Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Wednesday August 2. Aluminium is the exception, its prices are up 0.7% at $1,923 per tonne SEE MORE China's crackdown on its bloated aluminum industry is driving up the share price of the country's major producers and raising the specter of a tighter global market that could buoy prices. SEE MORE Asia’s expandable polystyrene (EPS) prices eased this week as regional demand has stayed weak and amid recent declines in feedstock styrene monomer (SM) values. SEE MORE Following consistent falls since the beginning of the year, Russian prices for high density polyethylene (HDPE) stabilised or increased slightly in July, according to an ICIS-MRC Price report. SEE MORE Việt Nam’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) posted a 6.5 per cent year-on-year increase in the first seven months of the year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). SEE MORE