Non-ferrous base metals cool down as supply vs demand gap narrows

22.10.2021

Copper prices fell on Thursday as a short squeeze on the London Metal Exchange (LME) eased and attention refocused on the threat of slowing demand in top consumer China.

Benchmark LME copper was down 2.6% at $9,926 a tonne at 1105 GMT and the premium for cash copper over the three-month...