The base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are down across the board this morning, Thursday April 27, with three-month prices off an average of 0.3%.

The base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday April 25, with copper, aluminium zinc and nickel prices up between 0.2% and 0.4%. Three-month copper prices are up 0.4% at $5,678 per tonne. While lead and tin prices are down 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively.

Apart from three-month tin prices that are down 0.9% on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Monday April 24, the rest of the metals’ prices are ranged between plus and minus 0.3%, with copper prices up 0.3% at $5,652 per tonne.

Base metals prices have managed to generally build on the gains from Thursday with three-month London Metal Exchange prices up an average of 0.4%, this morning, Friday April 21.

Base metals prices were weaker again this morning, Thursday April 20, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange down an average of 1% as of 06:38 BST, with zinc and lead prices off the most with losses of 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively, copper prices are off 0.7% at $5,557 per tonne, while aluminium prices are off the least with a 0.2% drop to $1,908.50 per tonne. Prices have since started to rebound.

Bounces have been seen across the base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Wednesday April 19, with prices up an average of 0.6% as of 06:30 BST.

The base metals are for the most part weaker this morning, Tuesday April 18, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange off an average of 0.3%, led by a 1.5% decline in lead prices to $2,205.50 per tonne. Zinc prices are down 1.1%, nickel prices are off 0.8% and copper prices are down 0.3% at $5,666 per tonne.

Metal Bulletin’s journalists were in Santiago last week for Cesco Copper Week and have produced a series of news stories and in-depth articles on the latest developments in the copper industry.

The base metals are rebounding this morning, Thursday April 13, after what has been a week or so of weaker prices.

The base metals are for the most part weaker this morning, Wednesday April 12, with losses on the London Metal Exchange averaging 0.3%, led by a 0.6% fall in three-month lead prices to $2,241 per tonne and a 0.5% fall in copper prices to $5,741, while aluminium is unchanged and zinc is up 0.1%.