The price of US HDG rose 0.1 percent over the past week to $772.00 per short ton. This was the fifth week in a row of increasing prices.
The price of Chinese lead fell 0.5 percent last week, settling at CNY 14,150 ($2,338) per metric ton. Following a 1.6 percent increase in the week prior, the cash price of primary copper fell 0.4 percent on the LME last week to $7,367 per metric ton. The copper 3-month price fell 0.2 percent on the LME to $7,355 per metric ton after rising 1.4 percent the week before. Korean 5052 coil premium over 1050 sheet prices held steady from the previous week at KRW 4,360 ($4.09) per kilogram.
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