Copper demand should benefit from lower oil prices

The slump in oil prices has been the catalyst for falls in other commodities, including copper. We think this ignores the very different fundamentals of the two commodities. Moreover, by boosting global GDP, lower oil prices could actually lead to higher demand for industrial metals than otherwise, thus underpinning our forecast of a recovery in copper prices in 2015

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