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Global copper market ‘very tight’, new supply difficult – Freeport CEO

MINING.com Editor | January 21, 2011 | 5:38 pm
Base Metals • Top Companies • Copper

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Strong copper demand from China and other emerging countries, together with steady improvements in North America and Europe, have resulted in a “very tight” global copper market, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold CEO Richard Adkerson said on Thursday. Mining Weekly reports:

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