Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange weakened during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with investors taking profits amid concerns about economic growth in China.
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| LME snapshot at 05:04am London time | ||
| Latest three-month LME Prices | ||
| Price ($ per tonne) | Change since yesterday’s close ($) | |
| Copper | 6,866 | -76 |
| Aluminium | 2,118 | -17 |
| Lead | 2,446 | -19 |
| Zinc | 3,162 | -25 |
| Tin | 19,490 | -35 |
| Nickel | 11,380 | -190 |
| SHFE snapshot at 13:00pm Shanghai time | ||
| Most-traded SHFE contracts | ||
| Price (yuan per tonne) | Change since yesterday’s close (yuan) | |
| Copper (January) | 53,350 | -420 |
| Aluminium (January) | 14,740 | -190 |
| Zinc (January) | 24,970 | -50 |
| Lead (January) | 18,295 | -5 |
| Tin (January) | 143,000 | -120 |
| Nickel (May) | 91,810 | -2,240 |
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Union workers at the Noranda Income Fund zinc processing facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, voted in favor of a new collective agreement, marking the end of a nine-month strike.
USS-Posco Industries has joined an effort by US steel mills east and west of the Rocky Mountains to raise sheet prices by at least $30 per ton ($1.50 per hundredweight).
US import prices for some steel wire rod shipments have started to slip after sellers felt compelled to accommodate buyers who scoffed at offers deemed unattractive to material in the domestic market in the United States.