A strong US dollar and continued concern about demand issues with the ongoing worry of an increasing credit crisis found copper below the $3.00 a pound threshold in New York futures trade.

* Copper's sharp morning losses tied to reduced appetite for risk as concerns about the fragility of the global economic outlook and slower demand growth for industrial metals weigh on the market - brokers.

* "It's definitely about the dollar this morning. Copper, as well as crude, are showing their concern about the world economy going forward." - Frank Lesh, broker and futures analyst with Future Path Trading ^[1] in Chicago.

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