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Home / Metal News / [weekly inventory] LME nickel stocks minus 11982 tons lead stocks increased by 25% to 19558 tons

[weekly inventory] LME nickel stocks minus 11982 tons lead stocks increased by 25% to 19558 tons

Oct 18, 2019 16:36

Source:SMM

SMM News: October 11-18, LME metal inventory week nickel inventory reduced by 11982 tons to 86580 tons, copper inventory reduced by 13925 tons to 268400 tons.

Lead stocks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 25 per cent to 19558 tonnes from October 11 to 18.

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