UPDATE 3-Copper losses on China jitters seen temporary
Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:23 AM GMT163
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By Pratima Desai
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Copper prices eased on Tuesday as jitters about falling demand from China surfaced after its stock market plunged nearly 9 percent, but analysts think the worry is overdone and see higher base metal prices in the future.
That together with a South African report that a task force set up by the country's finance ministry has suggested windfall taxes on resource firms battered London-listed miners.
Anglo American (AAL.L: Quote, Profile , Research), BHP Billiton (BLT.L: Quote, Profile , Research), Rio Tinto (RIO.L: Quote, Profile , Research), Xstrata (XTA.L: Quote, Profile , Research)and Kazakhmys (KAZ.l: Quote, Profile , Research) all tumbled around three percent.
Copper for delivery in three monthson the London Metal Exchange was at $6,250/6,260 a tonne by 1055 GMT, compared with $6,290 on Monday when it touched a two-month high of $6,374.
That was a gain of more than 17 percent since a nine-month low of $5,250 at the start of February.
China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index <.SSEC> saw its biggest drop in a decade ahead of a parliament session next week rumoured to be considering higher interest rates to rein in ferocious economic growth rates.
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