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Codelco buys in copper to meet deliveries

Financial Times | April 15, 2012 | 11:41 pm Base Metals Europe Latin America Copper

The world’s largest copper miner has been forced to buy from other miners and traders to meet its deliveries to customers, a rare move that underscores how the mining industry is struggling to lift output to meet demand for the red metal. Codelco,…