Zinc, lead prices surge as other base metals retreat

12.04.2022

Aluminium prices fell to their lowest in more than three weeks on Monday as COVID-19 lockdowns in top consumer China fuelled worries about slowing demand for industrial metals.

Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 3.7% at $3,249 a tonne in official rings. Prices of the metal used...