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Brent Crude Oil $ 59.74 / bbl -0.05%
Palladium $ 1773.75 / ozt -0.24%
Crude Oil $ 55.93 / bbl 0.05%
Natural Gas $ 3.911 / Btu -0.79%
Silver Futures $ 65.86 / ozt 0.68%
Aluminum Futures $ 2940 / ton 0.68%
Micro Gold Futures $ 4353.3 / ozt -0.25%
Micro Silver Futures $ 65.87 / ozt 0.69%
Platinum $ 1966.6 / ozt 0.69%
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Copper price drops to 8-week low after Chinese data dump

Frik Els | January 30, 2014 | 9:55 pm Base Metals China Copper 

The copper price is having a torrid 2014 as the economic news out of number one consumer China continues to rattle investors. In New York trade March copper dropped nearly 3c in early trade at $3.211 a pound, after Thursday's...

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