More bouts of investor fears over enduring fragility of global economic recovery, taking hold of wider LME sentiment Marked lead demand slowdown in China and more stable Chinese prices over more volatile LME prices could throw up 'export (& import) windows' US lead demand could struggle to rise with any conviction European recovery stutters to temporary halt as fiscal tightening and debt fears slows industrial/consumer activity LME lead price still high enough to encourage smelters to produce rather than cut… …but prolonged period of sub-$1,500/t (68c/lb) prices could finally prompt supply (cutting) response LME lead stocks remain stubbornly high.
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