SEOUL, Jan 25 (Reuters) - South Korea bought 1,500 tonnes of copper and a total of 2,000 tonnes of zinc for April arrival via tenders that closed on Tuesday, state-run Public Procurement Service said on its website (http://www.g2b.go.kr).
Details of the purchases are as follows:
--Copper
TONNES(M/T) ORIGIN
SUPPLIER/PREMIUM(PER TONNE)
1,500 South Korea LS Nikko Copper Co Ltd/ $65
--Zinc
TONNES(M/T) ORIGIN
SUPPLIER/PREMIUM(PER TONNE)
1,000 India
STX Corp/ $207.5
1,000 India
STX Corp/ $207.5
*Note : The above premiums were made over London Metal Exchange (LME) prices.