Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are on divergent paths this morning, Monday September 25, with zinc and tin prices higher by 0.8% and 0.3%, respectively; lead and copper prices are little changed with three-month copper at $6,479 per tonne; and nickel and aluminium prices are weaker by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board by an average of 0.7% during morning trading on Friday October 26.

Stricter winter production cuts in China from October are expected to have a significant influence on the entire domestic steel market in comparison with the last heating season, industry sources told Metal Bulletin this week.

Billet producers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have become more active in export markets this year amid a slowdown of construction activity in the region, Fastmarkets has learnt.

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Long steel imports into Brazil increased by 33.8% year-on-year in January, according to figures published by the country’s foreign trade ministry.

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