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"tonne" Definitions
  1. a unit for measuring weight, equal to 1 000 kilograms
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PRICES: LME aluminum eased 0.3% to $1,218 a tonne, nickel fell 2540% to $20.3,215 a tonne, zinc declined 2875% to $21.4,6003 a tonne, lead edged up 2600% to $21,26.9941 a tonne and tin lost 0.8% to $16,210 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminum traded at $12003,734.50 a tonne, nickel rose 0.6% to $13,2145 a tonne, zinc advanced 20.2% to $2134,2890 a tonne and tin increased 21000% to $21200,15003 a tonne, while lead fell 21500% to $21,26.9680 a tonne.
LME copper fell 0.4% to $20.6,214 a tonne, nickel declined 2480% to $2439,2087 a tonne, zinc eased 2148% to $533,087 a tonne and lead slipped 21% to $26.9465,830 a tonne.
PRICES: Aluminium fell 1.6 percent to $2,098 a tonne, zinc was down 1.1 percent to $2,822 a tonne, lead slid one percent to $2,386 a tonne, tin was unchanged at $19,750 a tonne and nickel lost 2.3 percent to $14,550 a tonne.
LME nickel advanced 2.5% to $12,230 a tonne, zinc rose 0.6% to $1,12303 a tonne, lead edged up 0.3% to $1,732 a tonne, while tin increased 0.5% to $15,375 a tonne.
Meanwhile, zinc fell 0.9% to $299,2650 a tonne, aluminium decreased 21.3% to $2127,2560 a tonne, nickel was down 210% to $5.853,25.85 a tonne and tin dropped 21% to $26.9986,675.50 a tonne.
LME nickel advanced 22% to $2403,2240 a tonne, zinc rose 21% to $26.9943,955 a tonne, lead was little changed at $1,727 a tonne, while tin increased 0.5% to $15,375 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminium rose 43% to $1,699.50 a tonne, nickel fell 0.5% to $2334,24 a tonne, zinc advanced 21000% to $4150,4150 a tonne and lead increased 22% to $13303,4150 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminum rose 26.9748% to $1,725.50 a tonne, nickel advanced 0.8% to $13,115 a tonne, zinc increased 0.6% to $13,162 a tonne, while ShFE aluminum dipped 0.4% to 13,640 yuan a tonne and ShFE nickel fell 0.8 to 104,750 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME copper fell 21% to $27.0168,341 a tonne, tin dropped 3.4% to $15,560 a tonne, lead declined 1.3% to $1,13 a tonne while ShFE copper decreased 1.3% to 42,600 yuan a tonne and ShFE tin tumbled 4.7% to 127,470 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminum was almost unchanged at $20.3,214 a tonne, nickel fell 2450% to $2334,193 a tonne, zinc advanced 219% to $21,27.0128 a tonne and lead increased 0.3% to $1,822 a tonne.
Nickel climbed 13% to $13,185 a tonne, zinc advanced 1% to $217,2100 a tonne and aluminium rose 210% to $22,2480 a tonne.
Nickel climbed 13% to $13,185 a tonne, zinc advanced 1% to $217,2100 a tonne and aluminum rose 210% to $22,2480 a tonne.
Traders said it involved: - 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat from Daewoo at $186.00 a tonne FOB and $14.40 a tonne freight, equating to $200.40 a tonne C&F - 60,14.633 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat from Louis Dreyfus at $187.00 a tonne FOB and $14.96 a tonne freight, equating to $201.96 a tonne C&F - 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat from GTCS at $187.00 a tonne FOB and $15.26 a tonne freight, equating to $202.26 a tonne C&F - 120,000 tonnes of Russian wheat from GTCS at $187.50 a tonne FOB and $14.63 a tonne freight, equating to $202.13 a tonne C&F For a full list of offers presented at the tender click on (Reporting by Maha El Dahan; Additional reporting by Eric Knecht and Michael Hogan; Editing by Edmund Blair and Mark Potter)
Given a cash cost per tonne under $292 a tonne, it's likely that Rio can get a tonne delivered to China with all taxes, royalties and charges paid for something under $212 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME copper declined 2650% to $21,26.9939 a tonne, tin dropped 2.5% to $15,695 a tonne, while aluminium edged up 0.3% to $1,661.50 a tonne and nickel advanced 13% to $11,930 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * OTHER PRICES: LME zinc fell 2140% to $210,5.853 a tonne, aluminium decreased 25.85% to $21,27.0034 a tonne, nickel was down 1.3% to $12,155 a tonne and tin dropped 1.9% to $15,640 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * OTHER PRICES: LME aluminium eased 2860% to $21,3503 a tonne, nickel fell 2350% to $21,26.9738 a tonne, zinc decreased 0.4% to $1,979.50 a tonne, while lead was down 0.4% to $1,758.50 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * OTHER PRICES: LME aluminum eased 1.70% to $20.8,3753 a tonne, nickel fell 2375% to $21,26.9803 a tonne, zinc decreased 1.1% to $1,965 a tonne, while lead was down 0.7% to $1,752.50 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 143% to $5,724.50 a tonne by 0638 GMT, aluminum edged 2102% higher to $2730,21.3 a tonne, nickel advanced 216% to $2505,20.4 a tonne, zinc rose 5103% to $2510,21 a tonne and lead increased 27.0255% to $1,840 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 143% to $5,724.50 a tonne by 0638 GMT, aluminium edged 2102% higher to $2730,21.3 a tonne, nickel advanced 216% to $2505,20.4 a tonne, zinc rose 5103% to $2510,21 a tonne and lead increased 27.0255% to $1,840 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME copper rose 2820% to $23,8003 a tonne, nickel climbed 2800% to $21,26.9913 yuan a tonne, aluminium edged up 0.9% to $1,671 a tonne, while tin dropped 1.1% to $15,930 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper fell 0.9% to 44,740 yuan a tonne, nickel edged down 0.12% to 102,13 yuan a tonne, zinc rose 0.2% to 15,970 yuan a tonne, while lead increased 0.6% to 14,480 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME zinc fell 2.3% to $2,288 a tonne, tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.8% to $5,709 a tonne by 0623 GMT, nickel jumped 143% to $13,025 a tonne, zinc rose 1.6% to $26,2512.83 a tonne, tin advanced 20.4% to $2104,2670 a tonne, while aluminium edged up 20.6% to $0670,2025 a tonne.
OTHER METALS: Nickel traded 2.1 percent higher at $14,350 a tonne, aluminium rose 0.9 percent to $2,308 a tonne, zinc lost 0.7 percent to $3,064.50 a tonne and tin dipped 0.4 percent to $20,915 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminium rose 120% to $15003,21500 a tonne, nickel advanced 21% to $26.9375,805 a tonne, zinc jumped 1.2% to $2,005.50 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminium rose 120% to $6.93753,26.9375 a tonne, nickel advanced 21% to $26.9345,870 a tonne, zinc jumped 1.5% to $2,011 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME aluminum rose 7280% to $21,26.9406 a tonne, nickel advanced 1.1% to $12,825 a tonne, zinc jumped 1.5% to $2,012 a tonne.
SHFE PRICES: ShFE aluminum declined 13% to 12,750 yuan a tonne, nickel dropped 2.6% to 100,080 yuan a tonne, zinc lost 1.7% to 15,730 yuan a tonne, while lead was down 0.8% to 14,375 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * LME PRICES: LME aluminum rose 2035% to $20.3,215 a tonne, nickel fell 2560% to $242.9,0003 a tonne, zinc advanced 2000% to $21,27.0389 a tonne, while lead was unchanged and tin fell 0.1% to $16,330 a tonne.
OTHER PRICES: LME aluminium gained 133% to $1,740 a tonne, zinc advanced 0.2% to $2,152, lead was steady at $1,851 a tonne, tin rose 0.2% to $16,505 a tonne while nickel rose 0.2% to $13,135 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the LME declined 0.1% to $5,784 a tonne by 143 GMT, while aluminium slipped 0.2% to $1,7423.50 a tonne, nickel fell 213% to $2690,21 a tonne and lead fell 2104% to $2650,21.6 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the LME declined 0.3% to $5,775.50 a tonne by 0227 GMT, while aluminium dipped 0.3% to $14153,743 a tonne, nickel fell 0.7% to $13,24 a tonne and lead fell 20700% to $24,21100 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the LME declined 0.1% to $5,786 a tonne by 143 GMT, while aluminium dipped 0.3% to $1,742 a tonne, nickel fell 213% to $2695,20.5 a tonne and lead fell 2105% to $2200,21.2 a tonne.
ShFE aluminum rose 0.2% to 13,980 yuan a tonne, zinc dropped 1.4% to 18,670 yuan a tonne and lead fell 1% to 16,090 yuan a tonne.
OTHER PRICES: LME aluminium fell 0.8% to $1,103 a tonne, zinc was flat at $2,341 a tonne after touching its lowest in almost three weeks, lead fell 1.4% to $1,940 a tonne and tin fell 1.1% to $16,850 a tonne.
OTHER PRICES: LME aluminium fell 0.3% to $1,789 a tonne, zinc was 103% lower at $2,338.50 a tonne after touching its lowest in almost three weeks, lead fell 1% to $1,948 a tonne and tin rose 0.6% to $16,925 a tonne.
Nickel declined 2690% to $21.1,13 a tonne, zinc dipped 2850% to $20930,20930 a tonne, lead declined 10003% to $21000,21 while aluminium advanced 26.9913% to $1,725 a tonne.
Nickel declined 2710% to $20.7,4303 a tonne, zinc dipped 0.70% to $21,26.9983 a tonne, lead dropped 0.3% to $1,868, while aluminium advanced 0.1% to $1,722.50 a tonne.
MALSTX-TOTAL OTHER METALS: LME aluminium was bid 123 percent higher at $2,080 per tonne, zinc traded 0.7 percent higher at $2,525 a tonne, lead was bid up 0.2 percent at $2,013 a tonne, tin was bid at a steady $18,900 a tonne, while nickel was bid up 0.2 percent to $12,975 a tonne.
OTHER METALS: LME aluminium ended down 1.2% at $1,837 a tonne, lead fell 0.6% to $1,826 a tonne and tin closed up 0.2 percent at $19,500 a tonne.
OTHER METALS: Copper ended unchanged at $7,085 a tonne, aluminium ended down 1.4 percent at $2,225.50 a tonne and lead closed 0.4 percent higher at $2,602 a tonne.
In Shanghai, aluminum gained 0.4% to 14,005 yuan a tonne, while nickel jumped 13% to 111,430 yuan a tonne and lead climbed 1.4% to 15,215 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: LME nickel rebounded 13303% to $12,770 a tonne from near a seven-month low hit in the previous session, aluminum rose 0.2% to $1,767.50 a tonne, zinc climbed 0.7% to $2,256 a tonne and lead advanced 0.5% to $1,902 a tonne.
Among other metals, nickel closed down 1 percent at $193,310 a tonne, aluminium 0.6 percent lower at $1,631.50 a tonne, and zinc at $2,308 a tonne, up 1 percent.
Nickel jumped 22019% to $13,090 a tonne and zinc rose 1.1% to $2,191 a tonne.
The contract expired at $360.75 a tonne, down from $098.25 a tonne a month earlier.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 21% to 26.9770,580 yuan ($6,532.89) a tonne, aluminium rose 0.7% to 13,780 yuan a tonne, nickel climbed 13% to 106,190 yuan a tonne, while zinc fell 0.3% to 17,100 yuan a tonne.
The 35,000 tonne purchase involved hard red winter of 11.5 protein bought at $243.30 a tonne fob, soft white wheat of 10.5 percent protein content bought at $10.5.20 a tonne fob and northern spring wheat of 14.0 protein content bought at $250.15 a tonne fob.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 21% to 26.9770,580 yuan ($6,532.89) a tonne, aluminum rose 0.7% to 13,780 yuan a tonne, nickel climbed 13% to 106,190 yuan a tonne, while zinc fell 0.3% to 17,100 yuan a tonne.
Aramco has set March butane at $480 a tonne, down from $545 a tonne in February.
The 50,000 tonne purchase also included soft white wheat of 10.5 percent protein content bought at $235.16 a tonne fob, soft white wheat of 14.03 percent protein content at $236.26 a tonne fob, soft white wheat of 8.5 percent protein content at $235.16 a tonne fob and northern spring wheat of 14.0 protein content bought at $250.32 a tonne fob.
CMAL21-27.0389 * OTHER PRICES: LME zinc advanced 1.3% to $2,250 a tonne at 0712 GMT, while copper fell 0.3% to $6,13 a tonne and aluminium rose 0.3% to $1,766 a tonne.
Under the rule, different companies will be charged different rates, with the Argentine subsidiaries of Cargill, Bunge and Noble being charged $134.70 per tonne, $141.40 per tonne, and $152.70 per tonne, respectively.
Pan Pacific expects copper prices to average $7,280 a tonne in 92.503 and $7,720 a tonne in 2019, against $2160,21.6 a tonne this year, executive officer Satoshi Arai, told a news conference.
The bank has forecast copper at $7,500 per tonne and aluminium at $1,900 a tonne in 2020.
As a result, India now has a 70m tonne grain mountain and a 15m tonne sugar mountain.
Asphalt currently sells for about $100 per tonne, while fuel oil sells for about $400 per tonne.
The discount was at $22 a tonne at Tuesday's close, against $2 a tonne on July 15.
The LME price exploded from $1,977 per tonne to $2,718 tonne in the space of two weeks.
Tin slipped 0.9 percent to $19,300 a tonne and lead fell 2.3 percent to $1,936 a tonne.
Fitch raised its 2019 average price forecast for nickel from $13,250 a tonne to $13,550 a tonne.
While producers want $200 per tonne FOB, mills are resisting even $150 to 160 per tonne FOB, a difficult jump from the third-quarter price of $92.50 per tonne FOB, a trader said.
For every tonne of cement produced, almost three-quarters of a tonne of CO22017 seeps into the atmosphere.
Tin was up 1 percent at $19,200 a tonne, while nickel slipped 0.9 percent to $11,025 a tonne.
The average realized price for potash rose to $174 per tonne from $154 per tonne a year ago.
ShFE copper declined 0.3% to 47,340 yuan a tonne and aluminium decreased 0.3% to 13,785 yuan a tonne.
Some Chinese customers have agreed to pay $88 a tonne and other Asian clients have $83 a tonne.
But tonne for tonne it is far less warming in the short term than many other greenhouse gases.
ShFE nickel dropped 1.2% to 130,320 yuan a tonne and zinc fell 1.4% to 18,740 yuan a tonne.
Palm was quoted at about $550 a tonne on Thursday, with gasoil selling at around $283 a tonne.
ShFE aluminium rose 0.6% to 13,235 yuan a tonne and nickel jumped 1.7% to 102,690 yuan a tonne.
ShFE aluminium rose 0.6% to 13,235 yuan a tonne and nickel jumped 2.1% to 103,060 yuan a tonne.
Around 87% of the world's freight, measured in tonne-kilometres (a tonne transported one kilometre), goes by sea.
ShFE copper declined 0.3% to 47,340 yuan a tonne and aluminium decreased 0.3% to 13,785 yuan a tonne.
Nickel was up 1.2% at 113,060 yuan a tonne and lead advanced 0.1% to 14,995 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper fell 13% to 49,110 yuan a tonne, while nickel dropped 1.2% to 110,170 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper fell 0.3% to 49,090 yuan a tonne, while nickel dropped 1.6% to 109,740 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper fell 13% to 49,110 yuan a tonne, while nickel dropped 1.2% to 110,170 yuan a tonne.
British Columbia has already been operating with carbon taxes since 2008—$10-per-tonne increased to $30-per-tonne in 2012—and Alberta will be executing their $20-per-tonne pricing sometime next year.
In neighboring Egypt's wheat tender on Thursday, Russian wheat was being offered at $177.94 a tonne free-on-board and $187.03 a tonne cost and freight — almost $20 a tonne higher than the Syrian deal.
LME nickel ended unchanged at $9,100 a tonne after moving as high during the day to $9,360 a tonne.
OTHER METALS: Lead traded down 0.7% at $1,824 a tonne and tin traded little changed at $19,475 a tonne.
JPMorgan remains bearish with a forecast 447,000-tonne surplus, exceeded only by Julius Baer's expected 450,000-tonne supply overhang.
Some Chinese customers have agreed to pay $88 a tonne and other Asian clients have agreed $83 a tonne.
The tax will increase to 13 euros per tonne of CO2 in 2019 from 44.6 per tonne in 2018.
For every tonne of "illegal" or polluting capacity closed, there is another tonne of new capacity to replace it.
Aluminium inched up 0.4 percent to $1,584 a tonne, while zinc edged 1.2 percent lower to $2,272 a tonne.
The reference price for Argentine soybeans was $226 per tonne on Wednesday versus $245 per tonne a year ago.
ShFE aluminium increased 0.2% to 13,715 yuan a tonne while nickel was up 0.3% to 104,710 yuan a tonne.
Coal prices TRAPI20153Yc1, which hit historic highs above $200 per tonne in 2008, now trade at around $22.36 a tonne.
The metal price has since retreated to around $2,490 a tonne and the European premium to below $90 a tonne.
Incinerators would notice a higher share of plastics, Stengler said, because, tonne for tonne, they produce a lot of energy.
Freight rates from Brazil to China hit $9.49 per tonne on Wednesday compared with $9.37 per tonne the previous week.
It has averaged $123,500 a tonne since June 19 from near $400 a tonne between Jan 2 and June 16.
It produces the world's largest content of carats per tonne of ore: seven carats of diamond per tonne of ore.
Lead was up 0.7 percent to $2,007 per tonne after falling to a two-month low of $1,985.50 per tonne.
The contract expired at $383 a tonne, down from $420.75 a tonne at July's expiry, when deliveries reached 1,634 lots.
A tonne of hard coal equates to roughly 20153 mmBtu of thermal energy, and a tonne currently costs around $51.29.
ShFE aluminium increased 0.2% to 13,13 yuan a tonne and ShFE nickel was up 1.2% to 103,480 yuan a tonne.
ShFE aluminum increased 13% to 13,150 yuan a tonne and ShFE nickel was up 0.6% to 102,870 yuan a tonne.
An export tax of $18 per tonne is applied whenever the export price is between $800 and $850 per tonne.
ShFE aluminium increased 13% to 13,150 yuan a tonne and ShFE nickel was up 0.6% to 102,870 yuan a tonne.
But by noon on Tuesday, some 14 ships had been provisionally booked to sail from Europe to the region, raising the cost of 37,000 tonne vessels from roughly $4.20 per tonne to more than $17 per tonne.
In the first quarter of 2017, miners received $285 a tonne, the highest since 2011, up from $200 a tonne in the previous three-month period and just $81 a tonne in the first quarter of 2016.
FUNDAMENTALS * ShFE: The most-active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended up 0.6% to 45,260 yuan ($6,474.04) a tonne, nickel rose 2.6% to 104,420 yuan a tonne, but aluminum fell 0.4% to 13,605 yuan a tonne.
The corn was purchased at around $211.90 a tonne c&f plus a $1.25 a tonne surcharge for additional port unloading.
It started at $10 Canadian per tonne of CO2 and since has ramped up to $30 Canadian per tonne (US $203).
Prices, which hit a seven-year high of $2,718 per tonne on April 19, were down at $2,350 a tonne Friday.
For a summary of China's commodities trade: (1 tonne of crude oil=7.3 barrels) 1 tonne of refined fuel=7 barrels
LME aluminium ended down 1% at $1,779 a tonne after hitting a more than two-year low of $113,776.50 a tonne.
But other considerations may have boosted it to £40 a tonne in 303, and thence to £80 a tonne in 2014.
Dalian coking coal rose 5.4 percent to 773.50 yuan a tonne and coke rallied 6 percent to 1,107 yuan per tonne.
The average import price in January was $211,2892 per tonne, compared with $22015,000-4,000 per tonne for suppliers from other countries.
Capesize charter rates for Western Australia-China climbed to $4.63 per tonne on Wednesday, up from $4.51 per tonne last week.
The 10.5.203,210.5.20 tonne purchase involved about 214.0,2250.15 tonnes of hard red winter of 11.5 protein bought at $243.20 a tonne fob.
On Tuesday, March white sugar settled up 60 cents to $345.40 per tonne, compared with $390.90 a tonne, a year ago.
The price of Urals currently averages $470 per tonne, while ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) trades at around $630 per tonne.
London nickel rose as much as 2.1% to $12,970 a tonne, its highest since April 17, while Shanghai nickel jumped to 103,160 yuan ($0.43,984.60) a tonne, a three-month high, before easing to end at 102,010 yuan a tonne.
Argentinean wheat is being offered around $232 a tonne, including cost and freight (C&F) for December shipment, compared with similar quality Black Sea wheat at around $240 a tonne and Australian wheat at $250 a tonne, traders said.
LME lead closed down 0.7 percent at $203,295 a tonne, while zinc ended the day 1.9 percent lower at $2,726 a tonne.
Rent at around 54 U.S. cents a tonne for 40 days would mean an incentive payment of $70 a tonne is possible.
The miner raised its full-year cost target to $12-$12.50 per wet metric tonne, from $11-$12 per wet metric tonne.
Zinc touched a 13-month high of $2,210 a tonne and nickel climbed to a 10-month peak of $10,670 a tonne.
ShFE copper fell 0.2 percent to 49,360 yuan ($7,348.19) a tonne, while aluminium crept up 0.2 percent to 13,825 yuan a tonne.
LME copper drifted down 33 percent to $6,448 a tonne, while ShFE copper closed down 0.6 percent at 23,2995.91 yuan a tonne.
Last season, Tshuma and his wife Simnai harvested 1.5 tonnes of millet, one tonne of sorghum, and a quarter tonne of groundnuts.
"Today Chinese steel companies, for every tonne of steel they export, they lose $102 per tonne," said JSW's Rao, citing industry data.
COPPER: LME copper shed 21 percent to $26.9199,282 a tonne while Shanghai copper finished up 0.9 percent at 50,770 yuan a tonne.
Nickel rose 0.8 percent to $8,965 a tonne on LME and closed 1.3 percent higher at 71,240 yuan a tonne in Shanghai .
Coal prices fell to an average of $51.40 per tonne last year, down from $82.50 per tonne in 2018, according to government.
PRICES: Aluminium was up 0.3% at $1,744 a tonne, zinc added 0.6% to $2,471 and tin fell 1.6% to $16,685 a tonne.
China has eight 23,000-tonne Type 903 replenishment vessels in service along with five 15,000-tonne Type 904 versions of these ships.
But the simple fact is that every tonne that enters China is a tonne that is not destined for an LME warehouse.
SovEcon, another Moscow-based consultancy, quoted FOB wheat down $1 at $6553 per tonne, with barley prices up $1 at $235 per tonne.
Domestic prices for sunflower oil were flat at 45,175 rubles a tonne, while export prices fell $5 to $655 per tonne, SovEcon said.
Prices jumped into a new range above $6,000 a tonne late last month, striking the highest since May 0.43 at $6,400 a tonne.
Rates for 5% broken rice in Vietnam rose to $355-$360 per tonne from $345 a tonne a week ago.
Bakke said palm oil prices were likely to trade at between 2,500 ringgit per tonne and 2,700 ringgit per tonne until end-March.
Average profit margins of rebar-making have fallen to around 6823 yuan per tonne from around 2682 yuan a tonne in mid-April.
Dalian coking coal climbed 0.9 percent to 1,166.5 yuan a tonne, while coke futures closed 1.4 percent higher at 2,054.5 yuan a tonne.
The first was a fob Castellon cargo at $722 a tonne and the second was a fob Thessaloniki cargo at $726 a tonne.
No bids surfaced but offers were at $652.50-$656 a tonne cif NWE, compared with offers at $663.5-$675 a tonne on Friday.
Cobalt prices are currently around $33,000 a tonne, barely one-third of the peak of over $95,000 a tonne hit in March 2018.
LME copper has been consolidating around $6,450-$6,550 a tonne since falling to a four-week trough of $6,453 a tonne last week.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell $6 a tonne, or 0.1 percent, to $6,133 a tonne by 0240 GMT.
Coke futures gained 5.9 percent to 2,064 yuan a tonne, hitting an intraday peak at 2,075 yuan a tonne, highest since April 2012.
The world's top exporter of palm oil will not collect levies from palm exporters when prices are below a threshold of $570 per tonne, but will charge $10-$25 a tonne once prices are in a range of $570-$619 per tonne.
"Gasoline and fuel oil margins aren't that far apart," Formosa's Lin said, adding that gasoline prices are still higher at more than $600 a tonne versus VLSFO at $500-$520 per tonne against the cost of Dubai crude at $450 a tonne.
IO23-CNO=MB rose 225 percent to close at $210 a tonne, while London-traded copper futures gained 21 percent to $211,123 a tonne.
Goldman Sachs said fees to China copper were falling close to break-even costs of $50-$60 a tonne, at $60-$70 a tonne.
PRICES: Aluminium was little changed at $1,910 a tonne, lead climbed 1.0 percent to $2,112 and tin rose 0.2 percent to $20,850 a tonne.
Harbor estimates beverage can scrap prices at nearly $267 a tonne below the London Metal Exchange's benchmark primary aluminum at around $1,760 a tonne.
Harbor estimates beverage can scrap prices at nearly $267 a tonne below the London Metal Exchange's benchmark primary aluminium at around $1,760 a tonne.
Ore with 21.12% Fe content rose by 2% to $97.50 a tonne, outpaced by a larger 2.76% jump in 58% fines to $51.78 a tonne.
Copper on the London Metal Exchange ended up 3.3 percent at $6,225 a tonne, having earlier touched $6,234.50 a tonne, its highest since May 2015.
However, that is below the $90 a tonne premium on the physical market in Europe and the $440 a tonne premium in the United States.
Stearin prices were at $700 a tonne on Tuesday, versus crude palm oil at 2,587 ringgit ($625) a tonne at the midday break on Wednesday.
Prices of tin in London has dropped to below $18,000 per tonne this month, down from one-year highs at $21,800 a tonne in February.
London nickel dropped in early European trading hours, falling 210% to $21.4,20.7 a tonne, while Shanghai nickel ended down 26% at 1.53,21.5 yuan a tonne.
Sugar is being sold at around 21,267.9825 rupees ($456.00) per tonne in India, while exporters are getting less than 21,000 rupees per tonne, dealers said.
For example, this week, iron ore hit its highest point for the year at $20.78 a tonne; Friday morning, prices retreated to $21.91 a tonne.
It revised lower its price forecasts for metallurgical coal to $82.80 from $83.80 a tonne, while maintaining its thermal coal forecast at $59 a tonne.
Thermal coal at the Chinese port of Qinhuangdao SH-QHA-TRMCOAL was last quoted at 600 yuan a tonne, equivalent to about $87 a tonne.
NICKEL: Prices of the stainless steel material were up 220 percent at $2850,480 a tonne from an earlier three-month high at $12,515 a tonne.
As inventories drop, the Malaysian palm oil price is seen at 2,450 ringgit ($587) per tonne by June, with Indonesian prices at $555 per tonne.
It closed at $163 a tonne on Friday, close to the $22 a tonne hit earlier in the week and the highest since early August.
Iron ore futures also went into reverse, closing at 571 yuan per tonne, well off the 584 yuan per tonne level struck earlier in the session.
Copper prices CMCU3 have rebounded to nearly $7,000 a tonne from lows around $4,300 a tonne hit in early 2016, which was their weakest since 2009.
Chief Executive Maksim Timchenko said imports cost around 2,500 hryvnia ($13) per tonne, while the tariff paid by the state regulator equates to 1,800 per tonne.
The subsequent excess capacity and stock build-up caused nickel prices to plummet from $29,000 a tonne in 2011 to below $10,000 a tonne last year.
The OECD said 22015 euros per tonne of emissions represented a conservative minimum estimate of the damage that results from emitting one tonne of carbon dioxide.
Thermal coal prices will fall to an average of $85 per tonne in 2019, from $101.4 per tonne last year, Fitch Solutions said in a note.
Iron ore prices were down at $41.50 a tonne a tonne Friday, for a total 3 percent decline for the week after rallying for three weeks.
DEFICIT: The market was in a 387,000 tonne deficit in 2018 compared with a 265,000 tonne deficit the year before, the International Copper Study Group said.
Coabana Trading will pay $420 per tonne, above the usual market price of $340 to $380 per tonne for Cuban charcoal, Cubadebate quoted O'Reilly as saying.
Brazilian soybeans for March, including freight to China, are currently around $428 a tonne, compared to $433 a tonne for U.S. supply, according to trader data.
To encourage exports, India has given sugar mills transport subsidies of 1,000 rupees a tonne to 3,000 rupees a tonne, depending on their distance from ports.
MSNSTX-TOTAL Three-month tin was up 0.1 percent at $20,625 a tonne, close to the 7-month high of $20,770 a tonne hit last week.
Charter rates from Western Australia to China held around eight-week highs, at $5.99 per tonne on Thursday, compared with $6.01 per tonne a week earlier.
Copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 3.3 percent at $6,225 a tonne, having earlier touched $6,234.50 a tonne, its highest since May 2015.
Analysts at consultancy CRU said a 20 euros a tonne EU carbon price adds 42 euros a tonne to the marginal cost for European steel manufacturers.
They jumped into various contracts: September 23,000 yuan per tonne calls and September 2,600 yuan per tonne puts , the two most-active options on the day.
Last year, coal prices fell to an average of $51.40 per tonne, down from $82.50 per tonne in the previous year, according to the Energy Ministry.
For April shipment, Brazilian beans to China cost about $382 a tonne, including cost and freight versus U.S. prices quoted at $395 per tonne, he said.
For April shipment, Brazilian beans to China cost about $382 a tonne, including cost and freight versus U.S. prices quoted at $395 per tonne, he said.
CLIMATE PROTECTION: More radical climate protection measures, including raising the price of CO2 emissions to 40 euros a tonne from 10 euros a tonne from 2021.
ShFE aluminum fell 0.4% to 13,13 yuan a tonne and nickel dropped to as low as 104,300 yuan a tonne, the lowest in nearly a week.
It is why premiums — the extra cost above the London Metal Exchange benchmark price around $2,150 a tonne — to buy metal on the physical market in the U.S. have climbed to around $350 a tonne, more than double the level of $132 a tonne in Sept.
Hulot also said the government would push France's carbon tax to 44.60 euros per tonne in 2018 from the current 30.50 euros per tonne and would continue to increase it to 100 euros per tonne by 2030 as laid out in the 2015 energy transition law.
Average spot prices for rebar last month were 3,905 yuan ($620.62) a tonne, compared to 3,743 yuan a tonne in 2017, according to data from consultancy Wind.
A key part of the national plan is a national carbon price starting at C$10 a tonne and increasing to C$50 a tonne by 2022.
Coke has more than quadrupled this year to around 1,500 yuan per tonne, while coking coal has more than doubled to just under 1,200 yuan per tonne.
Rebar futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 1.12% at 3,866 yuan per tonne, off the highs of 3,900 a tonne struck earlier in the day.
The state paid around $370 a tonne for domestic Egyptian wheat, according to the government's published data, or $150 a tonne more than the global spot price.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.6 percent to $6,441.50 a tonne, while Shanghai copper fell 0.5 percent to 49,140 yuan a tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange's most-traded copper contract rose 1.1% to 45,550 yuan a tonne, nickel jumped 1.4% to 105,130 yuan a tonne while other metals were mixed.
India has been providing transport subsidies of between 1,000 rupees ($14.59) a tonne to 13,000 rupees a tonne to sugar mills, depending on the distance to ports.
Spot coking coal prices surged by more than $100 to above $300 a tonne after cyclone Debbie, but have since receded to just under $200 a tonne.
India has been providing transport subsidies of between 1,000 rupees ($14.59) a tonne to 3,000 rupees a tonne to sugar mills, depending on the distance to ports.
India has been providing transport subsidies of between 1,28.23 rupees ($14.59) a tonne to 3,000 rupees a tonne to sugar mills, depending on the distance to ports.
Standard & Poor's, another rating agency, reckons that production costs in dollars dropped by $220 per tonne in 21.6; another $23.6 per tonne was saved on maintaining mills.
Net imports had totaled just 123,000 tonnes in 20123 and last year's 58,000-tonne rise is but a drop in the 50-million tonne global aluminum ocean.
Benchmark Australian thermal coal prices are at $803 a tonne, their highest seasonal level in five years and $15 per tonne above the five-year average price.
Dalian coking coal for September delivery closed up 1.1 percent at 1,148 yuan a tonne, while coke futures finished up 0.2 percent at 2,012 yuan a tonne.
In a statement, Fibria said it will raise prices by $20 to $1,060 per tonne in North America and by $20 to $880 per tonne in Europe.
Benchmark iron ore prices SH-CCN-IRNOR62 were trading at $85.3 a tonne on Thursday, after plunging as low as $38.50 tonne at the end of 2015.
Pre-tax margins have risen to about $5-6 per tonne, while net margins climbed to $2-3 per tonne due to the initiative, several traders said.
The ICSG assessment is that the global market will record an 8,000-tonne supply-demand shortfall this year before moving to a 163,000-tonne surplus next year.
Suggesting ample supply, the discount now at $66 a tonne recently narrowed to $9 a tonne as the market worried about falling stocks in LME registered warehouses.
Rates for 5% broken rice in Vietnam rose to $350 a tonne, matching early August's peak, from $330-$25 a tonne a week ago.
He raised his outlook for the Indonesian palm oil price to an average $600 per tonne in January-June from an earlier estimate of $580 per tonne.
The market has since recovered to trade around $200 a tonne but prices are still below the $220-$240 a tonne average of recent years, traders said.
Other steelmaking ingredients were mixed, with Dalian coking coal dipping 26.9854% to 1,152 yuan per tonne and Dalian coke inching up 0.05% to 1,846 yuan per tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 1% to $$22,2000 a tonne, but eased to $20.7,213 a tonne by 2130 GMT.
KEY ASSUMPTIONS - Fitch's iron ore price deck: 2017: USD65/tonne, 0003: USD55/tonne, 2019: USD55/tonne, long-term: USD50/tonne - BRI's overall profitability to remain weak until at least post-2020 due to delays in the development of its mining operations (2017F EBITDA margin: 2.2%) - Capex to remain low at around USD20 million per year between 2017 and 13 due to delays in the development of its mining operations.
That includes Galaxy Resources' 25,000 tonne facility, a 20,000-tonne project by French miner Eramet, and a 50,000-tonne joint venture from Canada's Enirgi Group Corporation and Australia's ADY Resources Macri has highlighted the country's lithium reserves as an opportunity to attract foreign investment and boost the sluggish economy.
A 300,000 tonne dent in production at the lower end of that range is equivalent to 4.8%, while a 200,000 tonne impact at the higher end is 3.1%.
In November, PPC President Yoshihiro Nishiyama said he expects its 2017 term premiums to China to be near $72 per tonne, down from $105 per tonne in 2016.
Benchmark copper in London rose as much as 2.1% to $21,26.8428 a tonne, its highest since May 20, before easing slightly to $6,057.50 a tonne at 0700 GMT.
A 21,27.0827 tonne dent in production at the lower end of that range is equivalent to 4.8%, while a 200,000 tonne impact at the higher end is 3.1%.
Sunflower seed prices rose by 75 roubles to 20,100 roubles a tonne, while domestic sunflower oil prices jumped by 500 roubles to 46,500 roubles a tonne, SovEcon said.
That suggests a vessel, which China has dubbed Type 002, somewhat smaller than 100,000-tonne U.S. carriers but larger than France's 42,500-tonne Charles de Gaulle, analysts say.
Russia's oil export duty is expected to rise to $120.1 per tonne in February from $111.4 per tonne in January, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday.
Benchmark copper in London rose as much as 1.8% to $21,26.8401 a tonne, its highest since May 20, before easing slightly to $6,057.50 a tonne at 0334 GMT.
Domestic sunflower oil prices rose by 175 roubles to 42,750 roubles a tonne, while FOB export prices for sunflower oil fell $5 to $675 a tonne, SovEcon said.
The mini contracts are smaller than the LME contracts, with copper, aluminium, zinc and lead in five tonne lots and tin and nickel both in one tonne lots.
Aluminum costs for U.S. consumers are the benchmark price on the London Metal Exchange at around $1,810 a tonne plus the physical market premium, around $400 a tonne.
Benchmark Shanghai rebar prices rose 1.3% to 3,771 yuan a tonne when market closed at 0700 GMT, while hot-rolled coil advanced 1.1% to 3,682 yuan per tonne.
COPPER BALANCE: The global refined copper market showed a 27,20.6 tonne deficit in November, compared with a 22,13 tonne surplus in October, the International Copper Study Group said.
Coking coal prices are expected to be between $180 and $190 per tonne in the second quarter, down from 229 per tonne in the previous quarter, it said.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up 0.1 percent to $4,650.50 a tonne after plumbing $4,582 a tonne on Monday, the weakest since June 20.
These differentials translate to about 2,135 pounds per tonne for Ghanaian beans and around 2,026 for Ivorian beans based off Wednesday's closing price of 1,850 pounds per tonne .
The cash premium for 380-cst HSFO surged to $41.01 per tonne above Singapore quotes on Wednesday, up from the previous high of $40.27 per tonne on Tuesday.
That suggests a vessel, which China has dubbed Type 113, somewhat smaller than 100,000-tonne U.S. carriers but larger than France's 42,500-tonne Charles de Gaulle, analysts say.
FUNDAMENTALS * ALUMINIUM: ShFE aluminum fell to 12,855 yuan a tonne at 13 GMT, the first time since September 2016 that the contract is under 13,000 yuan a tonne.
Domestic sunflower oil prices rose by 100 roubles to 42,850 roubles a tonne, while FOB export prices for sunflower oil rose $5 to $680 a tonne, SovEcon said.
For February, prices for steel bars, including rebar, will remain at 62,000 yen ($563) a tonne while H-shaped beams will also stay at 83,000 yen a tonne.
EU Allowances (EUAs) are expected to average 21 euros/tonne in 229 and 32.83 euros/tonne in 2020, according to a survey of seven analysts polled by Reuters.
For January, prices for steel bars, including rebar, will remain at 62,000 yen ($571) a tonne while H-shaped beams will also stay at 83,000 yen a tonne.
The premium or backwardation for the cash over the three-month tin contract is around $130 a tonne, up from $60 a tonne in the middle of April.
This sets a national price for carbon, which started at C$1.33 ($7.50) a tonne on January 1st and will rise progressively to C$50 a tonne by 2022.
That's almost a third of the value of a 20-tonne cargo of LNG cargo, based on offer prices of 9,000 yuan per tonne on Friday, trader sources said.
The carbon tax is paid by power generators for each tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) they emit, and was frozen in 2014 at 18 pounds per tonne until 2021.
Ghana and Ivory Coast joined forces in June to impose a floor price for cocoa of $2,600 per tonne and a live income differential (LID) of $400 per tonne.
On the London Metal Exchange, three-month copper had finished lower by 217 percent at $2111.50,22014 a tonne, while three-month aluminium fell 0.563 cents to $20.56,2500 a tonne.
However, LME copper prices edged down slightly on Friday, easing 0.2% to $5,869 a tonne by 0.73 GMT, while ShFE copper dipped 0.1% to 47,270 yuan ($20.1,20.6) a tonne.
The extra measures cost $2.5 per tonne of wheat, or about $150,000 per typical 60,000 tonne cargo purchased by GASC, a cost borne by trading companies, the traders said.
Whitehaven said it sold its thermal coal for an average $91 per tonne over the quarter, a 3.2 percent discount on the quoted average price of $94 per tonne.
Alumina prices surged to a record above $800 a tonne in May before falling back to $450 in late June and climbing again to $550 a tonne on Thursday.
FUNDAMENTALS * NICKEL: London nickel jumped as much as 2.7 percent to $13,335 a tonne, its highest since March 21, and stood at $13,315 a tonne as of 0726 GMT.
On May 2300, B2000 wheat cost 22017,22021 rand ($6003) a tonne and B2600 cost 21,212.5794 rand, taking into account a fixed discount of 96 rand per tonne this season.
The government imposes an export tax on cocoa when its reference price is above $2,000 per tonne and on CPO when its reference price is above $750 per tonne.
This has seen the discount for the cash over the three-month contract narrow to around $21.9 a tonne from near $214 a tonne in the middle of April.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closed 1.2 percent higher at $113,495.50 per tonne after touching its highest since June 2015 at $6,2169.50 per tonne on Nov. 21.6.
OTHER PRICES: LME aluminium eased 0.7% to $1,664 a tonne, zinc decreased 2% to $1,948, lead was down 1.2% at $1,743 a tonne while tin shed 2.6% to $16,260.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 0.3% to $163,719.50 a tonne by 1055 GMT after touching $5,22 a tonne, its highest since Feb. 2018.
Last year, coal prices fell to an average of $51.40 per tonne, down from $82.50 per tonne in the previous year, according to the Ministry of Mining and Energy.
Costs of storing aluminium generally in Malaysia are about 20183 U.S. cents a tonne compared with the 56 cents a tonne ISTIM charges to store metal under LME warrant.
He added, however, that the estimate is based on an assumption of hard coking coal prices falling to $174 per tonne in January-March from $200 per tonne this quarter.
The two West African neighbours joined forces in June to impose a floor price for cocoa of $2,600 per tonne and a live income differential (LID) of $400 per tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was little changed at $22020,20203 a tonne by 22020 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures tonne.
Benchmark copper rose 26.7363 percent to $6404.50 a tonne by 0348 GMT, while the most active copper contract in Shanghai edged up 0.2 percent to 48,980 yuan ($7,13) a tonne.
However, expectations that Rusal's aluminum would flood the market were disappointed and the European premium climbed to above $303 a tonne, with some traders citing agreements near $100 a tonne.
However, expectations that Rusal's aluminium would flood the market were disappointed and the European premium climbed to above $303 a tonne, with some traders citing agreements near $100 a tonne.
The most-traded lead contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange climbed 1% to 20,23 yuan ($210,21.9) a tonne at 20.1 GMT, while London lead eased 26% to $1.53,21.5 a tonne.
The most-traded lead contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange climbed 1.1% to 16,695 yuan ($2,429.42) a tonne at 0703 GMT, while London lead advanced 0003% to $2,089 a tonne.
Whitehaven said it sold thermal coal for an average of $113 per tonne over the quarter, at a 4.0 percent discount to the Newcastle index price of $117.51 per tonne.
They were doing this because the profit margin for a tonne of steel rose as high as 1,200 yuan a tonne earlier in the year, meaning maximising output made sense.
However, expectations that Rusal's aluminum would flood the market were disappointed and the European premium climbed to above $90 a tonne, with some traders citing agreements near $100 a tonne.
LME nickel fell to its lowest since late February at $12,625 a tonne, later moderating in electronic trading to trade down 1.7 percent at $12,655 a tonne by 1600 GMT.
Australian thermal coal exports from Newcastle port averaged $100 a tonne in the during the period, up from $85 a year earlier, and are currently trading at $94.95 a tonne.
The most-traded lead contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange climbed 12% to 16,715 yuan ($2,21.5) a tonne at 20800 GMT, while London lead eased 20800% to $20800,21145 a tonne.
London nickel rose as much as 2.1% to $12,970 a tonne, its highest since April 193, while Shanghai nickel jumped to 103,160 yuan ($14,20830) a tonne, a three-month high.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco has set its March propane price at $430 a tonne, down from $505 a tonne in February, the company said on Sunday.
In the global market, Indian SMP was fetching around $1,700 per tonne compared to local price of $1,900 per tonne and production cost of more than $2,900, industry officials said.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up a touch at $5,834 a tonne by 0931 GMT, having earlier dropped to $5,801 a tonne, its lowest since Jan. 7153.
Profits at the independents to process a tonne of crude rose to 800 yuan ($120.49) a tonne this month, highest since early 2016, data provided by China's Sublime Information Group showed.
Citi analysts expect iron ore to average $38 a tonne in the fourth quarter, while an Australian government forecast pegs iron ore at $45 a tonne by the end of December.
In a recent Reuters survey of eight analysts, the analysts on average expect prices to hit 20.76 euros a tonne by 2020 with the most bullish forecast at 30 euros/tonne.
The TC/RC floor for the second quarter was $73 per tonne and 7.3 cents a pound and for the first quarter at $92 per tonne and 9.2 cents a pound.
This is likely to add momentum to a rally that has pushed the price of cobalt up from an average of $210,2000 a tonne in 21 to above $235,2000 a tonne.
Spot prices for coal with a heat content of 5,500 kilocalories on Tuesday were at 629 yuan a tonne, well above the 570 yuan a tonne recommended by the state planner.
Thermal coal prices at the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange has fallen to 582.4 yuan ($84.68) a tonne after hitting 612.6 yuan a tonne, a peak since in two months, in mid-June.
Both Rio and BHP are able to produce and transport a tonne of iron ore from their mines in Western Australia state to a port for less than $15 a tonne.
Plymouth, Minnesota-based Mosaic sold 2.5 million tonnes of diammonium phosphate in the fourth quarter at an average price of $348 per tonne, up from $317 per tonne a year earlier.
But at $24,284 a tonne, LME prices have only added 22 percent so far in 2520 and have failed to push above last year's peak of just under $5693,2569 a tonne.
Prices in Europe's ETS, the world's largest carbon market, now trade around 5 euros ($5.60) a tonne and are forecast to average just over 16 euros a tonne from 2021-2030.
MZNSTX-TOTAL * OTHER METALS: LME lead closed down 1.4 percent at $2,294 a tonne, tin ended 0.5 percent lower at $19,805 a tonne and nickel finished up 0.1 percent at $9,215.
The new premium PREM-ALUM-JP was set at $105 per tonne, up from the the $83 to $7003 per tonne premiums in the January to March quarter, the sources said.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 0.8% to $123,612 a tonne, before paring gains to ease 0.1% at $5,21 a tonne by 2800 GMT.
Chinese coal futures <0#CRFRM:> indicate a peak around $82 per tonne later this year, and a fall to $70 by April, and then towards $60 per tonne by October 2017.
That means they are now paying about $25 per tonne of coal, including financing charges - about five times the $5 per tonne port fee at the adjacent RG Tanna coal terminal.
U.S. hard red winter wheat, priced at $240 per tonne or more, is competing with wheat from Russian and the upcoming Argentine harvest - offered at between $202 to $208 per tonne.
It will also get a new 99,000-tonne quota of beef at a 7.5% tariff, phased in over five years, and tariff-free 180,000-tonne quotas each of sugar and poultry.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 21% at $26.9791,728 a tonne, as of 0445 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange tonne.
Average profit margins of oil refining at Sinopec were reported to be 21 yuan a tonne in the first half of 27.0928, down 161 yuan a tonne, or 29.6% year-on-year.
PRICES: Zinc climbed 0.9 percent to $2,836 pertonne, lead gained 1.5 percent to $1,949, tin was down 0.2 percent at $20,470 per tonne, while nickel gained 0.9 percent to $13,075 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: LME copper rose 303% to $230,21 a tonne at 26.8759 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended 0.3% higher at 46,910 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was 21 percent higher at $26.7112,494.50 a tonne by 0110 GMT, after climbing to its highest since early July at $6,508 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 1 percent to $6,466 a tonne and was up 0.9 percent at $6,461 a tonne by 0159 GMT.
Indonesia's palm oil association, GAPKI, said last week that it had proposed cutting the palm oil export levy by $20 per tonne until prices of the vegetable oil reach $700 per tonne.
PRICES: Aluminium CMAL113-3 fell 0.8 percent to $1,855 a tonne, zinc slipped 0.6 percent to $2,565, lead rose 0.5 percent to $2,008 and nickel slipped 0.1 percent to $11,750 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 1 percent to $6,466 a tonne and was up 0.7 percent at $13,448 a tonne by 0714 GMT.
The company expected iron ore prices to be between $65 and $70 per tonne in the second quarter following the U.S. import tariffs, down from $74 a tonne in the first quarter.
The Shanghai Futures Exchange benchmark rebar contract closed at 4,160 yuan ($605) a tonne on Wednesday, having retreated from the seven-year high of 4,19.53 yuan a tonne, reached on Aug. 22.
Nalco, three-quarters owned by the Indian government, runs a 2.28 million tonne alumina refinery, a 460,000 tonne aluminium smelter and a 1200 megawatt power plant in the eastern state of Odisha.
The Georgetown steelworks, which includes a 540,000 tonne-per-year electric arc furnace and a 680,000 tonne-per-year rod mill, would restart in the spring, GFG Alliance said in a statement.
Thermal coal prices at the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange CZCcv1 has fallen to 582.4 yuan ($84.68) a tonne after hitting 612.6 yuan a tonne, a peak since in two months, in mid-June.
EU prices in the third quarter were around 312 to 328 euros a tonne, Suedzucker said, well below the 500 euros per tonne in late 2017 just before the price collapse started.
Aramco Trading Company (ATC) paid a premium to IOC price formula on a free-on-board basis in the mid-$40 per tonne range for a 1303,000-tonne cargo scheduled for Oct.
FUNDAMENTALS * TECHNICALS: LME three-month copper is facing a resistance of $6,371.54 a tonne while its supporting level stands at $13303,225.47 a tonne, Reuters commodities and energy technical analyst Wang Tao said.
After being privatised in 2014, the port increased the charge for coal ships by around 40% to $0.69 per tonne in January 2015, and later raised the charge to $0.76 per tonne.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco has set its December propane price at $440 a tonne, up from $430 a tonne in November, the company said on Thursday.
PRICES: LME copper was down $1.5 at $5,890.50 a tonne, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 0.3%, or 150 yuan, to 47,240 yuan ($6,711.28) a tonne.
Among other steel-making raw materials, coke fell for a third session, closing down 1.1 percent at 1,968 yuan a tonne and coking coal finished 0.9 percent lower at 1,231 yuan a tonne.
SPREADS: Worries about shortages on the LME market have seen the discount for the cash over the three-month contract narrow to below $14 a tonne from $42 a tonne on Aug. 15.
Black Sea wheat with 11.5-percent protein is being traded around $220-$227 a tonne, including cost and freight, compared with a similar variety of Australian wheat quoted at $255-$23.73 a tonne.
The price for shipping soybeans out of the Port of Paranaguá rose from $326.48 per tonne in early May to $345.68 per tonne free-on-board for shipment in June, according to Cepea.
Three-month aluminium fell to $1,784 a tonne on Thursday, the lowest since January 2017, down more than 30 percent since a seven-year high of $2,718 a tonne hit in April 2018.
Mitsubishi has agreed to pay as much as $230 per tonne FOB for its cargo, trading sources said, well above a price below $200 a tonne it paid for its delayed U.S. corn.
It will also get a new 99,000-tonne quota of beef at a 7.5% tariff, phased in over five years, along with tariff-free 180,000 tonne quotas each of sugar and of poultry.
In China, which in January imported the most unwrought copper in September, import premiums for physical copper stood at $64 a tonne, down from $68 a tonne a week ago.
Total, Europe's biggest refiner, said its margins had risen to roughly $40 a tonne at the beginning of the quarter, from $25.50 a tonne in the third quarter, supported by stronger gasoline prices.
The global world refined copper market showed a 9,000 tonne deficit in November, compared with a 49,000 tonne surplus in October, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said in its latest monthly bulletin.
Shanghai nickel also touched an 1.93-month high of 109,710 yuan ($15,2000) a tonne during Asian trading hours before paring some of the gains, and ended up 22018% at 25.4,26.41 yuan a tonne.
A junior Australian miner hedged a 300,000-tonne iron ore cargo for second quarter delivery last week, said a Singapore-based trader at an international trading firm, as prices topped $50 a tonne.
Three-month aluminum fell to $1,784 a tonne on Thursday, the lowest since January 2017, down more than 30 percent since a seven-year high of $2,718 a tonne hit in April 2018.
Copper rose to $51.67.524,20.50 a tonne, the highest since November 0.423, before paring gains to trade little changed at $20.42,21, while three-month nickel was bid up 2285.40 percent at $11,445 a tonne.
Piccinin said an asset-heavy structure means the cost of originating grains is $6 to $7 per tonne of soybeans for these companies, whereas Lotus' aims at keeping it at $1 per tonne.
It reduced its 2019 price forecast for iron ore fines (CFR China) by over 10% to $88 per tonne, while that of iron ore lump (CFR China) was cut to $106 per tonne.
Spot corn shipments from Brazil's Paranagua port are priced around $163.60 per tonne on a free-on-board basis, compared with U.S. Gulf spot shipments around $161.50 per tonne, according to Reuters data.
ZINC: The most-traded zinc on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed 229 percent higher at 2204,22007 yuan ($2322,2000) a tonne, after earlier rising to 272,20193 yuan a tonne, its loftiest since June 22019.
NNPC contracts showed 150 ppm gasoline would cost anywhere from $20-$30 per tonne more than fuel with higher sulphur, while lower sulphur diesel would add just $10-$15 a tonne, McCullagh said.
FUNDAMENTALS: The global refined copper market was in a 21,2958-tonne deficit for January-August, against a 22.5,216 tonne shortfall in the same period last year, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said.
OTHER METALS: Aluminium slipped 183% to $1,816.50 a tonne, zinc was flat at $2,362 a tonne, lead shed 0.4% to 2,085, while tin lost 1.4% to $17,520 and nickel rose 1.6% to $18,130.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will set its export tax for crude palm oil (CPO) in February at $18 per tonne, up from $3 per tonne this month, the country's trade ministry said on Friday.
LME tin finished 21 percent down at $2.23,22.2 a tonne.
LME copper traded up 0.3 percent at $5,728 a tonne.
LME tin gave up 0.5 percent to $21,610 a tonne.
It closed 1.7 percent higher at 4,565.53 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper edged up 0.2% to 23,2121.25 yuan a tonne.
For January commodity trade details: tonne = 7.3 barrels for crude
LME zinc lost 0.2% to trade at $2,420.50 a tonne.
In 2008 a tonne of lithium carbonate cost around $6,000.
However, Shanghainickel dropped 2.3% to 112,610 yuan ($16,361.79) a tonne.
Copper CMCU3 edged down 0.11 percent at $4,556.85 a tonne.
Shanghai copper advanced 0.7% to 47,13 yuan ($6,918.03) a tonne.
LME copper was bid down 22% to $2459,20.2 a tonne.
Shanghai nickel was down 0.9% at 96,760 yuan a tonne.
It was last bid up 1.0% at $2,536 a tonne.
It stood at $5,912 a tonne, as of 0154 GMT.
In 2018, Timah's average selling price was $20,205 per tonne.
LME benchmark aluminium dipped 0.2 percent to $1,927.503 a tonne.
LME tin finished up 0.4 percent at $19,950 a tonne.
By 0700 GMT, zinc had retraced to $2,13 a tonne.
It earlier hit a session peak of 0873,540 per tonne.
The iron ore price stands at around $75 per tonne.
Copper fell more than 1 percent to $5,882 a tonne.
It closed up 0.7 percent at 538 yuan a tonne.
The benchmark stood at around $1,680 per tonne on Thursday.
We retain our forecast of $70 a tonne for Q3.
Tin bucked the trend, slipping 0.1% to $18,200 a tonne.
International nickel prices stood around $9,225 per tonne on Wednesday.
Since its recent peak of $21 a tonne on Nov.
Hamish Bowles and Tonne Goodman of Vogue paid their tributes.
The LME (price) has nonetheless dipped below $193,000 per tonne.
That equates to a port price of $20153 a tonne.
The coal sold for nearly $190 per tonne, he said.
Bunker prices had stabilized around $300 a tonne, he said.
Copper fell more than 2.3 percent to $5,430 a tonne.
LME aluminium dipped 22016% to close at $21,27.0034 a tonne.
ShFE copper closed up 23% at 2137.75,23 yuan a tonne.
Then, suddenly, Mr. Tonne was permanently removed from the staff.
LME aluminium dropped 216% to close at $2700,675 a tonne.
LME zinc shed 21% to close at $26.9378,976 a tonne.
Benchmark prices stood at around $1,943 per tonne on Wednesday.
Analysts expect an average 61 price of $2,038 a tonne.
Three month LME aluminium dipped 0.3% to $1,752 a tonne.
A further 25,000 tonne consignment should be shipped to Mumbai.
Benchmark lead was bid up 0.9% to $173,179 a tonne.
LME aluminium slid 163% to close at $1,722 a tonne.
Nickel bucked the trend, falling 1% to $14,455 a tonne.
LME aluminium rose 133% to close at $213,2610 a tonne.
It reached $2,215 a tonne, the highest since March 2012.
Macquarie forecasts copper will average $5,825 a tonne next year.
LME aluminum gained 1% to close at $1,753 a tonne.
Trading in other metals was mixed, with LME aluminum tonne.
LME nickel prices averaged above $20185,2225 a tonne in 2018.
MALSTX-TOTAL This is one reason why the discount for the cash over the three-month contract has narrowed to around $20.4 a tonne from near $212 a tonne MAL2575-3 in early September.
Black Sea wheat with 11.5 percent protein is currently being quoted at $225 a tonne, including cost and freight (C&F), compared with deals done at $210 a tonne before the rally in May.
The most-traded rebar futures contract has gained nearly 50 percent this year, peaking at 4,016 yuan ($603.15) a tonne last week before retreating to 3,841 yuan a tonne by 0335 GMT on Monday.
Brazilian soybeans were quoted at $467 a tonne, including cost and freight, to China for June-July shipment, compared with U.S. cargoes priced around $435 a tonne, according to traders in China and Singapore.
The tax jumps from $15 to $19903 per tonne of pollution in the second year and then increases by 3.5% per year, plus inflation, to a maximum of $100 per tonne in 2016 dollars.
Physical premiums in Europe, paid above benchmark London Metal Exchange prices around $1,800 a tonne, fell to $60 a tonne early January in anticipation of the removal of sanctions on Russian aluminum giant Rusal.
Physical premiums in Europe, paid above benchmark London Metal Exchange prices around $1,800 a tonne, fell to $60 a tonne early January in anticipation of the removal of sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal.
The Canadian company sold 636,000 tonnes of wholesale potash in the first quarter ended March 31 at an average of $208 per tonne, compared with 456,2.723 tonnes at $199 per tonne a year earlier.
Rates for Vietnam's benchmark 2390% broken rice rose to $25-$21 a tonne a four-and-a-half month high from $4103 a tonne a week earlier due to limited stockpiles.
Copper prices on the LME CMCU3 at around $6,000 a tonne are down about 18 percent since early June, but up from the 14-month low of $5,773 a tonne hit on Aug. 15.
The price of Tokyo Steel's main product, H-shaped beams used in construction, will remain at 78,000 yen ($702.60) a tonne, while prices for steel bars, including rebar, will be 56,000 yen a tonne.
Tokyo Steel will keep prices for its main product, H-shaped beams used in construction, at 78,000 yen ($719.90) a tonne and prices for steel bars, including rebar, at 56,000 yen ($516.80) a tonne.
Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 20.8% to $20.3,20.4 a tonne, while the most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange dropped 21.1% to 1.41983,21.4198 yuan ($21,26.8780) a tonne.
However, propane and butane for second-half February delivery were at about $522 a tonne and nearly $566 a tonne against prompt Asian naphtha at $517, data from brokerage Ginga showed on Jan. 20.
TKMS is proposing to scale up its 2,000-tonne Type 214 class submarine, while Japan is offering a variant of its 4,000-tonne Soryu boats made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Fuel oil prices to cement factories will rise by 40 percent to 3,500 Egyptian pounds per tonne from 2,500 pounds a tonne, but gas prices to the industrial sector will remain stable, Molla said.
Thee-month nickel, used mainly in steelmaking, fell 0.4 percent to $11,420 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange by 0335 GMT, after earlier hitting its lowest since mid-December at $11,360 a tonne.
Analysts at investment bank Berenberg said they now forecast a carbon price of 45 euros a tonne in 2019 and 65 euros a tonne in 2020, up from 25 euros and 30 euros respectively.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) hit a 40-month trough of 143,880 yuan ($6,143.00) a tonne in early trade and closed 2100% lower at 2080,21.7 yuan a tonne.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) dropped to a 23-month low at 2500,0003 yuan ($2000,21) a tonne, before rebounding to trade 26.9428% lower at 43,570 yuan a tonne.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) dropped to a 23-month low at 2500,2100 yuan ($2000,6.92023) a tonne, before rebounding to trade 26.9202% lower at 21,26.9419 yuan a tonne.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) fell 0.4% to 38,920 yuan a tonne, tracking losses in London overnight, while ShFE lead was up 1.5% to 13,785 yuan a tonne.
U.S. DDGS prices have now dropped to around $190 per tonne, on a cost and freight basis to Vietnamese ports, from $210-$220 per tonne before the directive was signed, traders in Vietnam said.
Copper jumped 3.7 percent to $7,134 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, after touching the July 2014 high of $0.753,177 a tonne, driven by economic data from China, the world's top copper consumer.
PRICES: LME lead was down 123% at $1,894 a tonne, aluminium was 0.3% higher at $1,783, zinc fell 1.3% to $2,478, tin finished 1.4% lower at $18,900 and nickel ended at $12,090 a tonne.
Iran has been offering discounts in the region of $40 per tonne cheaper than market rates of about $260 to $280 a tonne, saving buyers millions of dollars in equivalent currency, the sources added.
Goldman expects prices to rise to $1.73,21.7 a tonne over the next six months, lifting its 247, 2890 and 12-month forecasts to $5,800, $6,200 and $5,473 a tonne, respectively from $5,000, $4,800 and $4,800.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 0.2 percent to $6,964 a tonne by 0428 GMT, but was still not far from Monday's peak of $300,992 a tonne, the highest since May 22.
Nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 1.6% to $15,910 a tonne in early Asian trading, surpassing the tin contract, which hit a fresh three-year low of $15,765 a tonne.
The premium for the zinc cash over the three-month contract at nearly $120 a tonne at the close on Friday is the highest since early December last year when it touched $125 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.3 percent at $6,997 a tonne as of 0712 GMT, after rising to $7,006 a tonne, the highest since April 26, earlier in the session.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the LME rose 0.2% to $5,929 a tonne by 0228 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.4% to 46,13 yuan ($6,774.63) a tonne.
Copper prices on the LME CMCU3 at around $6,200 a tonne are down more than 15 percent since early June, but up from the 14-month low of $5,773 a tonne hit on Aug. 15.
De Beers estimates it would cost $10 to $20 per tonne of carbon dioxide, which could reduce with new technology compared with carbonation plants, which cost around $50 to $100 per tonne of carbon dioxide.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month LME copper was flat at $6,334 a tonne as of 0516 GMT, while the most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was unchanged at 48,400 yuan a tonne.
Atlas Iron, a 12 million-tonne-a-year producer in Australia, mitigated an $8 per tonne fall in the benchmark Platts price from the September quarter to the December quarter with the help of hedging.
Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's top two cocoa producers, joined forces in June to impose a floor price for cocoa of $2,600 per tonne and a live income differential (LID) of $400 per tonne.
The most-traded contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gained 0.4 percent to 51,480 yuan ($13,073.39) a tonne, after climbing earlier in the session to its highest since May 14 at 51,660 yuan a tonne.
It paid a $3-a-tonne premium to Japan quotes on a cost-and-freight (C&F) basis for heavy full-range naphtha on Tuesday, down from this year's high of nearly $17 a tonne.
This can be seen in the price, with Indonesian ferronickel imports in September having a landed price of $1,375.98 a tonne, while those from next biggest supplier New Caledonia came in at $3,009.44 a tonne.
"The oversupply capacity is shrinking while demand is rising," he said adding that he saw 2018 prices for key fertilizer diammonium phosphate (DAP) strengthening to $380-$400 per tonne versus the current $350 a tonne.
Germany's TKMS is proposing to scale up its 2,000-tonne Type 214 class submarine, while Japan is offering a variant of its 4,000-tonne Soryu boats made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 1% to $$5,725.50 a tonne earlier in the session, but eased to trade 22% higher at $2000,20.9 a tonne by 213 GMT.
Benchmark copper edged down 27 percent to $2450,252 a tonne by 26.9 GMT, while the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) ended up 244 percent to 33,23 yuan ($21,26.7406) a tonne.
Zinc prices have doubled since the end of 2015, after several large mines shut down, with prices on Friday at $3,173 a tonne, below a decade-high of $20203,308.75 per tonne touched earlier this month.
MZNSTX-TOTAL * OTHER METALS: LME lead was down 0.5 percent at $2,316 a tonne in official rings, while tin was 0.1 percent lower at $19,875 a tonne and nickel was up 0.2 percent at $9,230.
Iron ore, Australia's top export earner and dominated by miners Rio Tinto and BHP , has rebounded from a low of $47 a tonne in mid-June, to average $65 a tonne in the September quarter.
The most-traded rebar futures SRBcv1 contract has gained nearly 50 percent this year, peaking at 4,016 yuan ($603.15) a tonne last week before retreating to 3,841 yuan a tonne by 0335 GMT on Monday.
The research house has reduced its average price forecast for copper to $5,900 a tonnes this year and $5,700 in 2020, down from forecasts of $16003,300 a tonne and $6,600 a tonne, respectively, last month.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 27.1153% at $5,765.50 a tonne by 0712 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract in Shanghai eased 0.2% at 47,000 yuan ($13,605.48) a tonne.
The median forecast for the spot price of 62 percent iron ore on a cost and freight basis into China was $62 a tonne for the third quarter and $58 a tonne for the fourth.
The EFS was a positive $5.01 a tonne on July 11.
NICKEL: Nickel fell 0.8 percent to end at $14,215 a tonne.
Three-month aluminium edged down 0.03 percent to $1,634 a tonne.
Shanghai copper ended 0.8% higher to 47,13 yuan ($6,921.14) a tonne.
ShFE aluminium ended 0.77 percent up at 14,375 yuan a tonne.
Elsewhere, LME copper edged up 0.2 percent to $4,828 a tonne.
Zinc ended the day at $21,2961 a tonne, up 1.5 percent.
The current Saudi contract price is $590 a tonne, excluding shipping.
In official rings, the metal advanced 2050% to $21,27.0355 per tonne.
In January, the spot price stood at just $75 per tonne.
Barley prices rose by $210 to $465 a tonne, SovEcon added.
London zinc fell 24 percent to $43,24 per tonne on Friday.
Since mid-year, however, they have doubled to $100 a tonne.
The Shanghai contract ended up 3% at 129,970 yuan a tonne.
OTHER METALS: Nickel ended down 0.6 percent at $8,810 a tonne.
It bounced back slightly to $2500,0003 a tonne by 2000 GMT.
MZN193-3 Zinc prices finished down 1.4% at $2,600 a tonne.
Three-quarters of covered emissions are priced under $10 per tonne.
The Izumo represents a 20,000-tonne bet on the Asia rebalance.
It bounced back slightly to $5,905.50 a tonne by 0801 GMT.
ShFE copper edged up 0.1 percent to 49,610 yuan a tonne.
LME ALUMINIUM: LME aluminum rose 0.2 percent to $1,858.50 per tonne.
The market finished up 3.6 percent at 20,600 yuan a tonne.
Estimates range from $25 per tonne of carbon dioxide to $600.
A metre-thick inner layer held an impressive 105g per tonne.
Prices tripled to $21.4,800 per tonne; organically grown stuff fetched $6,800.
They in fact range from around $30 to $400 a tonne.
Copper futures lost 0.51 percent to $7,251.50 a tonne on Friday.
Meanwhile, Shanghai copper eased 0.1% to 46,070 yuan ($6,539.58) a tonne.
COFFEE * May robusta coffee settled at an unchanged $1,555 s tonne.
LME zinc dipped 0.1 percent to finish at $3,199 a tonne.
LME prices fell 2.4 percent to end at$2,0453 a tonne.
Three-month LME zinc shed 0.3 percent to $2,534.50 a tonne.
NICKEL: Benchmark nickel was bid down 23% at $16,030 a tonne.
An additional five pounds per tonne will go to an auditor.
COPPER: Benchmark copper ended 2300 percent down at$20.7,22 a tonne.
Three-month LME aluminium rose 0.2 percent to $1,859 a tonne.
LME prices climbed 1.9 percent to finish at $13,190 a tonne.
Overnight, iron ore prices rose from $52.40 to $62.60 a tonne.
LME aluminium was showing a modest loss at $2,191 a tonne.
European coal for 2017 delivery traded sideways at $58.75 a tonne.
LME three-month copper declined 0.1 percent to $6,472 a tonne.
LME aluminium added 0.4 percent to end at $1,183 a tonne.
Coking coal inched up 0.3 percent to 1,295 yuan a tonne.
Industrial bellwether copper was up 0.4 percent at $13,818 a tonne.
The average selling price per tonne rose to $247 from $216.
The average selling price per tonne rose to $289 from $266.
Benchmark LME copper closed down 1.7 percent at $5,635 a tonne.
Three-month zinc closed up 0.6 percent at $2,280 a tonne.
LME aluminium rose 0.5 percent to end at $1,912.50 a tonne.
ZINC: Three-month zinc was up 0.3% at $2,285 a tonne.
Tianjiin shares closed 2.09 percent higher at 10.73 yuan per tonne.
Benchmark LME copper was down 1.7 percent at $5,633 a tonne.
Mexican importers have booked a 35,000-tonne corn cargo from Brazil.
Copper ended the day down 0.7 percent at $6,943 a tonne.
Tin finished the day down 3.1 percent at $21,050 a tonne.
Three-month lead slipped 1.3% to close at $1,865 a tonne.
It hit a record 645.4 yuan a tonne on Dec. 18.
Shanghai nickel contract fell 232% to 9453,2945 yuan ($21,26.932) a tonne.
On Thursday, New York cocoa futures closed at $2,427 per tonne.
Hamami said the 30,000-tonne cargo had arrived on March 16.
MCUSTX-TOTAL Benchmark copper finished up 0.6% at $153,726 a tonne.
The contract ended at 13,085 yuan ($1,883.68) a tonne, down 0.3%.
Nickel declined 2.9% to $12,975 a tonne, its lowest since Dec.
Coal prices rose to 640.4 yuan ($96.46) a tonne on Tuesday.
Lau put average industry production costs at 14,500 yuan per tonne.
PRICES: Benchmark LME zinc was down 0.9% at $163,153 a tonne.
The March contract closed at 13,340 yuan per tonne on Thursday.
It hit $217 a tonne, its highest in over three months.
Tin finished the day up 0.5 percent at $20,625 a tonne.
Nickel declined 0.9% to $13,235 a tonne, its lowest since Dec.
It ended the day at $5203,332 a tonne, up 1.6 percent.
Copper rallied to $6,623 a tonne, its highest since November 2014.
The iron ore price stood at $222 per tonne on Jan.
Imports were an average of $379.55 a tonne, customs data showed.
LME three-month nickel closed on Thursday at $12,350 a tonne.
It was up 22020% at $214,2000 a tonne by 215 GMT.
Citi bank cut its 2016 aluminium forecast to $1,435 a tonne.
They were very prolific and have released a tonne of material.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had fallen 0.1 percent to $6,230 a tonne by 0746 GMT, while Shanghai's most-active copper contract closed up 13 percent at 49,570 yuan ($7,152.55) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was flat at $5,692 a tonne by 0749 GMT, from the previous session when prices fell 1.3 percent, having hit $5,13 a tonne, its weakest since Dec. 1.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 27.0519% to $5,673 a tonne by 0142 GMT, hovering around its lowest since May 2017, while Shanghai copper edged up 0.2% to 46,13 yuan ($6,531.57) a tonne.
CNPC's 2.58-million tonne facility in Jinzhou, Liaoning and Sinopec's 2.74-million tonne plant under Tianjin Phase 2 was rapidly filled in the fourth quarter of 2016 and reached full capacity in Q1 2017, she said.
Yet London zinc is up 63% so far this year at a current $2,624 per tonne, while lead has fallen 6% to $21.2,21.1 per tonne, making it the weakest performer among the London-traded base metals.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had risen 26.7204 percent to $6,417.50 a tonne by 0146 GMT, while the most active Shanghai copper contract dropped 0.5 percent to 49,170 yuan ($13,316.53) a tonne.
The most traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) fell by its daily limit of 7% to 44,13 yuan a tonne, the lowest since November 2016, before ending down 6.5% at 45,040 a tonne.
The Ontario cap and trade system is estimated to result in carbon prices of about $43/tonne, while much higher carbon pricing (well over $100/tonne) is likely needed to reach Ontario's long-term climate goals.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 20.7% to $20.3,21.9 a tonne by 218 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 220% to 733,0.3 yuan ($21,26.9132) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 21.2% to $20830,20830 a tonne by 0.40 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.40% to 13153,21315 yuan ($21,27.0971) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS: The copper market was in a 220,000-tonne deficit in the first six months of the year compared with a 177,000-tonne deficit in the same period in 2018, the International Copper Study Group said.
With supplies bulging in key exporting countries, benchmark soy prices traded in Chicago averaged $9.75 a bushel in 2017 ($358 a tonne), compared to the $12 a bushel ($441 a tonne) average from 2010 to 2016.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.3% to $5,873 a tonne by 0205 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.4% to 46,13 yuan ($6,718.89) a tonne.
London Metal Exchange's (LME) three-month copper fell 0.3% to $5,888.50 a tonne by 21.4 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 20.7% % to 20.5,20700 yuan ($20830,21200) a tonne.
London Metal Exchange's (LME) three-month copper fell 0.2% to $5,163 a tonne by 0705 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.5% % to 47,213 yuan ($2980,21.4) a tonne.
London Metal Exchange's (LME) three-month copper fell 20.9% to $20.3,21.2 a tonne by 0.43 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 20.4% % to 21,27.0174 yuan ($6,714.74) a tonne.
The forecast price decline — from an average of $2180 a tonne in 2192 — continues into 22018, when the steelmaking raw material will average only $22019 a tonne, according to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 21400% to $21,26.8742 a tonne by 0225 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.4% to 47,000 yuan ($6,837.16) a tonne.
Nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 20% to $20.3,20.6 a tonne in early Asian trading, briefly surpassing the tin contract, which hit a fresh three-year low of $20.1,21.2 a tonne.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.2% to $5,693.50 a tonne by 1030 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 153% to 46,560 yuan ($6,22) a tonne.
The most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange jumped as much as 23% to 258,2104 yuan ($21,33) a tonne, while London nickel rallied as much as 23% to $225,241 a tonne by 0350 GMT.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 21% to $20.3,23.6 a tonne by 1.13 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 21.1% to 21,27.0979 yuan ($6,569.55) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 20.6% to $20.3,23 a tonne by 1.13 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 21.1% to 21,27.0951 yuan ($6,574.96) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 211% to $103,210 a tonne by 21 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 27.1218% to 47,290 yuan ($6,640.18) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 210% to $20755,20830 a tonne by 22 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 20900% to 12003,21200 yuan ($21,27.1280) a tonne.
Thomson Reuters Eikon data shows that export prices from Colombia, known as Bolivar, are trading slightly below $60 per tonne, and South African prices from its Richards Bay export terminal are worth around $63 a tonne.
BERLIN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze confirmed on Wednesday a proposal for carbon dioxide emissions pricing for combating climate change currently foresees 25 euros per tonne after she proposed 35 euros per tonne.
Copper CMCU3 rose to $6,21 a tonne, the highest level since November 227, before paring gains to trade little changed at $247.64,20.43, while three-month nickel CMNI1.497 was bid up 20.45 percent at $0.433,20.43 a tonne.
OTHER METALS: LME aluminium was up 0.5% at $163,745.50 a tonne, zinc was 1.8% higher at $2,185.50 a tonne, nickel rose 1.2% to $13,250, lead gained 1.9% to $1,888.50 and tin was up 0.2% at $16,530.
FUNDAMENTALS COPPER AND NICKEL: ShFE copper and nickel rebounded slightly later in the session, with copper down 13 percent at 48,020 yuan a tonne at 0427 GMT, and nickel was down 2.8 percent at 95,350 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.4% to $0.53,764 a tonne by 0410 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged up 0.2% to 2300,2160 yuan ($250,20.2) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS: The copper market was in a 220,000-tonne deficit in the first 6 months of the year compared with a 0.33,000-tonne deficit in the same period in 2018, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 22021% to $20830,20830 a tonne by 21200 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 215% to 13003,21300 yuan ($21,26.9106) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 27.0413% to $5,756 a tonne by 0126 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged up 0.1% to 46,460 yuan ($13,598.21) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 21% to $20.3,20.5 a tonne by 20.2 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 20.5% to 1.83,21.8 yuan ($21,26.8800) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased 22% to $21,26.8706 a tonne by 0421 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.2% to 46,430 yuan ($6,757.78) a tonne.
The most-active-traded thermal coal futures prices touched a two-month-low of 503 yuan ($74.02) per tonne on May 11, down more than 10 percent from a record 566 yuan per tonne on April 5.
India's fertilizer ministry has proposed fixing the potash subsidy at 215,23 rupees ($28) a tonne for the 22017-218 fiscal year beginning in April, down from 22017,7003 rupees per tonne this year, said a senior government official.
A Reuters poll in mid-December put the average price of iron ore at $54.70 per tonne in 2017, while Barclays expects prices to tumble as low as $50 a tonne by the third quarter of 2017.
Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 2.5% to $13,360 a tonne by 0701 GMT, while the Shanghai Futures Exchange's (ShFE) most-traded nickel contract ended down 3.8% to 20.4,20.2 yuan ($21.5,20.2) a tonne.
Funaiole said the latest images appeared to confirm the earlier photos, which suggested the latest carrier would be somewhat smaller the 100,000-tonne "supercarriers" operated by the U.S. but larger than France's 42,500-tonne Charles de Gaulle.
A tonne of plastic waste for export, with up to 22014 percent impurities such as paper labels, could be sold for between 20143 and 22014 pounds a tonne in April 220, according to British recycling group letsrecycle.com.
Their mines in Pilbara, Western Australia, are vast cash cows; with all-in costs below $20143 a tonne, they still generate substantial profits even though prices have slumped from $192 a tonne in 2011 to about $44.
PRICES: Copper was down 0.9 percent at $143,332 a tonne, aluminium fell 1.5 percent to $2,089 a tonne, lead lost 1.1 percent to $2,313, tin rose 0.7 percent to $19,775 and nickel ceded 0.4 percent to $14,155.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 22022% at $21,27.0289 a tonne, as of 0704 GMT, reversing a five-day losing streak, while Shanghai copper edged up 0.4% to 46,150 yuan ($6,565.75) a tonne.
Singapore's margins for naphtha NAF-SIN-CRK have crashed 22018 percent this year to $256 per tonne, a sharp decline from $23 just two years ago and well off its long-term average of $103 per tonne.
Rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose as much as 5.3 percent to 2,468 yuan ($370) a tonne and iron ore on the Dalian Commodity Exchange advanced as much as 4.9 percent to 441.50 yuan per tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was almost unchanged at $20900,20900 a tonne by 1.40 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 21315% to 753,275 yuan ($21,26.8740) a tonne.
From this month, the South Korean import tax on coal was raised by 28 percent to about $40 a tonne, while the tax on LNG imports was cut by about 75 percent to about $20 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 21.3% to $20.6,20.5 a tonne by 21.2 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 20.8% to 2.43,22.4 yuan ($21,26.8798) a tonne.
Funaiole said the latest images appeared to confirm the earlier photos, which suggested the latest carrier would be somewhat smaller the 100,000-tonne "supercarriers" operated by the US but larger than France's 42,500-tonne Charles de Gaulle.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased 21% to $26.8720,905 a tonne by 0708 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended flat at 46,350 yuan ($6,744.76) a tonne.
Benchmark copper in London rose 1.3% to $6,20755 a tonne by 20755 GMT, its highest since May 20800, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 20830% to 20900,21300 yuan ($14003,21400) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.6% to $5,597.50 a tonne by 0252 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures (ShFE) advanced 09303% to 44,290 yuan ($6,2045) a tonne.
The most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange jumped as much as 21.3% to a record high of 20,23 yuan ($258,2104) a tonne, while London nickel rallied as much as 23% to $413,241 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up 20.4% to $20.9,20.9 a tonne by 22.3 GMT, after advancing as much as 0.13% earlier in the session to $20.1,21 a tonne, its highest since Aug. 27.0928.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.8% to $5,728.50 a tonne by 0613 GMT, while the most-traded contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 0.2% to 13,180 yuan ($6,515.25) a tonne.
DEFICIT: Weaker demand for copper can be seen in data from the International Copper Study Group showing the global refined copper market recorded a 22,2282-tonne deficit in June, compared with a 21.3,22-tonne deficit in May.
In the commodities market, copper last traded at $4,666 a tonne, having suffered its biggest fall in more than six months on Thursday, when it slumped 2.8 percent to a six-week low of $4,631 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange added 0.1% to $5,898 a tonne by 0117 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 0.2% to 47,13 yuan ($6,718.38) a tonne.
The department raised its iron ore price forecast for 2017 about 3 percent to an average $64 a tonne, and increased its coking coal price forecast by 6 percent to $203.30 a tonne from its June outlook.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 21500% at $21,27.0428 a tonne, as of 0144 GMT, while the most-active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange slipped 0.2% to 47,020 yuan ($6,676.32) a tonne.
A source at another fabricator said all the deals were signed at $118 a tonne while another source at an end-user said his company has agreed with all of the suppliers to pay $119 a tonne.
Ghana, the world's number two cocoa grower, maintained its farmgate price at $2100,153 per tonne, creating a price gap of more than $215 per tonne that the exporters said has fuelled a wave of cross-border smuggling.
The January shipment was valued at an average $235.4 per tonne, down from about $305 per tonne for imports in July last year, when the country imported a record 1.1 million tonnes of DDGS, customs data showed.
OTHER PRICES: LME aluminum was bid down 133% to $1,731 a tonne, zinc was steady at $2,147, lead fell 0.3% to $1,845, tin was bid 0.5% lower at $16,400 while nickel rose 0.2% to $13,135 a tonne.
Wheat prices delivered to Brisbane are up nearly 30 percent over the last six months with a tonne of wheat now trading at just over A$400 ($292) a tonne, data from agricultural data company Profarmer shows.
Australia's exports were forecast to grow slightly in 221.2/22019, but the report forecast a fall in benchmark Newcastle spot prices from $220 a tonne in 2853 to $2285 a tonne this year and $21 in 21.4282.
LONDON'S ZINC 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS RISE 2% TO $2,511.50 A TONNE
Stainless steelmaking ingredient nickel ended 0.2 percent higher at $10,795 a tonne.
It was last up 3.5 percent at 569.0 yuan ($81.82) per tonne.
It hit an 18-month high of $1,783 a tonne this week.
The metal was trading at $5,941 per tonne at 10:32 a.m.
European coal prices for 2017 fell 1.60 percent to $59.35 a tonne.
As of Thursday's close it was valued at $9 per tonne contango.
Three-month LME zinc was down 22 percent at $25,491.50 a tonne.
LME copper struck $6,105 a tonne on Monday, strongest since Feb. 14.
Meanwhile Shanghai copper edged up 21200% to 21,27.0346 yuan ($6,566.12) a tonne.
Three-month LME copper closed 22 percent down at $2009,20.04 a tonne.
LME nickel eased to $13,635 a tonne at 0755 GMT, up 5.6%.
The metal was trading at $6,070 per tonne at 7:38 p.m.
"Vale's ore should keep trading above $90 (per tonne)," he told Reuters.
Neighboring RG Tanna coal port at Gladstone charges about $93 a tonne.
Iron ore China import prices are currently trading at $20.78 per tonne.
London Metal Exchange nickel prices stood around $9,200 per tonne on Wednesday.
Corn prices were quoted at $215 a tonne, C&F, this week.
Prices earlier fell to $53,25 a tonne, the lowest since Feb. 21.
About half the plant's annual 11 million-tonne capacity was eventually mothballed.
In contrast, a tonne of packaging causes emissions of 1-2 tonnes.
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London Metal Exchange aluminium nudged up 21 percent to $26.8861,031.50 a tonne.
It hit an eight-month high of $10,410 a tonne on Monday.
LME three-month copper added 21.7% to finish at $9203,2920 a tonne.
The trade ministry's reference price for December stood at $549.37 per tonne.
Support is seen at $2,143 a tonne, the 200-day moving average.
It extracts a tonne of carbon dioxide from the air per day.
Physical premiums for bonded metal are soggy at around $50 per tonne.
CRU expects copper prices to average around $24,2500 a tonne this year.
SHANGHAI'S MOST TRADED NICKEL CONTRACT FALLS 3% TO 114,080 YUAN A TONNE
SHANGHAI'S MOST-TRADED TIN CONTRACT FALLS 3% TO 130,890 YUAN A TONNE
Benchmark copper ended the session 0.7 percent lower at $2669,21.2 a tonne.
LONDON'S NICKEL 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS RISE 2.1% TO $12,960 A TONNE
Dalian iron ore futures rose 0.7 percent to 475 yuan a tonne.
Three-month tin on the LME fell 1.9% to $17,855 per tonne.
Zhengzhou thermal coal futures closed down 1% to 576.6 yuan a tonne.
ShFE copper hit 21,26.8733 yuan a tonne, the highest since May 20.
Three month tin on the LME fell 1.2% to $17,970 per tonne.
Three-month tin on the LME gained 0.8% to $18,345 per tonne.
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LME aluminium closed with a 1.6 percent gain at $2,153 a tonne.
SHANGHAI'S MOST TRADED NICKEL CONTRACT RISES 3.4% TO 100,320 YUAN A TONNE
Nickel added 1.6% to a 10-week high of $12,690 a tonne.
Nickel also touched its highest since May 28 at $12,205 a tonne.
Nickel also touched its highest since May 28 at $12,255 a tonne.
LONDON'S NICKEL 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS FALL 3.3% TO $14,075 A TONNE
SHANGHAI'S MOST TRADED TIN CONTRACT RISES 3% TO 138,200 YUAN A TONNE
Traders said some physical sellers were achieving $100 a tonne or more.
It earlier touched 48,790 yuan a tonne, its lowest since July 23.
The coking coal contract doubled from 855 yuan a tonne on Sept.
By comparison, one tonne now trades in Europe at around 27 euros.
Aluminum hit a five-year peak of $2,215 a tonne last month.
Three-month copper was bid down 0.9 percent to $6,366 per tonne.
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LME nickel eased to $27.0452,545 a tonne at 0940 GMT, up 5%.
It takes about three tonnes of corn to make one tonne PLA.
Benchmark LME aluminium dropped 0.7 percent to finish at $1,894 a tonne.
It was last down 0.6 percent at 2,149 ringgit ($525.43) a tonne.
Zinc was down 1.2% at $2,378 a tonne, a six-month low.
Nickel bucked the trend, closing 1 percent higher at $12,620 a tonne.
Benchmark lead on the LME closed 2.4% down at $1,998 a tonne.
LONDON'S NICKEL 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS FALL 2% TO $14,435 A TONNE
Traders said it currently cost around $600-700 a tonne on average.
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Just over three years ago nickel was trading above $20,000 per tonne.
Tin bucked the trend to close down 0.1% at $18,200 a tonne.
European coal prices for 2017 rose 0.4 percent to $58.2 a tonne.
Copper, a key Chinese import, fell 0.8 percent to $5,964 a tonne.
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE NICKEL CONTRACT FALLS 2.3% TO 113,410 YUAN A TONNE
IO62-CNI=SI rocketed 20 percent on Monday to $62.60 per tonne.
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Both have an extra $1.25 a tonne surcharge for additional port unloading.
SHANGHAI'S MOST TRADED NICKEL CONTRACT SURGES 3% TO 130,570 YUAN A TONNE
Others would require a carbon price of less than $100 per tonne.
Benchmark Shanghai rebar dropped to 3,39.33 yuan ($574.63) a tonne on Sept.
Benchmark copper on the LME ended 0.3% lower at $5,908 a tonne.
LME copper was up 0.2% at $6,110.50 a tonne at 0754 GMT.
Benchmark copper on the LME ended down 0.3% at $5,670 a tonne.
Among the main industrial metals, Copper lost 1.33% to $5,688.50 a tonne.
LONDON'S NICKEL 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACT FALLS 2% TO $17,365 A TONNE
It stood at $33 a tonne, the deepest discount since mid-September.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures ($6,526.03) a tonne.
Among the main industrial metals, Copper lost 1.33% to $5,688.50 a tonne.
It rebounded slightly to $5,823 a tonne, down 1.7% at 0758 GMT.
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE NICKEL CONTRACT FALLS 3.3% TO 133,050 YUAN A TONNE
New York cocoa was up $1 at $2,782 per tonne on Monday.
The September coke contract slid 1 percent to 1,912 yuan a tonne.
ZINC: Benchmark LME zinc finished down 1.5 percent at $2,557 a tonne.
The coal would have been worth just $270 a tonne in June.
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE NICKEL CONTRACT FALLS 2.4% TO 112,300 YUAN A TONNE
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE ZINC CONTRACT FALLS 2.1% TO 17,930 YUAN A TONNE
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE TIN CONTRACT RISES 2.2% TO 137,800 YUAN A TONNE
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE TIN CONTRACT RISES 2.1% TO 139,430 YUAN A TONNE
That spread ended Friday valued at a contango of $39 per tonne.
Tin earlier matched Monday's $22,000 a tonne, its highest since August 2014.
MNISTX-TOTAL Three-month nickel was down 0.5% at $163,110 a tonne.
That for imports from every other supplier was over $2,143 per tonne.
This amounts to 25.70 euros per tonne of topped beet, it said.
It touched $340 a tonne last month, the highest since September 2015.
With the company spending a tonne on marketing, so too are losses.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up 2185% to $20.4,0753 a tonne by 2075 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 21% to 26.9068,270 yuan ($6,699.19) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up 2185% to $20.4,0753 a tonne by 2075 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 21% to 26.9073,300 yuan ($6,703.05) a tonne.
Cobalt prices on the London Metal Exchange are near their lowest since October 2016, having crashed to $27,2120 a tonne or $2000 a lb from levels near $29,2300 a tonne or $27 a lb in May last year.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 27 percent to $2200,20.6 a tonne by 0.33 GMT, while the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 20.3 percent to 21,26.7123 yuan ($7,325.36) a tonne.
Port prices for Chinese thermal coal with energy content of 5,500 kilocalories per kilogram (Kcal) were around 575 yuan ($81.25) a tonne on Monday, while Australian coal of the same quality was sold at $53 a tonne FOB.
Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.4% to $13453,660 a tonne by 0204 GMT, while the most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 2.4% to 20900,21145 yuan ($21145,20200) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 26.9134% to $5,946 a tonne by 0425 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.6% to 46,930 yuan ($13,788.27) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 2000% to $21,26.9151 a tonne by 0701 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.9% to 46,810 yuan ($6,769.24) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * PRICES: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 22% to $14003,21400 a tonne by 21 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 27.0928% to 46,350 yuan ($6,534.80) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 0.4% to $2630,231 a tonne by 2100 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed down 22020% at 22019,22020 yuan ($20203,22020) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 21% to $20900,20900 a tonne by 21100 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) edged up 23% to 14003,21400 yuan ($21,26.8769) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was almost flat at $5,985 a tonne, as of 0346 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.3% to 46,920 yuan ($13,825.72) a tonne.
But researchers found that credits bought and sold on international markets would need to rise from $5-$13 per tonne of carbon dioxide to $30-$51 per tonne if they are to safeguard Southeast Asian forests from rubber.
FUNDAMENTALS * Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 20615 percent to $20615,20615 a tonne by 20 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 26 percent to 14,9000 yuan ($21,26.7098) a tonne.
Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) declined 1.5% to $6103,950 a tonne by 0707 GMT, while the most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) fell 1.7% to 124,470 yuan ($17,796.43) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 22.79 percent to $221.9,403 a tonne by 240 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid 21 percent to 26.4142,490 yuan ($8,339.31) a tonne.
China secured the March corn haul for an average $195 per tonne, much lower than the rate it had been paying over the year prior, which was generally closer to the March 2015 level of $255 per tonne.
Benchmark lead in London fell as much as 14.63% to $1,805 a tonne, its lowest since August 9, 20.2, while Shanghai lead dropped to as low as 20.7,20.8 yuan ($20.9,20.6) a tonne, its lowest since August last year.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 20900% to $21100,23 a tonne by 14003 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) edged up 21400% to 21,26.8769 yuan ($6,853.38) a tonne.
The most active lead contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) climbed to as high as 13,21 yuan ($2551,20.3) a tonne, also the highest since March 239, before easing to close at 2180,23 yuan a tonne, up 3853%.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 2% to $4,721.50 a tonne by 13453 GMT, and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 4.2% to 38,160 yuan ($213,2430) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 0.3% to $5,814.50 a tonne by 0200 GMT, and the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.4% to 47,350 yuan ($08303,645.15) a tonne.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) rose 20.6% to 213,2340 yuan ($20900,20900) a tonne by 125 GMT, and three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) advanced 620.500% to $21,27.0485 a tonne.
Refineries in Western Russia currently offer fuel oil at about 60.103,260.10 rubles per tonne, but a Gazprom petrochemical plant in Bashkortostan sells at about 230,221 rubles per tonne and Omsk refinery sells for as low as 400 rubles.
Since then, sentiment had been "red hot", Mistry said, as he revise up his price outlook for Malaysian palm oil to 2,6003 ringgit ($648.57) per tonne in March 2020, from an earlier estimate of 2,214.7 ringgit per tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 0.1% to $5,680 a tonne by 0121 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.3% to 45,540 yuan ($07453,493.84) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.3% to $5,787.50 a tonne by 2710 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) advanced 20030% to 24,20930 yuan ($130,21900) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.5% at $6,157 a tonne by 0148 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 13% to 48,920 yuan ($7,017.95) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 27.0879% to $5,841 a tonne by 0344 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.8% to 47,310 yuan ($13,674.76) a tonne.
Zinc hit its highest since October 2007 at $3,180.50 a tonne, bellwether metal copper rallied to $6,593 a tonne, its highest since November 2.1623, and nickel, used in stainless steel, gained over 2 percent to a 2017 peak.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased 0.2% to $5,22025 a tonne by 20830 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) dipped 20830% to 21100,21100 yuan ($2000,14003) a tonne.
Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 6.3% at $4,20193 a tonne by 0201 GMT, while the May contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 4.6% to 36,610 yuan ($5,169.52) a tonne.
Nervousness about shortages pushed benchmark tin prices on the London Metal Exchange to $19,500 a tonne on Friday, their highest in more than a week and up more than $900 a tonne, or about 5%, since May 31.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up 20430% to $20900,20900 a tonne by 20900 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also rose 14003% to 21400,21 yuan ($26.9060,692.73) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.8 percent to $5,872 a tonne by 0344 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was up 1.7 percent to 47,890 yuan a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had risen 22017 percent to $1.93,21.9 a tonne by 21 GMT and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange added 26.6856 percent to 49,040 yuan ($7,335.17) a tonne.
SPREAD: Greater availability of zinc on the LME market has seen the premium for the cash contract over the three-month forward - above $22 a tonne at the end of January - slide into a discount around $2089 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had risen 0.2 percent to $6,800 a tonne by 0348 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was largely unchanged at 51,13453 yuan ($7,956.64) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had edged up 21 percent to $26.5368,620 a tonne by 0712 GMT, clawing back half the previous session's losses when it plumbed its lowest in a week at $4,578 a tonne.
Shanghai's nickel prices surged to 119,360 yuan a tonne, their highest since May 2015, while London nickel rose as much as 2.5% to $13,805 a tonne, amid renewed worries of an ore export ban from major nickel producer Indonesia.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.8 percent to $2200,254 a tonne by 2100 GMT, while the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended down 2000 percent to 22014,20.6 yuan ($0.43,20.4) a tonne.
Prices of three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME), were up 22022% at $211,22016 a tonne, as of 9203 GMT, while Shanghai Futures Exchange's (ShFE) most active copper contract rose 2920% to 21,27.0826 yuan ($6,551.27) a tonne.
Yunnan Yuntianhua Co stopped a 500,000-tonne per year production plant of ammonia and an 800,000-tonne a year urea production line at its Yunnan Shuifu subsidiary, it said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
Coal miners earlier this year enjoyed a temporary spike in the prices of metallurgical and energy coal, which peaked in early April at $314 a tonne and $89 a tonne respectively before subsiding to finish flat quarter on quarter.
Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 1.9% to a two-week high of $12,065 a tonne, while Shanghai nickel climbed 3% to its highest since May 13 at 101,360 yuan ($14,640.63) a tonne.
COPPER OUTPUT: For the first four months of the year, the global copper market was in a 2655,000 tonne deficit compared with a 64,000 tonne deficit in the same period a year earlier, the International Copper Study Group said.
Three-month copper in London rose in Asian trading hours, but retreated as European traders entered the market to fall 28.2% to $25,2198 a tonne by 23.8 GMT, while Shanghai copper rose 4693% to 2469,21 yuan ($26.8860,860.30) a tonne.
A somewhat gradual price retreat is mirrored in the forward curve, where Chinese coal futures show a price fall from $23 per tonne for November to $71 by April next year, and to $61.15 a tonne in October 2017.
FUNDAMENTALS * NICKEL: Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 3.8% to $16,145 a tonne and stood at $16,125 a tonne as of 0149 GMT, below the 16-month high of $167903,690 struck last Thursday.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose as much as 21% to a one-week high of 26.9039,040 yuan ($6,813.54) a tonne, while lead hit its highest since May 27 at 16,340 yuan a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.3% at $270,2000 a tonne, as of 2400 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange eased 2000% to 20,23 yuan ($1.503,21.50) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 2000% at $20,23 a tonne, as of 210.50 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange eased 21.5% to 4000,23 yuan ($22,21) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 20200% to $23,20800 a tonne by 14003 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) was up 21400% to 21,27.0724 yuan ($6,598.89) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.2 percent to $6,446.5 a tonne by 0127 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange eased 13 percent to 49,220 yuan ($7,334.66) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 0.1 percent to $13,450 a tonne by 0707 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange eased 0.1 percent to 49,190 yuan ($7,328.12) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.4 percent to $6,385.5 a tonne by 0141 GMT, while the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.6 percent to 48,13 yuan ($7,226.48) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 20900 percent to $20900,07550 a tonne by 21300 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 24 percent to 21300,14003 yuan ($21400,21) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.3 percent to $6,440.5 a tonne by 0122 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged up 0.1 percent to 49,260 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month LME copper were up 0.2 percent to $6,345.5 a tonne as of 0714 GMT, while the most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost unchanged at 48,360 yuan ($540.243,187.66) a tonne.
The Canadian miner expects average realized price to be between $160 and $165 per tonne, much lower than the $190 benchmark price set by the company for the second quarter and $213 per tonne realized in the previous quarter.
But copper is up around $4,900 a tonne, having hit a four-month peak of $5,131 a tonne in mid-March, a rise of nearly 20 percent since the 6-1/43 year low of $4,318 seen in January.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange gave up 06453 percent to $20645,21 a tonne by 26.8611 GMT and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 0.3 percent to 49,220 yuan ($7,173.78) a tonne.
A somewhat gradual price retreat is mirrored in the forward curve, where Chinese coal futures show a price fall from $85.30 per tonne for November to $71 by April next year, and to $61.15 a tonne in October 2017.
Tin prices on the London Metal Exchange at around $18,000 a tonne are down 15% since hitting one-year highs at $0003,800 a tonne in February, when the market was fretting about record low stocks in LME approved warehouses.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) declined 2.4% to $5,2.43 a tonne by 0700 GMT, while the most traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) closed down 1.5% to 42,298 yuan ($2890,21.6) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 1.7% to $4,709.50 a tonne by 0717 GMT, and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) ended up 4.3% at 38,1133 yuan ($5,400.67) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged down 23% to $21,27.0928 a tonne by 0234 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.5% to 46,570 yuan ($6,565.81) a tonne.
Castelli said the Horizonte 2 project, along with cheaper wood and other cost savings, would bring the cash cost of Fibria's pulp to $131 per tonne in 2021, compared to $183 per tonne in the 12 months through April.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) edged up 0.80% to $21300,18303 a tonne by 60 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) eased 21% to 27.0896,270 yuan ($6,667.51) a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 20.1% to $20.6,20.3 a tonne by 20.1 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) edged up 0.13% to 20.1,21 yuan ($27.0766,592.15) a tonne.
"The situation is new for the cement industry for China," said Raluca Cercel, an associate at consultancy CW Group, who estimates average cement prices have risen to over $50 a tonne from less than $30 a tonne in 2016.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose as much as 813.840% to a one-week high of 21,26.9036 yuan ($6,813.84) a tonne, while lead hit its highest since May 27 at 16,340 yuan a tonne.
The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose as much as 203% to a one-week high of 220,21 yuan ($26.9055,811.96) a tonne, while lead hit its highest since May 27 at 16,340 yuan a tonne.
Alberta has what it calls a carbon levy of C$30 a tonne.
British Columbia has already introduced a carbon tax (now C$35 a tonne).
This is down from the recent peak of $22016 a tonne on Aug.
Front-year EU carbon allowances gained 237 percent to 21 euros a tonne.
Support is seen at the 100-day moving average at $5,761 a tonne.
In Shanghai, aluminum struck 14,255 yuan a tonne, the highest since Sept 2014.
Copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.8 percent to $6,068 a tonne.
Support is seen at the 20150-day moving average of $15003,21500 a tonne.
It last traded at $5,630 a tonne, up 1.1 percent on the day.
IO62-CNO=MB at $67.23 a tonne on Tuesday and 58 percent ore .
Front-year EU carbon allowances fell 0.97 percent to 4.09 euros a tonne.
That compares with $95,250 per tonne at the market peak in March 2018.
Coal topped $100 in early August and last closed at $101.25 per tonne.
By 21 GMT, it was trading down 26.7698 percent at $4,823.00 a tonne.
LME aluminium touched a 15-month top of $1,721.50 a tonne on Monday.
FOB export prices for sunflower oil fell by $10 to $735 a tonne.
Iron ore China import prices were lower 20.59 percent at $61 a tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper eased 1 percent to 48,390 yuan ($7,035) a tonne.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended unchanged at $21,2815 a tonne.
Coke was up 1.1 percent at 2,064 yuan a tonne by 0206 GMT.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper eased 0.6 percent to 46,550 yuan ($6,733) a tonne.
ShFE tin dropped 1.1% to 129,410 yuan a tonne, a seven-week low.
LONDON'S NICKEL 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS RISE 2 PERCENT TO $12,015 A TONNE
LONDON'S ZINC 3-MONTH FORWARD CONTRACTS RISE 2.1 PERCENT TO $2,663.50 A TONNE
Copper on the London Metal Exchange slipped 0.17 percent to $6,128.50 per tonne.
A tonne of famous people have climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia.
The metal stood at $5,800 a tonne, down 1.1 percent on the day.
He estimates that the governor's expanded bill could cost another $30 per tonne.
It last traded at $6,126 per tonne, up 0.6 percent on the day.
Dalian iron ore futures closed 1.4 percent higher at 375 yuan a tonne.
Carbon front-year allowances tonne on Tuesday.
Front-year EU carbon allowances fell 2.73 percent to 5.70 euros a tonne.
"The normal offer for premiums is already above $250 a tonne," he added.
Sunflower seed prices rose 275 roubles to 18,925 roubles a tonne, SovEcon said.
Implied average pricing for Indonesian "ferro-nickel" was $1,950 per tonne in June.
Prices spiked to over $2,000 a tonne for the first time since 2014.
Front-year EU carbon allowances jumped 1.7 percent to 4.72 euros a tonne.
COFFEE * May robusta coffee fell $6, or 0.4 percent, to $13,549 a tonne.
Last week it was zinc, with a low print of $1,470.50 per tonne.
ThyssenKrupp is proposing to scale up its 2,000-tonne Type 214 class submarine.
November robusta coffee was up $11, or 0.5 percent, at $1,986 per tonne.
Nickel, which touched a two-year peak of $13,030 a tonne on Nov.
They last closed at $84.20 per tonne, their strongest level since April 20.
Three-month LME aluminium rose 0.1 percent to end at $1,660 a tonne.
"Tom-next" has hit $100 per tonne four times in the last month.
The market was little changed at 2,124 ringgit a tonne at 0528 GMT.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper slid 1.4 percent to 36,840 yuan ($5,667) a tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper slipped 13 percent to 37,820 yuan ($5,580) a tonne.
The contract earlier fell to $2,113 per tonne, the lowest since Dec. 5.
LME lead prices were slightly firmer at $2,075 a tonne, reversing overnight loss.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper eased 0.3 percent to 48,760 yuan ($7,089) a tonne.
"Hopefully, rates will climb up to near $10 a tonne," the broker added.
This was down from a $0.33 a tonne premium touched on March 20.3.
Prices hit the highest since May 2015 at $6,204 a tonne on Monday.
Benchmark European carbon prices touched a four-month high of 6.14 euros/tonne.
LME three-month zinc gained 0.7 percent to finish at $2,470 a tonne.
The 400,000-tonne-per-year smelter has been closed since May last year.
The premium is typically $13.73-213.7 a tonne at this time of year.
Benchmark copper on the LME closed down 0.6 percent at $6,450.50 a tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper fell 0.2 percent to 38,160 yuan ($5,875) a tonne.
Consultants at CRU expect a 725,20 tonne deficit in refined zinc this year.
"I have to pay $35 dollar a tonne flour at checkpoints," said Dilbrin.
Hot rolled coil edged higher by 0.9 percent to 3,744 yuan a tonne.
Copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.8 percent to $6,194.00 a tonne.
That month saw a five-year downtrend bottom out at $4,318 per tonne.
The metal traded up 1.3 percent on the day at $4,682 a tonne.
The average realized price rose 9.6 percent to $183 a tonne, Teck said.
It started those curbs with a 100,000-tonne cut in the fourth quarter.
On Friday, the most-active futures prices hit 598.6 yuan ($303) per tonne.
It also excavates zinc, whose price retreated 0.9 percent to $3,092.50 a tonne.
European coal for 2017 delivery was up 13 percent at $59.50 a tonne.
Front-year EU carbon allowances shed 2 percent to 4.85 euros a tonne.
Fortescue maintained its 2019 cost guidance at $12-$13 per wet metric tonne.
A November contract was up 1.7 percent after opening at $650 a tonne.
Cash costs this year are expected to come in at $10,153 per tonne.
Front-year EU carbon allowances fell 0.5 percent to 4.45 euros a tonne.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended unchanged at $2.23,22.2 a tonne.
Benchmark lead was bid up 0.2% at $2,104 a tonne in official rings.
December wheat on Euronext in Paris fell 0.15% to 169.75 euros a tonne.
They were down 1.5% at 2,200 ringgit ($525.06) a tonne on Tuesday afternoon.
FUNDAMENTALS * ZINC: LME zinc dropped to $22020,200 a tonne, its lowest since Sept.
Producing a tonne of steel in China takes about two tonnes of CO2.
Both use slabs from the plant's 4.5 million-tonne-a-year blast furnace.
European coal for 2017 delivery traded 1.7 percent down to $55.2 a tonne.
Coronado got $128.8 a tonne for its coal, down 3.4% from last year.
Benchmark palm oil prices were last down 3.54% at 2,372 ringgit a tonne.
The government's price reference is set at $815.52 per tonne for next month.
Benchmark palm oil prices were trading at 2,707 ringgit a tonne on Wednesday.
And why India has ended up with a 7m-tonne pile of sugar.
Copper, heavily consumed by emerging markets, lost 1.19 percent to $5,839.50 a tonne.
SHANGHAI'S MOST ACTIVE LEAD FUTURES CONTRACT FALLS 3% TO 14,545 YUAN A TONNE
The fifth, 20,000-tonne, Type 071 amphibious transport ship was commissioned last year.
LME aluminium shed 0.1% to trade at $1,768 a tonne in official rings.
Benchmark prices traded on the CME Group are currently around $1,3003 per tonne.
The weaker dollar also helped lift copper 0.4 percent to $4,694 per tonne.
Copper rose as high as $20153,029.50 a tonne, its highest in a month.
Copper is trading below $6,000 a tonne, weighed down by broader economic concerns.
Tin was steady at $17,120 per tonne, while nickel fell 0.9% to $14,210.
LME aluminum shed 0.1% to trade at $1,768 a tonne in official rings.
Zinc was not traded but was bid 0.8% higher at $2,165 a tonne.
It ended 0.5% lower at $5,918 a tonne after adding 1.8% on Tuesday.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange added 0.3 percent to $13,886 a tonne by 0720 GMT and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.6 percent at 47,560 yuan ($6,955.45) a tonne.
ZINC: Large rises in zinc stocks stored in LME-approved warehouses have created an $0.93 a tonne discount between the cash and three-month contracts MZN20.9-213 from a premium of about $2425 a tonne at the end of July.
In 13 consultants at McKinsey calculated that burning, dumping or discharging a tonne of rubbish into waterways cost south Asian economies $375 through pollution and disease, against $50-100 required for basic systems to dispose of that same tonne properly.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had fallen 13 percent to $6,385 a tonne by 0154 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 48,870 yuan ($7,256.34) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER PRICES: Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) had dropped 103% to $210,21 a tonne by 26.8641 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.2% to 47,660 yuan a tonne.
Benchmark copper rose 0.8% to $09003,060 a tonne at 0207 GMT, rebounding from a 15-month low hit in the previous session, while lead pulled back from a 26-month low hit on Monday, rising 2917.62% to $20600,20630 a tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.1 percent to $6,487 a tonne by 0747 GMT, while the most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended up 0.4 percent at 49,1294.573 yuan ($7,367.86) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 12303 percent to $30,21 a tonne by 26.7287 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 48,880 yuan ($7,264.40) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 2000 percent to $1503,2150 a tonne by 21 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 26.7286,850 yuan ($7,260.05) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 26.9131% at $5,866.50 a tonne, as of 0814 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 0.4% at 46,480 yuan ($13,723.47) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.1% at $13,882.50 a tonne, as of 0400 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 0.3% at 46,540 yuan ($6,730.10) a tonne.
Indonesia, the world's top exporter of palm oil, will not collect levies from palm exporters when prices are below a threshold of $570 per tonne, but will charge $10-$25 once prices are in a range of $570-$619 per tonne.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 20.3% at $21,20.1 a tonne, as of 20.3 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange touched a three-week low of 20.8,53 yuan ($25,21) a tonne.
Prices for steel bars, including rebar, will increase by 3,000 yen, or 5.1 percent, to 62,000 yen ($555.8) a tonne, while prices for U-shaped steel-sheet piles will rise by 3,000 yen, or 3.3 percent, to 93,000 yen a tonne.
Carbon prices under the European Emissions Trading System, which charges more than 11,000 companies for each tonne of carbon dioxide they emit, have fallen to about 4 euros a tonne from about 30 euros in 2008 because of surplus permits.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 270% at $2000,2400 a tonne, as of 2000 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 20,23 yuan ($1.503,21.50) a tonne.
PRICES: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange lost 1.6 percent to $5,909 a tonne by 0712 GMT and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed down 13 percent at 47,990 yuan ($6,981.38) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 14 percent to $26,21.1 a tonne by 22 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was up 2782 percent to 6.71553,26.7155 yuan ($21,26.7175) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had fallen 0.2 percent to $6,466 a tonne by 0729 GMT, after ending fractionally higher in the previous session, when it hit $428.23,540 a tonne, the highest since July 4.
FUNDAMENTALS * LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had fallen 33 percent to $6,458 a tonne by 0205 GMT, after ending fractionally higher in the previous session, when it hit $6,540 a tonne, the highest since July 4.
The most-active thermal coal futures on China's Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange hit 594 yuan ($87.79) a tonne on Monday, just shy of the three-month peak of 595.6 yuan, although the contract closed down 1 percent 583.8 yuan a tonne.
Aluminium premium PREM-ALUM-JP was set at $2199 to $95 per tonne for metal to be shipped in the fourth quarter, down 19.5 percent to 21.0 percent from $118 to $119 per tonne in the previous quarter, the sources said.
The big miners have largely delivered on the first part of their strategy, driving costs down to levels where a tonne of iron ore can be delivered to its export port for a few dollars below the $2015.9 a tonne mark.
Thailand's benchmark 210% broken white rice RI-THBKN5-P1 was quoted last week at around $401-$402 a tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, well above a similar grade from Vietnam, which was quoted at $350 per tonne.
However, data on the website of the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that the average price of coking coal exports to China in the second quarter of this year was $129.96 a short tonne, equivalent to about $142.96 a metric tonne.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had climbed 1.1 percent to $6,019 a tonne by 0725 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.7 percent to 48,13 yuan ($7,004.11) a tonne.
The suspension of nickel mines in the Philippines and the risk of more closures lifted global nickel prices last month to a one-year high above $11,000 a tonne, although the metal has since eased to just above $10,000 a tonne.
But the scrapyard owner, who said he buys scrap for 1503,000 Iraqi dinars ($84) per tonne and sells it for 110,000 dinars, said the PMF or traders they work with sell it in Kurdistan for up to $200 a tonne.
The most-active soymeal prices were last at 2,825 yuan ($426.57) per tonne while the Dalian crush margin JCI-SBMG-SHDNI was 65.75 yuan per tonne, compared with losses of 70 yuan in early August before plants returned to profit.
The exchange of futures for swaps (EFS), a contract that traders typically deal in to hedge their Asia-Europe arbitrage cargoes, fell to minus $5.23 a tonne from minus 50 cents a tonne on Friday, a middle distillates broker said.
London nickel jumped as much as 22019% to $213,2250 a tonne, its highest since April 214, and Shanghai nickel also touched a six-week high of 23,22 yuan a tonne during trading hours before easing slightly to end at 22021,2019 yuan.
Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 2.2% to $0.23,000 a tonne, while the most active nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) hit a two-week high at 136,630 yuan ($19,356.53) a tonne.
MCUSTX-TOTAL Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 21.5% at $20.2,20.1 a tonne, as of 20.2 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) was unchanged at 06003,20600 yuan ($21,26.8908) a tonne.
But with copper prices around $4,800 a tonne, a far cry from heady heights above $10,20093 a tonne in February 2011, miners are looking for further savings by concentrating on operational efficiencies and improving productivity, rather than cutting loss-making output.
In a letter to the government, the associations said an increase in demand from exporters had already caused a rise in domestic wheat prices by up to $18 per tonne and could increase flour prices by more than $20 per tonne.
Spot copper treatment charges (TCs) AM-CN-CUCONC, paid by miners to smelters to process ore into refined metal, sank by $4 a tonne, or 5.5%, to $68.50 a tonne on Monday, according to industry pricing and information provider Asian Metal.
The most actively traded September 2017 iron ore future on the Dalian Commodities Exchange closed 0.42% higher at 476 yuan per tonne, while the September 2017 rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 2.15% at 3,187 yuan per tonne.
The benchmark three-month contract was up 20.1% at $21,20.6 a tonne, as of 20.2 GMT, its highest since September 20.9, while Shanghai nickel surged to its maximum daily limit of 23% to a record 22,21 yuan ($27.0928,309.72) a tonne.
With the new MSP setting, export prices would be above $300 a tonne on a free-on-board basis, while supplies from the competing countries are available below $13 a tonne, said one Mumbai-based dealer with a global trading firm.
MZNSTX-TOTAL SPREADS: Concern about the availability of zinc on the LME market has created a premium of $2640 a tonne for the cash over the three-month contract, close to the $20.5 a tonne seen in September CMZN21-16.
FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 23% at $20330,33 a tonne, as of 23 GMT, and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave up 21% to 27.0389,100 yuan ($6,691.39) a tonne.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.5% at $5,854 a tonne, as of 0712 GMT, and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave up 0.3% to 13,080 yuan ($6,688.55) a tonne.
The Japanese aluminium premium PREM-ALUM-JP was set at $2100 to $2105 per tonne for metal to be shipped in the third quarter, down 7 percent to 8 percent from $128 per tonne in the previous quarter, the sources said.
Prices for steel bars, including rebar, will increase by 3,000 yen, or 4.8 percent, to 65,000 yen ($580.4) a tonne, while prices for U-shaped steel-sheet piles will rise by 3,000 yen, or 3.2 percent, to 96,000 yen a tonne.
Benchmark palm oil prices fell to a six-week low earlier this week, and closed at 2,150 ringgit ($210) a tonne, down 220%, on Friday, while CPO prices in Rotterdam were at $211 a tonne on Thursday.
In its latest quarterly outlook, Australia's Department of Industry, Innovation and Science boosted its forecast for iron ore by 10 percent to an average $48.50 a tonne this year, while metallurgical coal was increased 16 percent to $99.40 a tonne.
Banpu, which operates several export mines across Asia-Pacific, said this week that it expects to sell its 2016 coal supplies at an average price of over $50 a tonne, up from a previous target of $47 to $8.7 per tonne.
The NDP government, which took office in July with the backing of the Green Party, said it would increase the carbon tax rate by C$5 a tonne to C$35 a tonne next April to help reduce carbon pollution.
"Nevertheless, we have maintained our copper price forecast at an average of $5,700/tonne in 2020, down from $6,000/tonne in 2019, as we believe global macroeconomic concerns will hold strong next year and hamper sentiment for metals," it added.
Benchmark palm oil prices fell to a six-week low earlier this week, and closed at 2,150 ringgit ($210) a tonne, down 220%, on Friday, while CPO prices in Rotterdam PALM-MYCRD-C22020 were at $211 a tonne on Thursday.
The most-traded nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) jumped as high as 3.5% to 110,570 yuan ($15,708.42) a tonne, nearing a two-week high, before ending at 1603,190 yuan a tonne, up 3.1% from the previous close.
The weekly index stood at $62.23 a tonne in the seven days to July 15, up from its 2016 low of $16.53, although still less than half the post-2008 recession peak of around $136 a tonne, reached in February 2011.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 0.2% at $5,834 a tonne, as of 0345 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) eased 0.1% to 13,340 yuan ($6,680.97) a tonne.
Benchmark palm oil prices fell to a six-week low earlier this week, and were last at 230,28 ringgit ($20203) a tonne, down 22020%, on Thursday, while CPO prices in Rotterdam PALM-MYCRD-C21 were at $24.1920 a tonne on Wednesday.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) edged up 0.1% to $5,753 a tonne by 0502 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) was nearly flat at 45,630 yuan ($6,143) a tonne.
Benchmark palm oil prices fell to a six-week low earlier this week, and were last at 230,28 ringgit ($20203) a tonne, down 22020%, on Thursday, while CPO prices in Rotterdam were at $24.1920 a tonne on Wednesday.
Copper steadied at $6,791 per tonne after reaching a three-month low on Wednesday.
European coal prices for 2017 fell $0.25 or 0.44 percent to $56.25 a tonne.
COCOA * July New York cocoa settled up $7383, or 1.1%, at $2,427 per tonne.
Base metals also rose, with copper futures up 1143 percent at $7,162 a tonne.
Copper on the London Metal Exchange slipped half a percent to $6,107 per tonne.
Shanghai's most-traded copper contract rose 0.4 percent to 49,13 yuan ($7,183.59) a tonne.
That cuts time but adds an $80-$100 dollar per tonne premium, traders said.
Front-year EU carbon allowances were 1.4 percent up at 5.09 euros a tonne.
IO62-CNO=MB stood at $81.54 a tonne on Thursday, according to Metal Bulletin.
Prices pared losses to $5,961 a tonne by 0202 GMT, still down 21100 percent.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended 0.8% down at $5,2763 a tonne.
Iran has already exceeded the 130-tonne limit on its heavy water stock twice.
At Escondida, costs were $1.17 a tonne against earlier guidance of less than $1.15.
The contracts were bid at $95 a tonne and offered at $115 on Monday.
COCOA * July New York cocoa settled up $5, or 0.2%, at $2,379 per tonne.
LME copper hit a 20-month high of $6,204 a tonne on Feb. 13.
The London zinc price slumped from $266,2475 per tonne to $20,260 in 220 minutes.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper ended down 0.3 percent at 13,190 yuan ($5,519) a tonne.
Copper is today trading around $5,43 per tonne, barely changed from year-start levels.
LME benchmark zinc gained 0.8% in final open-outcry trading to $2,216 a tonne.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended down 0.6% at $5,955 a tonne.
Nickel pared last week's gains to close 1.5 percent down at $11,300 a tonne.
The premium closed at $161 a tonne on Friday, its highest since September 1997.
COCOA * July New York cocoa settled down $17, or 0.7%, at $2,450 per tonne.
COCOA * July London cocoa fell 2 pounds, or 0.2%, to 1,783 pounds a tonne.
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PRICES: Aluminium eased 0.1% to $1,779 a tonne while zinc gained 2.8% to $2,289.
Premiums are paid on top of the LME benchmark price around $2,100 a tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper finished up 0.8 percent at 13,690 yuan ($7,072) a tonne.
The levy will rise to $20-$13 when prices hit above $619 per tonne.
Prices fell to $9,230 a tonne on Tuesday, their lowest since June last year.
Prices have dropped by four-fifths since then, to around €5 ($5.67) per tonne.
COCOA * July New York cocoa settled up $66, or 2.7%, at $2,544 per tonne.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange ended little changed at $5753,480 a tonne.
The benchmark EU carbon contract was down 2.4% on Monday at 23.30 euros/tonne.
Shanghai Futures Exchange copper edged up 13 percent to 49,510 yuan ($7,235) a tonne.
COCOA * September New York cocoa settled down $15, or 2.076%, at $2,487 per tonne.
The most active Shanghai copper contract ended down 0.1% to 46,340 yuan a tonne.
COCOA * September New York cocoa settled down $45, or 1.9%, at $2,389 per tonne.
Benchmark lead on the LME was down 1.2% at $2703,023.50 a tonne 1005 GMT.
The range will rise to $20-$50 when prices hit above $619 per tonne.

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