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mission - i'm no expert but the 3 year chart probably doesn't tell the full story. good to go back to a time when, even though it was in full swing, the china miracle just hadn't been publicly acknowledged.

the 5 year chart is a little more interesting -

http://www.infomine.com/investment/charts.aspx?mv=1&f=f&r=5y&c=ccopper.xusd.ulb&w=wcopper_lme_warehouse#chart

but the 10 year chart is fascinating -

http://www.infomine.com/investment/charts.aspx?mv=1&f=f&r=10y&c=ccopper.xusd.ulb&w=wcopper_lme_warehouse#chart

thanks again to elroy for introducing us to this gem of a website and to mission for posting the 3 year graph - a picture is worth a thousand words.

copper is in huge demand as both the world's population increases and infrastructure demands in countries like china, india, russia etc play catch up with the western world.