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Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are once again weaker across the board this morning, Monday March 12, with prices off by an average of 0.4%. Losses are fairly tightly grouped between 0.2% and 0.7%, with the three-month copper price down by 0.4% at $6,930 per tonne.
Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday March 12.
A predicted deficit in the copper concentrates market could be exacerbated, with mining companies facing ever greater hurdles to bring new projects on stream, according to panellists at the Metal Bulletin Copper Conference.
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Friday March 9. The exception is nickel, where prices are up by 0.2%, while the rest are lower: Zinc (-1%), tin (-0.9%), aluminium (-0.5%), lead (-0.3%) and copper prices are off by 0.5% at $6,792 per tonne.
Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Singapore as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday March 9.
Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly weaker during Asian morning trading on Friday March 9, with only aluminium and tin prices moving higher, after US President Donald Trump signed off on his much-anticipated tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States.
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