Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Wednesday October 25. Tin prices are the exception as they are unchanged, but they are also already relatively weak.

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.

Lead prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange outperformed with an increase of 1.2% during morning trading on Thursday April 25 amid optimism over US-China trade talks next week and the metal’s solid fundamentals.

Lead stocks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) surged by almost 80% week-on-week on Friday January 11.

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 London Metal Exchange are at first sight looking quite mixed this morning, Friday February 2, with copper and lead in positive territory, tin unchanged and aluminium, zinc and nickel in negative territory.

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.

Metal Bulletin reviews some of the key news from the past five days in the metals markets.

Barring those for nickel and tin, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down during morning trading on Friday August 2 after a surprise tariff announcement from the United States escalated trade tensions with China.

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.