Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are up by an average of 0.4% this morning, Thursday July 20, with gains fairly tightly bunched between 0.2% for zinc and tin and 0.7% for lead. Three-month copper prices are up 0.3% at $5,983 per tonne – volume has been below average at 4,300 lots as of 06:09 BST.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are heading lower again by an average of 0.6% this morning, Tuesday September 12. Three-month nickel prices lead the way with a 1.6% drop to $11,645 per tonne, copper and tin prices are off by 0.6%, with copper at $6,709 per tonne, while the rest are off by between 0.2 and 0.3%. Volume has been average at 5,750 lots.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are on divergent paths this morning, Friday June 30, with three-month copper and nickel prices firmer by 0.4%, with copper at $5,947 per tonne, aluminium and zinc prices are little changed, while lead and tin are off either side of 0.4%.

After some consolidation at the end of last week, further strength has returned to the base metals this week, with copper prices pushing the envelope on the upside, while the rest of the complex has also seen prices head back towards recent highs.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board this morning, Friday June 16, as they were yesterday morning.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board this morning, Thursday June 15, with prices up by an average of 0.6%. The move has happened at a higher than average volume of 8,685 lots as of 07:03 BST.

The downtrend in the global billet market continued in the week ended Friday July 13 amid weakness in finished long steel prices, decreasing import scrap prices in Turkey, and generally unfavorable conditions in the global steel market.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange consolidated higher from recent lows on the morning of Tuesday August 14 as relative calmness swept through the market to support a return of risk-on sentiment after the Turkish Lira stabilized at 6.8700 against the dollar earlier today.

Scrap prices in the global markets continued to go down during the working week from Monday April 17 to Friday April 21, with falling steel prices in China.

Base metals prices were weaker again this morning, Thursday April 20, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange down an average of 1% as of 06:38 BST, with zinc and lead prices off the most with losses of 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively, copper prices are off 0.7% at $5,557 per tonne, while aluminium prices are off the least with a 0.2% drop to $1,908.50 per tonne. Prices have since started to rebound.