fell in the Black Sea region, while Brazilian prices climbed from $440-445/t FOB to $455-460/t FOB. After a period of stagnation caused by a lack of new deals, an upward trend…
Read moreChina's secondary lead production totaled 263,300 metric tons in October 2026, down 11,300 mt, or 4.11%, month on month, according to Shanghai Metals Market (SMM). Secondary refined lead output rose 2.49% month on month to 196,000 mt, supported mainly by imported crude lead used as a raw material…
Read moreOil prices fell on the morning of Wednesday, November 4, 2026, as investors weighed the implications of the Democratic takeover of both chambers of the U.S. Congress and renewed diplomatic efforts involving Iran, according to EnergyNow's Morning Oil Price Report. According to the report, WTI crude…
Read moreCrude oil inventories in the United States fell by 900,000 barrels in the week ending October 30, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. Commercial stockpiles now stand at 409.8 million barrels, which is 4% below the five-year average for this…
Read moreU.S. commercial crude oil inventories fell by 865 thousand barrels, according to the latest weekly data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), as reported by AEGIS Hedging Solutions in its Weekly Oil Statistics note dated November 4, 2026. The draw was smaller than the average…
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