Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are once again weaker across the board this morning, Monday March 12, with prices off by an average of 0.4%. Losses are fairly tightly grouped between 0.2% and 0.7%, with the three-month copper price down by 0.4% at $6,930 per tonne. SEE MORE African low density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) prices have mostly increased this week but the hikes may be short lived on the back of decreasing values in Europe and China, sources said this week. SEE MORE European linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) C4 (butene based) spot prices have fallen to their lowest level since late 2016, ICIS data showed on Friday. SEE MORE Asia's acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) prices are facing downward pressure from slowing demand in the key China market and amid falling feedstock costs. SEE MORE Indonesia has capped the price of domestic coal for power stations at $70 per ton for two years, in new rules issued this week, a government spokesman said on Friday. SEE MORE