An employee checks aluminium ingots for export at the Qingdao Port, Shandong province March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
A successful US-China trade deal would boost copper, aluminium prices, analysts say
- Two biggest risks to global metals and mining industries are China’s slowdown, trade war, many surveyed executives say
- Copper and aluminium prices are up this year, after steep falls in 2018
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US-China trade war
An employee checks aluminium ingots for export at the Qingdao Port, Shandong province March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.5 this month from 49.4 in December. This was higher than the expectations of a group of analysts polled by Bloomberg, which had predicted that it would dip slightly to 49.38. Photo: Reuters
China’s manufacturing shrank again in January, as fears of further economic slowdown mount
- Official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.5 from 49.4 in December as factory activity in China contracted for a second consecutive month
- Non-manufacturing PMI rose to 54.7 from 53.8 in January, well above analysts’ expectations of 53.8, according to Bloomberg poll
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China economy
The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.5 this month from 49.4 in December. This was higher than the expectations of a group of analysts polled by Bloomberg, which had predicted that it would dip slightly to 49.38. Photo: Reuters