Copper prices recovered on Monday as hopes of easing trade tensions between the United States and China and stronger Chinese imports of the industrial metal lifted sentiment. Benchmark copper HG1! on the London Metal Exchange traded 1.1% higher at $10,637.5 a metric ton in official rings after drop»»»

12 (Updates with official prices) By Pratima Desai LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Copper prices recovered on Monday as hopes of easing trade tensions between the United States and China and stronger Chinese imports of the industrial metal lifted sentiment. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange »»»

Base metal prices in China tumbled on Monday amid escalating trade war concerns and recession fears, while London metals flipped to a decline after rising on arbitrage trading. The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) dropped 7.0% to 73,640 yuan per metric ton as of 0»»»

US President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized China's economic policies and recently threatened to add an additional 10% tariff on all goods from the Asian giant. Zinc’s recent price swings reflect the supply pressures of the critical metal that are likely to spill over into 2025, Bloom»»»