Zinc and tin had the strongest growth on the afternoon of September 5 while nickel closed above $18,000 per tonne for the first time since last Thursday; copper was the only metal to end lower on the day.
Tin's London Metal Exchange three-month price had the biggest rise on Tuesday, with a closing price of $35,079 per tonne, up by 1.8% from $34,450 per tonne on Monday. Just over one week ago, on September 24, tin reached an all-time high of $36,830 per tonne on the LME.The metal was subject to a "long liquidation in an illiquid market" on Friday of last week, one tin trader in Europe said, which took its price to $31,305...