Base metals prices are pulling back to consolidate this morning, Tuesday January 17, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange down an average of 1% as of 06:08 GMT with the pullback been done at quite a high volume of 11,288 lots.

China's copper smelters face limited scope to slash production even as diminished demand on virus-related lockdowns raises concerns refined inventories could grow.

A weaker tone has returned to the base metals on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Thursday May 18, with all the metals prices, except tin, lower.

Base metals prices are weaker again this morning, Monday May 8, with prices down an average of 0.9% on the London Metal Exchange.

The whole battery supply chain will benefit from lithium benchmark pricing, Fastmarkets head of battery raw materials research William Adams says as he explores what is driving auto manufacturers to support this pricing mechanism.

Metal Bulletin’s Charlotte Radford reviews some of the key news and price moves from the past seven days.

Market participants seem to be waiting for the next development to provide direction and that is likely to come from the US employment report due later on Friday July 5.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during morning trading on Wednesday June 19 amid renewed trade optimism and a more dovish tone from policymakers.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Monday February 4, with copper down by 0.4% at $6,116 per tonne and zinc leading on the upside with a 0.6% gain. Aluminium, nickel and lead were all up by 0.2% and tin was little changed.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were split into two camps during Asian morning trading on Tuesday February 19, with zinc, lead and aluminium recording losses, while the rest continued their upward trend from Monday.