MB亞洲晨報 04/05
亞洲晨報 04/05：LME鋅價下跌至9月來最低點；Teck簽署年度鋅精礦供應合同；Nystar第一季度收入下跌百分之五
ASIAN MORNING BRIEF 04/05: Zinc slides to nine-month low on LME; Teck signs annual zinc concentrate supply deals; Nyrstar earnings drop 5% in first quarter
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday May 4.
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Thursday May 3, with zinc diving to its lowest point since August 2017.Read more in our live futures report（請點擊閱讀全文）
Here are how prices looked at Thursday"s close:
Teck Resources has signedannual zinc concentrate supply deals with European smelters Glencore and Nyrstar, with treatment charges set at a 12-year low of $147 per tonne.
Nyrstar sustained a 5% year-on-year dropin first-quarter earnings despite higher zinc prices during the period, the company said in an earnings call on May 3.
Meanwhile, Glencoreposted an 11% boost in cobalt productionin the first quarter due to the restart of its Katanga copper mine in Africa.
Kudumane Manganese Resources hasdelayed deliveries of some manganese ore shipmentsdue to heavy rains in South Africa"s Northern Cape region.
Export prices for pig ironfrom the Commonwealth of Independent States have weakened thanks to low demand in key markets, according to Metal Bulletin"s latest price assessment.
The Eurozone purchasing manager"s indexfell to a 13-month low in Aprildue to a slowdown in growth across five of the eight nations covered, according to data supplier IHS Markit.
Colombian crude steel outputfell 26.7% in March, according to the Colombian Committee of Steel Producers, while long steel production edged up.
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