July 29 (Reuters) – London copper costs superior on Thursday, supported by a weaker greenback that makes greenback-priced metals cheaper and extra interesting to holders of different currencies.
The greenback hovered round a two-week low, weighed down by the newest insistence from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that price will increase aren’t on the radar.
Three-month copper on the London Steel Trade CMCU3 rose 0.6% to $9,746 a tonne by 0246 GMT, whereas the most-traded September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Trade SCFcv1 fell 0.8% to 71,550 yuan ($11,044.73) a tonne, monitoring in a single day losses in London.
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* LME nickel CMNI3 rose 0.8% to $19,695 a tonne, aluminium CMAL3 fell 0.4% to $2,528 a tonne, ShFE nickel SNIcv1 climbed 0.8% to 147,150 yuan a tonne and ShFE aluminium SAFcv1 superior 0.5% to 19,560 yuan a tonne.
* The premium of LME money aluminium over the three-month contract CMAL0-3 stretched to $9.25 a tonne, essentially the most since June 17, indicating tightening close by provides.
* Canadian copper miner First Quantum Minerals FM.TO has shelved plans to promote a stake in its Zambian copper mines, Chief Working Officer Tristan Pascall stated on Wednesday.
* The union at BHP Group Ltd’s BHP.AX Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest, on Wednesday urged its members to vote to strike, saying the corporate was trying to impose its will and its contract provide was “inadequate”.
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* Asian shares managed a semblance of calm because the Fed signalled it was in no rush to taper stimulus, although the temper was fragile as buyers waited to see if Beijing may stem the current bloodletting in Chinese language shares. MKTS/GLOB DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
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(Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; modifying by Vinay Dwivedi)
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