| China's demand for base metals is being blunted by slower economic activity, the latest production data showed on Friday, but expectations of policy easing in coming months had led steel mills to ramp up production.
Copper output in both January and February slumped to the lowest since the first quarter of 2011, with February output at 437,000 tons, up slightly from 433,000 tonnes in January, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed...............................................Full Article: Source
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