SMM Weekly Price Outlook for Base Metals on LME and SHFE (Sept. 4-8, 2017)

Published: Sep 4, 2017 13:37

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Last week, domestic commodity market remained strong, but diverged. A traditionally peak demand season of September and October is coming, growing market expectations over downstream consumption.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4 (SMM) – Last week, domestic commodity market remained strong, but diverged. A traditionally peak demand season of September and October is coming, growing market expectations over downstream consumption. Base metals will remain bullish after brief corrections.

	LME 3-M (USD/mt)	SHFE 3-M (RMB/mt)
Copper	6,750-6,900	52,400-53,400
Aluminum	2,120-2,180	16,500-17,000
Zinc	3,080-3,180	25,400-26,400
Lead	2,350-2,450	19,300-19,650
Tin	20,000-20,900	145,000-148,500
Nickel	11,300-11,850	91,500-94,800

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