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CHART: Mining stocks massacre as copper price craters by 9%

Frik Els | April 04, 2025 | 8:15 am Markets Top Companies China USA Aluminum Copper Gold Molybdenum Nickel Zinc 

On Friday, the most-actively traded copper contract plunged 9.1% to $4.3880 per pound ($9,670 a tonne) on the Comex market, not far off the day’s lows. Trading was busy with the equivalent of a nominal $11.4 billion worth of the...

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