HANOI, March 8 (Reuters) - London copper prices fell on Monday, despite progresses made on a long-awaited U.S. stimulus bill, as investors stayed on the sidelines after a strong rally sent prices to multi-year highs last month.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.1% to $8,890 a tonne by 0816 GMT. The contract hit its highest since August 2011 of $9,617 a tonne last month.

The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.5% at 65,770 yuan ($10,082.17) a tonne, after rising as much as 2.9% earlier in the session.

The U.S. Senate passed the relief plan on Saturday, a major milestone for the bill expected to boost the recovery in the world's biggest economy. Copper is often used as a gauge of global economic health.

"President Biden saw his stimulus package make its way through the legislative processes, which was not unexpected and seems to have pretty much been built into the prices," said Malcolm Freeman, a director at UK broker Kingdom Futures.

"The Asian world is certainly in no rush to pay current price levels. A relatively quiet start to the week, but as last week proved, do not take your eye off the ball as this game is far from being over," Freeman said in a note.

FUNDAMENTALS

* LME aluminium fell 0.3% to $2,170 a tonne, nickel fell 1% to $16,255 a tonne and lead fell 0.4% to $1,995 a tonne.

* ShFE aluminium advanced 0.2% to 17,260 yuan a tonne, zinc climbed 1.1% to 21,260 yuan a tone while lead shed 1.5% to 14,825 yuan a tonne.

* China's January-February copper imports rose 4.7% year-on-year despite a recent spike in prices.

* Spot treatment charges for copper concentrate in top copper consumer China slumped to their lowest in more than 10 years on Friday, underscoring tight feedstock for smelters. ($1 = 6.5234 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Rashmi Aich, editing by Louise Heavens)