Zinc Prices Lead on the Downside, Pressured by Large LME Deliveries

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Zinc Prices Lead on the Downside, Pressured by Large LME Deliveries – A 30,075-tonne delivery of zinc into LME-approved warehouses in Antwerp yesterday rattled price sentiment for the metal. The LME’s three-month zinc price closed down by 2.5% or $77 per tonne at $3,135 per tonne on Wednesday, with this weakness filtering through to prices on the SHFE.

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Base Metal Prices Today

Braking News; Base Metals Drift Lower on LME; Novelis No Longer Purchasing Aluminium from Rusal; China to ban Category 7 Copper Scrap Imports by Year End

The latest Base Metals news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday April 20.          

Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower at the close of trading on Thursday April-19-2018 despite aluminium volumes reaching a recordHigh of 41,000 lots. Read more in our live futures report.          

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Copper Kiss Three-Year High

Copper Kiss Three-Year High as China Plant Halts Output

Gold Silver Reoirts – Copper Kiss Three-Year High as China Plant Halts Output – Copper in London surged to the highest in almost four years after China ordered its top producer to halt output to combat winter pollution, fueling a rally this year driven by optimism about demand and supply disruptions at mines.

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