Lead and zinc may be geological sister metals but their market fortunes have been very different in recent months.

Three-month LME lead forwards declined 6.87% in Q4 and ... LME contracts where deferred prices are lower than nearby prices. The chart shows DBB’s 9.33% Q4 decline and the 3% gain in 2024.

Lead prices rode a wave of volatility ... Sino-American trade war posing headwinds to prices,” added Solanes. As reported by Fastmarkets, during LME week, the global metals market gathering ...

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has now fully recovered from its near-death nickel crisis in 2022, with trading activity last ...

and zinc are the most liquid LME metals by volume, while nickel, lead, and tin suffer from low volumes and can experience significant price variance because of their low liquidity. The chart ...