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Force majeure at large Chinese copper producer, supply cut by half

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 06, 2013 | 11:20 pm Base Metals Top Companies Asia Europe Copper 

China’s third largest copper producer, Jinchuan Group, declared Thursday force majeure at one of its smelters, which is predicted to reduce its supply by half in the coming months. The stoppage comes only a few weeks after outages at two...

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