http://www.lme.co.uk/lead_graphs.asp

Hi Robert, the above link will take you to the London Metal Exchange web site. On the page I have linked you'll find a tool allowing you to plot a graph of Lead prices over the last 10 years.

If I have the figures right, lead peaked around October at US$4,000 per tonne and has decreased to around US$2500 in December. The graph makes interesting viewing as from 1998 to 2002 the price remained fairly constant at around US$500.

Here's hoping we see the reducing prices being passed back to the consumer.