Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Lead hits fresh high on explosion, copper drifts

(Reuters) - Lead hit a fresh high on Tuesday after news of a recent explosion at a U.S. refinery, while other industrial metals prices drifted slightly lower.

Three-months lead rose 4 percent to a record $3,215 a tonne following a statement by U.S. miner Doe Run that there had been an explosion at its lead smelter-refinery in Herculaneum last Friday.


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