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Copper Heads for Historic Squeeze With China’s Demand Red-Hot

  • Factory restarts after coronavirus lockdown boosting prices
  • Copper inventories plunge to nearly 15-year low on the LME

Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg

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The global copper market could be on the cusp of a historic supply squeeze as Chinese demand runs red hot and exchange inventories plunge to their lowest levels in more than a decade.