Copper price lowest in 3 months on weak economic data out of China
Concerns over the property sector have resurfaced due to the potential debt restructuring by Country Garden, China's leading private property developer.
Significant volumes of unwanted Russian-origin copper have been deposited in London Metal Exchange approved warehouses in Germany, the Netherlands and Taiwan since the middle of September.
Some of the biggest copper mines in the world are turning to different ways to get their metal to port after an increase in train robberies spurred the suspension of rail services in northern Chile.