IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from September 13

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 13 that are worth another look.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has rejected Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing’s unsolicited bid for the company and remains committed to a proposed acquisition of data provider Refinitiv, it said in a release on Friday September 13.

In battery raw materials, the lithium hydroxide market was weighed down by amply supply and a lack of demand ahead of the national Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in China.

Poor demand and ongoing bearish sentiment surrounding the European economy left aluminium foundry premiums in the region tepid on Friday September 13.

Vale’s nickel processing Onça Puma plant in the Brazil’s northern state of Pará will resume operations after the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled in its favor, the miner said on September 12.

The pellet segment of the seaborne iron ore market is starting to show signs of moving from annual contracts to shorter-term ones.

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