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Escondida surprise lights fire under copper price

Frik Els | September 16, 2014 | 6:57 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Latin America Copper Gold Silver 

[caption id="attachment_799820" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Escondida pit at night: Source; BHP Billiton [/caption]In afternoon trade in New York on Tuesday, December copper was trading at $3.1670 a pound, surging by more than 8c or 2.6% after the market was caught by...

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