Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were generally firmer this morning, Friday January 4, with copper, nickel, zinc and lead up by an average of 0.8% – with copper up by 1.1% at $5,840 per tonne. Aluminium and tin bucked the trend, however, to decline by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively.

Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange extended their losses during Asian trading morning on Friday January 4, driven by general risk-aversion stemming from concerns over slowing economic growth in the United States after disappointing data overnight.

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Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Thursday January 3, with zinc, aluminium and lead up by between 0.4% and 0.7%, copper up by 0.1% at $5,880 per tonne, and nickel and tin lower by 0.8% and 0.2% respectively.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly down during Asian morning trading on Thursday January 3 amid lingering concerns over slowing economic growth in China after the release of disappointing manufacturing data from the country earlier this week.

Fastmarkets has corrected its titanium scrap unprocessed turnings (over 0.5% max 2.0% Sn) price, which was published incorrectly on January 2, 2019 due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets has changed the names of its benchmark in-warehouse Rotterdam cobalt price assessments on January 2, 2019.

Fastmarkets would like to clarify that its Rotterdam duty-paid P1020 aluminium premium assessment for Tuesday January 1 was published on Monday December 31, 2018 instead.

With the exception of lead and tin, three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part under downward pressure over the final trading days of 2018.