To our U.S. readers, MetalMiner wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

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The next several of days will be busy ones here at MetalMiner.

Keep an eye out for the release of our usual Monthly Metal Buying Outlook. Then, also keep an eye out for our big annual report, which offers a more expansive view of the various metals categories tracked in our MMO.

On top of all that, also keep an eye out for our usual Monthly Metals Index (MMI) reports, which will get rolling this week.

With the official end of summer drawing near, let’s take a look back at the most popular posts of the summer season (for the purposes of this, that’s June-August):

1. Rising Iron Ore Prices Push Some Chinese Steel Mills into the Red

2. Copper MMI: How a Boeing Trade Case Could Cause Global Copper Prices to Skyrocket, Give Wieland Metals a Guaranteed Monopoly

3. A Shifting U.S. Dollar Could Impact Precious Metals Prices

4. U.S. Midwest Premium Remains High to Consumers’ Chagrin

5. Aluminum MMI: Tight Aluminum Supplies Stave Off Further Price Drops For Now

6. Global Precious MMI: Platinum-Palladium Price Spread Widens

7. Copper MMI: Global Supply Deficit Outweighed by Macroeconomic Uncertainty

8. Stainless MMI: Nickel Prices Surge as Stainless Surcharges Fall

9. This Morning in Metals: Iron Ore Futures Soar to Record High

10. Raw Steels MMI: Weak U.S. Prices Lead Subindex Drop

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