Volatility has picked up in the base metals trading on the London Metals Exchange in recent days, with prices down an average of 0.4% this morning, Thursday March 23. This is after prices rebounded on Wednesday afternoon following a bout of weakness that started on Monday.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board on Wednesday November 1, with nickel prices hiking 5.7%.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange broadly consolidated during Asian morning trading on Friday November 30, with the market focused on the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Argentina – where US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to meet.

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.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during Asian morning trading on Thursday November 22 despite the recent softness in the dollar; copper and aluminium were little changed with a slight upward bias, while the rest were lower across the board.

Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading on Monday November 19, supported by a retreat in the dollar following dovish rhetoric from the United States Federal Reserve at the end of last week.

Charlotte Radford takes a look back at just some of the metals market news stories covered by Metal Bulletin’s reporters over the past seven days.

The fledgling rebounds in the base metals seen in the second half of August have stalled and in the case of nickel have been reversed with prices setting fresh lows this morning, Monday September 3.

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 prices on the London Metal Exchange are once again down across the board, with average losses of 0.3% this morning, Friday September 29. Volume has been average with 5,910 lots traded as of 06:42 BST.