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Zinc and Lead: Treatment Costs Plunge to New Lows
Competition for zinc and lead concentrates bound for China has intensified, pushing spot treatment charges, or TCs, to their deepest negative levels on record. At the September 25 assessment, the zinc market was marked by increasingly aggressive bids for available...
Ocean Freight Rates Stay High Across The Pacific As Europe Cools
Routes from Asia to the United States continue to sustain high freight rates, while those bound for Europe have entered a declining phase. That is the picture drawn by Commodity Evolution September 22, 2026, update, based on prices from the preceding week: more than...
Aluminium Billet: The US Premium Holds Steady While Europe Retreats
In the United States, the premium for 6063 aluminium billet went through September without moving. In the assessment on Friday September 25, the surcharge for extrusion material delivered in the Midwest stood at 19–20 US cents per pound, exactly as it had on August...
Alumina Prices Hold Near Recent Levels Amid High Stocks and 2027 Expectations
Alumina trading was subdued over the past week. On September 24, FOB Australia index stood at $352.44 per tonne, down $3.05 per tonne from a week earlier. In China, its weekly ex-works assessment for metallurgical-grade alumina was unchanged at 2,580-2,690 yuan per...