Off the wire
• Ghana cancels domestic flights due to bad weather  • Polish council holds meeting to discuss security issues  • Urgent: U.S. Central Command's Twitter account hacked  • Valencia extend contract of coach Espiritu Santo  • British FTSE 100 ends flat on Monday  • Merkel calls for strengthened dialogue between religions  • Senegal president visits Algeria to boost bilateral cooperation  • Zambia's opposition leader suspends campaigns due to father's sickness  • Finland plans to send noncombat troops to Iraq  • Mauritius braces for tropical storm  
You are here: 　 Home

LME base metals drop mostly on Monday

Xinhua, January 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed lower mostly on Monday.

Base metals prices were under pressure as crude prices continued to fall.

The three-month unofficial copper price dropped 92.5 U.S. dollars, or 1.52 percent, to 6,005 U.S. dollars per tonne.

The three-month unofficial aluminium price lost 8.5 U.S. dollars, or 0.47 percent, to 1,817.5 U.S. dollars a tonne.

The three-month unofficial lead price stood at 1,843 U.S. dollars a tonne.

Besides, the three-month unofficial zinc price lost 23 U.S. dollars, or 1.06 percent, to 2,139 U.S. dollars a tonne.

The three-month unofficial nickel price lost 325 U.S. dollars, or 2.10 percent, to 15,137.5 U.S. dollars a tonne.

The three-month unofficial tin price stood at 19,500 U.S. dollars a tonne. Endit