A bullish mood overtook the London Metal Exchange decisively on Friday September 10, with zinc, aluminium and nickel setting new year-to-date highs on a day that also saw copper volumes exceed 20,000 lots for the first time in three weeks.
Aluminium's three-month price set a new 2021 peak of $2,937 per tonne, rising by 3.4% from Thursday's closing price and by 5.9% since the start of the week, when it was $2,773 per tonne.Despite an easing of production concerns in the West African country, the rally in the prices...