S.Korea buys 1,000 T zinc for July, 1,000 T copper for Aug

YoungPoong

12/05/2017 07:15

SEOUL, May 12 (Reuters) - South Korea has bought 1,000 
tonnes of zinc for July arrival and 1,000 tonnes of copper for 
August arrival via tenders that closed on Thursday, state-run 
Public Procurement Service said on its website (http://www.g2b.go.kr). 
  
    Details of the purchase are as follows: 
    --Zinc 
    TONNES(M/T)  ORIGIN        SUPPLIER/PREMIUM(PER TONNE) 
         1,000   South Korea   Youngpoong Corp/ $173 
     
    --Copper 
    TONNES(M/T)  ORIGIN        SUPPLIER/PREMIUM(PER TONNE) 
         1,000   Philippines   Glencore Int'l AG/$64 
     
    *Note: The above premiums were made over London Metal 
Exchange (LME) prices.  
 
 (Reporting By Jane Chung; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri) 
 ((jane.chung@thomsonreuters.com; +82 2 3704 5667; Reuters 
Messaging: jane.chung.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: SOUTHKOREA METAL/TENDER