LME copper stocks have risen from 250kt to 300kt in last 2 weeks with price reacting accordingly.
reuters
By Harpreet Bhal
CHINA EYED
Looking ahead to 2013, Strachan said investors are likely to focus on the
outlook for demand from China, which has remained soft this year.
"There has been a recovery in the Chinese economy, but it is weaker than
many seem to believe. We think Chinese demand (for copper) is going to be much
weaker than people expect because of the high stock levels," Strachan said.
In China, the world's top copper consumer, stocks in bonded warehouses have
swelled due to weak domestic demand and could dampen the country's appetite for
imports in coming months.
China imported 250,666 tonnes of refined copper in November, down 27 percent
from a year earlier, although imports over the 10 months to end-November were
still up 30 percent on the year at 3.16 million tonnes.
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