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Copper price races ahead despite doubts over Chinese trade data

Frik Els | May 08, 2013 | 2:10 pm Base Metals China Copper 

The copper price jumped 2.4% on Wednesday after better-than expected trade numbers from China renewed optimism about the health of the world's second largest economy. In early morning trade in New York spot copper was changing hands at $3.33 a...

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