Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange pushed higher during Asian morning trading on Friday, as the red metal continued to be supported by industrial action in Latin America.
Meanwhile the rest of the base metals complex was broadly higher, benefiting from a weaker dollar in the aftermath of the US Federal Reserve’s more dovish than expected November meeting minutes.
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| LME snapshot at 02.32am London time | ||
| Latest three-month LME Prices | ||
| Price ($ per tonne) | Change since yesterday’s close ($) | |
| Copper | 6,971 | 8 |
| Aluminium | 2,109 | -4 |
| Lead | 2,462.50 | 8.5 |
| Zinc | 3,234 | -4.5 |
| Tin | 19,415 | 15 |
| Nickel | 11,945 | 15 |
| SHFE snapshot at 10.33am Shanghai time | ||
| Most-traded SHFE contracts | ||
| Price (yuan per tonne) | Change since yesterday’s close (yuan) | |
| Copper | 54,090 | 240 |
| Aluminium | 14,995 | -10 |
| Zinc | 25,490 | -60 |
| Lead | 18,465 | 165 |
| Tin | 141,970 | 270 |
| Nickel | 95,770 | 1,550 |
As Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, heads to the polls to elect a new president on December 17, we take a look at what the candidates have planned for the country’s mining industry.
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China’s domestic stainless steel prices narrowed downward over the past week in thin trading.
