Base Metals Steady, Japan Data, Soft Dollar Support

Reuters Africa reports that tin dropped on soft support from the dollar and positive data from Japan.

The market news is quoted as saying,

Tin was at off 0.3 percent at $24,625 from $24,650 at the close onFriday, when it rallied as much as 5 percent after Indonesia said it would impose a new royalty charge on all tin shipments.

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