By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – A global aluminium producer has sought a premium of $260 per metric ton from Japanese buyers for April-June primary metal shipments, up 14% from the current quarter, two sources directly involved in pricing talks said this week. Japan is a major Asian importer of the metal and the premiums…
The development of Hong Kong’s gold and commodities trade is expected to create “new growth momentum” for the economy, the finance chief has said, vowing authorities will focus on expanding the city’s storage capacity amid intense regional competition. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that gold trading had significant growth potential as…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivered his third policy address on October 16. As expected, he opened with an iteration of Beijing’s expectations of Hong Kong and the city’s institutional strengths under “one country, two systems”, plus the completion of its constitutional duty to enact national security legislation. Though economic competitiveness was not…