SEOUL, Oct 26 (Reuters) - South Korea bought 200 tonnes of tin and 1,000 tonnes of aluminium, while reissuing a tender to buy 1,000 tonnes of zinc, the state-run Public Procurement said on its website (www.g2b.go.kr).
Details of the purchase and the tender are as follows:
--Tin purchase
TONNES(M/T)
SUPPLIER/PREMIUM
ORIGIN
100
Posco Daewoo Corp/$575
Indonesia
100
LG Int'l Corp/$685
Thailand
* Note: The above premiums were made over London Metal Exchange (LME) prices. The tin products should arrive at the port of Busan by Nov. 25.
--Aluminium purchase
TONNES(M/T)
SUPPLIER/PREMIUM
ORIGIN
1,000
Dreample/$66.5
Australia
DRMPL.UL
*Note: The aluminium products should arrive at the port of Busan by Dec. 20.
--Zinc tender on Nov. 1
TONNES(M/T)
ARRIVAL/PORT
BID OPENING TIME
1,000
Jan.31, 2017/ Incheon
3 p.m. (0600 GMT)
*Note: Two countries of origin are not acceptable and the metal products should be London Metal Exchange (LME)-registered brands.