On Friday, base metals were in a holding pattern in early trading following multi-week highs set earlier in the week. In London, LME 3-mo. copper and aluminum were little changed around $7,235/mt (=$3.282/lb.) and $1,800/mt (=81.6 cents/lb.), respectively, this morning, while 3-mo. nickel briefly dipped below the $14,000/mt mark. In foreign... read more