Tag: lead inventory

LME base metals prices remain rangebound d-o-d; US manufacturing returns to expansion in January

Feb 18, 2026

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Aditi Sen

in Aluminium, Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Non Ferrous, Non Ferrous, Tin, Zinc

Alcoa fined $39m for forest clearing Oil steadies amid US-Iran talks Base metals on the London Metal Exchange traded mostly lower day-on-day. Aluminium fell 0.76% to $3,014 per tonne, copper declined 1.54% to $12,561/t, nickel slipped 0.57% to $16,665/t, zinc edged down 0.18% to $3,250/t, and lead dipped 0.16% to $1,899/t. Warehouse inventory movements were…