Copper prices have been a major casualty of the recent sell-off in commodities and have already dipped below our long-held forecast of $7,500 per tonne for 2012. Prices may well bounce in the coming weeks, helped by a stabilisation of sentiment in financial markets and a pick-up in Chinese demand. However, we now see prices falling back to $6,000 – or even lower – next year.
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