Thursday, 12 July 2007

Copper Climbs in New York Amid Chilean Mine Protests, Slumping Inventories

(Bloomberg) -- Copper rose in New York as labor
unrest in Chile, the world's biggest producer of the metal, and
falling global inventories stoked supply concerns.

Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper
company, said the Andina mine in the central part of the country
was shut for a fourth day after protests by contract workers.
Inventories monitored by the London Metal Exchange have fallen
46 percent in 2007 to the lowest in almost a year. Futures have
climbed in 10 of the past 11 sessions.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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