BNP Paribas has lowered its full-year 2012 forecasts for base metals

BNP Paribas has lowered its full-year 2012 forecasts for base metals 

BNP forecast that world base-metals demand will rise 4%-5% in 2012, BNP cuts full-year forecasts for 2012 are now aluminum, $2,085 a metric ton; copper, $8,100; lead, $2,055; nickel, $18,250; tin, $22,125; and zinc, $1,985.