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Latest prices of base metals - copper, nickel, aluminium, zinc and lead. | |||||||
Copper prices are quoted in Pound weight. Copper (Cu) is a base metal. Copper occasionally occurs at the native element, and sometimes large copper nuggets are found in placers. However most is mined from hard-rock copper ores containing copper minerals notably sulphides, sulphates and carbonates. Today most copper is produced from so-called copper porphyries such as at in the Andes, Erdenet in north Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi in the Gobi Desert. A pound weighs just less than half a kilo: 1 POUND = 0.453592 KILOS | |||||||
Copper price in US$/pound | Copper price in US$/pound | Copper price in US$/pound | |||||
Nickel prices are quoted in Pound weight. Nickel (Ni) is a base metal. Nickel does not occur as the native element, and most nickel has been produced from nickel sulphide ores such as those of Sudbury, Ontario. In recent decades, nickel has been increasingly mined from nickel-cobalt laterite by high pressure chemical leaching, such as the Ni-Co laterites in north Kazakhstan and Western Australia. A pound weighs just less than half a kilo: 1 POUND = 0.453592 KILOS | |||||||
NICKEL price - last 24 hours ![]() Nickel price in US$/pound | |||||||
Aluminium, zinc and lead are quoted in Pound weight. Aluminium (Al), zinc (Zn) and lead (Zn) are base metals. Aluminium does not occur as a native element, and most aluminium has been produced from Al-rich laterites known as bauxite, that commonly form by deep tropical weathering of silicate rocks. Zinc does not occur native, and traditionally most has been produced from zinc sulphide ores. Lead does not occur native, and traditionally most has been produced from lead suphide ores. A pound weighs just less than half a kilo: 1 POUND = 0.453592 KILOS | |||||||
Al price in US$/pound | |||||||
| Sn tin - cassiterite placers | Sn - TIN PRICE | CLICK to view tin (Sn) price | |||||
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