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Home / Metal News / LME Base Metals Inventories (2017-9-26)

LME Base Metals Inventories (2017-9-26)

Sep 26, 2017 16:27

Source:SMM

The table below shows inventories of base metals on the LME on September 26.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 26 (SMM) – The table below shows inventories of base metals on the LME on September 26.

	Inventories (tonne)
	Sept. 26	Change
Copper	305,150	-100
Aluminum	1,284,900	-5,875
Zinc	260,325	-1,600
Lead	159,250	-1,675
Nickel	383,298	+2,736
Tin	2,070	0

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