Oversupply weighed on the cobalt sector in Q2, hurting prices and changing miners' plans. Find out what else happened and what factors could drive the sector for the rest of the year.

Reportedly, aluminum futures prices at the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) started at RMB12,670/ton last Thursday evening but fell back to opening price and closed at RMB12,655/ton after shortly rose to RMB12,710/ton.

HOWEVER copper prices held steady on hopes of improving demand in top metals consumer China.

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