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LME Inventories: Copper Down 800t, Zinc Up 1,050t, Lead Down 1,975t

The London Metal Exchange reported inventory changes across its base metals on Tuesday: zinc stocks rose 1,050 tonnes, nickel gained 36 tonnes, while tin fell 110 tonnes, copper dropped 800 tonnes and lead declined 1,975 tonnes. Aluminium inventories were unchanged.

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Daily LME warrant movements of this size are routine and mostly reflect warehouse logistics rather than a shift in underlying demand. The split is telling, though: draws in copper and lead against a build in zinc suggest near-term tightness in those two contracts even as zinc remains the easier market to deliver into. Whether these flows persist over successive sessions, rather than reversing within a day or two, is the open question worth tracking.

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