Falling exchange stocks and solid apparent consumption growth in China in the second half of the year pushed copper prices to around a 7-month high of $7,000 per tonne by end-2013. However, the perceived market tightness is likely to fade, in part owing to strong mine supply growth in 2014. We continue to expect prices to fall over the course of this year.
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