Copper Closes up 1 Percent

Reuters Africa reports that copper surged one percent.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Prices of the red metal shot up after a report showed production from Chile, which provides around a third of the world’s copper, produced 373,498 tonnes in July, down 18 percent from the same month last year, and down more than 50,000 tonnes from June.

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