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Positive Sentiment Drives Copper to Monthly High

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures hit a one-month high above $2.40 per lb Wednesday morning, as a rally in equities restored confidence in the global economy. Equities rallied as data showed better-than-expected manufacturing and industrial production. Additional impetus to copper’s rally came by way of dollar weakness, and [...]

China’s stimulus shakes copper market fundamentals

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News The arbitrage window that allows profitable imports of copper from the international market into China snapped closed on Thursday as the gap between Shanghai and London markets narrowed sharply. Half the available copper stock in Asia and 10 per cent of the material in Europe is [...]