Metals remain steady

Mumbai, Dec 6 (UNI) Excepting copper heavy, prices of ferrous and non-ferrous metals remained steady owing to moderate industrial users' demand at the London Metal Exchange (LMR) and Kolkata, Delhi, Indore and southern regions, traders at the Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) said.

In the ferrous category (per quintal), copper heavy declined by Rs 100 due to thin buying support.

Following are the spot metal prices per quintal: Ferrous metals: Copper heavy - Rs 33,600, Copper utensils - Rs 31,400, Brass utensils - Rs 24,300, Brass cuttings - Rs 25,200 and Aluminium utensils - Rs 10,600.

Non-ferrous metals: Copper wire bars - Rs 36,900, Aluminium ingots - Rs 12,300, Zinc slab - Rs 13,500, Lead ingots - Rs 12,500, Tin slab - Rs 800 per kg and Nickel cathode - Rs 1,320 per kg.

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