Price gains inspired by the trade developments at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit over the weekend were sold into during afternoon trading on Monday December 3, but likewise the dips have been bought into again this morning.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Wednesday May 23, with nickel and lead prices down by 0.4% and 1.4% respectively, while copper was off by 0.5% at $6,929 per tonne; aluminium and tin are both up by 0.2% and zinc is up by 0.5%.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part weaker on the morning of Friday August 3, with the complex down by an average of 0.2%.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were on divergent paths this morning, Thursday September 6, after a mixed performance on Wednesday.

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.

Editor Vera Blei looks at the main news covered by Steel First over the past week.

For the last couple of years it’s been all about the raw materials. First iron ore miners were looking for record increases at annual benchmark negotiations, then coking coal producers pitched for the same.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.4% this morning, Friday January 25 - this despite Thursday’s generally weak flash manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) data in Asia and Europe, although the United States showed a stronger number.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part weaker with prices off by an average of 0.3% this morning, Thursday January 24.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part in positive territory on the morning of Friday August 24, with tin prices bucking the trend with a 0.3% decline, while the rest were up by between 0.2% for aluminium and 1.1% for lead. The three-month copper contract was up by 0.8% at $6,014 per tonne.