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A cautionary note on copper

January’s recovery in the price of copper was driven by four positives, none of which we expect to be sustained. Accordingly, despite hopes elsewhere of a sustained surge past $10,000 per tonne, from current levels of around $8,400, we continue to expect prices to fall instead this year to $6,000.

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