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Copper is at the heart of so much of our current lives, and will play a key role in our future. Great week in NYC for the Fastmarkets #Copper seminar. Thanks to all the industry leaders who participated!

All base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange three-month contract gained on Monday June 16, but the escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict remained front of mind given potential logistical and freight disruptions

#Lead was the weakest performer of the LME base metals during morning trading on Tuesday June 17, sliding by close to 1% after analysts pointed to a 23,975-tonne delivery into Singapore warehouses as evidence of structural oversupply pressuring the market.

China’s refined #lead import registered a significant increase in April to 4,734 tonnes, rising by 65.1% month-on-month and by 3,496.9% year-on-year, with improving arbitrage terms supporting the heavy metal flowing into Chinese market

It's not too late to listen to what Big Oil is doing in #lithium! In the latest episode of Fast Forward, ExxonMobil tells me why, where, how & what the US oil major is doing, and more. Anywhere you get your podcasts, or➡️fastmarkets-fastforward.podbean.com Download it now!

At the gate, waiting for the first of several flights from the US via Europe to my destination: an oil and diamonds producer, rare earths and lithium hopeful, and a country with infrastructure that is key to critical supply chains. Where am I off to?

Grok guessed it: Luanda, Angola!

Ferro-#molybdenum prices ticked up in Europe on June 18, with spot activity re-emerging during the session, including some end user buying. Fastmarkets’ daily price assessment for ferro-molybdenum 65% Mo min, in-whs Rotterdam, was $51.50-52.45 per kg Mo

UG2/MG #chrome ore prices fell further in the week to June 17, with buyers becoming more cautious, and sellers reducing offers amid bearish sentiment. Fastmarkets’ weekly calculation of its chrome ore South Africa UG2/MG concentrates index, cif China was -3.17% at $275 per tonne

Dr. Antonio Agostinho airport in Luanda is new and *absolutely stunning*. And very, very quiet as most flights currently still come and go from the old airport, closer to downtown. On my way to Catumbela, gateway to…Lobito 👏🏼

Huge vessel with containers arriving at the minerals port in Lobito, for use on the Lobito Atlantic Railway

This train is filled with #copper cathode produced in the DRC. It’s on the Lobito Atlantic Railway, headed for Lobito, where it’ll be shipped out to…🥁… Spain. An early start in Angola to catch this train coming in.

How great is it that I got to ride in the driver’s carriage on the Lobito Atlantic Railway? On a freight train, with 600 tonnes of #copper from the DRC, headed for the minerals port in Lobito? What an experience. Stay tuned for the Fast Forward podcast!

What a way to arrive to work! Back in Luanda for the US-Africa business summit #criticalminerals

An unscheduled visitor at the US-Africa Business Summit on Tuesday: Massad Boulos, senior adviser on Africa to US President Trump, and a key player in the DRC-Rwanda peace deal. He joined a discussion on the DRC #copper #cobalt

Great time moderating the high level dialogue session on critical minerals at the 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit. You can spot me here at around two minutes! youtu.be/QbjuLsxzQcg?si…