Copper, aluminum markets in surplus through October

Dec 16, 2009 | 12:18 PM | Anne Riley

The global copper market returned to surplus in the first 10 months of the year after posting a deficit in the first nine months, according to World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) data.

The January-to-October copper market surplus of 196,000 tonnes was in contrast to a deficit of 58,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year and a 65,000-tonne surplus in the first 10 months last year.....





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