Copper miners hold up under BMO forecast

摘要

Copper prices have dipped below US$3 per lb. several times this year -in March, briefly in October, and then in November - for the first time since mid-2010. Most recently, responding to a stronger U.S. dollar, a near-term expected surplus of the red metal and mixed economic data out of China -the world's foremost cop per consumer - the copper price has fallen to US$2.93 per lb.