Abstract: | Metal Market: In September, the prices of LME copper futures, aluminium futures, zinc futures and lead futures went down with fluctuations. At end-September, the 3M copper futures closed at US$6667 per ton, down US$315 from the previous month; the 3M aluminium futures closed at US$1960 per ton, down US$137 from the previous month; the 3M zinc futures closed at US$2288 per ton, down US$71 from the previous month; and the 3M lead futures closed at US$2100 per ton, down US$141 from the previous month. In September, the metal prices in Shanghai Futures Exchange experienced the same trend as that in the international market. |