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Trade Tensions Rise: US Tariffs, Weak Demand, and Early Peak in Shipping
The August 2025 deadlines for maintaining current US tariff levels on several countries are rapidly approaching. However, trade negotiations have made little progress in recent weeks. Indeed, tensions between the United States, Mexico, and the European Union have...
Base Metals See Broad-Based Declines at SHFE: Aluminum Leads Losses
During the morning session on Wednesday, July 23, prices of the most traded base metals on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) showed a predominantly bearish trend. Aluminum suffered the sharpest decline, confirming the difficulties associated with the summer season...
Copper Concentrate Prices Rebound: Signs of Stabilization After Record Lows
Copper concentrate treatment charges (TC) recorded their third consecutive weekly increase on Friday, July 18, market sources told Commodity Evolution. The weekly TC index for copper concentrate, cif Asia Pacific basis, reached $64.30 per ton, up $0.70 from $65 the...
Port of Rotterdam Traffic Declines: First Half of 2025 Slows
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest maritime hub, recorded a 4.1% decline in throughput during the first half of 2025. The port authority announced this on Tuesday, also warning of insufficient investment by the industry. Total throughput stood at 211 million...