HomePricesExchange news & prices Base metals prices soften; aluminium, zinc drop over 2% Base metals prices retreated on London Metals Exchange on Thursday May 5, with both aluminium and zinc registering daily declines of over 2%. The three-month aluminium price closed at $2,953 per tonne, down by 2.14% from Wednesday, while zinc fell by 2.07% to $3,965 per tonne. Softness in base metal prices is... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Julian Luk May 05, 2022 17:40 GMT London Keywords live futures report base metals prices LME Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}