Tin prices to reach $25,000 a metric ton in the second half of the year and reach $27,000 in the first half of 2013, said BNP Paribas in a commodities briefing. LME Tin prices are currently trading around $19445/ton.

The global aluminium market to reach 71.2 million tons by the year 2018, said Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA).

Buying the Q2 commodity lows has been a profitable strategy in each of the past two years and we think that pattern will hold this time.

LME aluminium shook off a disappointing Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index to close higher and outperform the other base metals and energy complex, said the global leader in aluminium industry analysis and outlook, Harbor Intelligence.

London Metal Exchange base metal prices continued negative trend on Thursday.