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There are whole bunch supply-side constraints that seem to be hitting the copper industry.
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Almost 40% of the worldwide demand for copper comes from the construction industry.
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Afghan citizens have absolutely nothing to gain from this copper mine or any other international extractive industry.
CNN: Ancient site needs saving not destroying
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John Gross, an independent metals-industry consultant and former publisher of the Copper Journal, suggested the main positive of the revelation of the end-of-2010 Chinese level is the increased transparency.
FORBES: FT Story On Chinese Copper Inventories Captures Attention, But Impact Likely To Be Muted
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This sparked an increase in copper production, but that quickly left the market flooded when the telecom industry fell into a rut.
FORBES: Forget Gold, Buy Copper
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Copper already has spiked way past the price projections of the Street and of industry players.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Glencore and Xstrata, the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal which also produces copper, nickel and zinc, agreed last year on a merger that would create an industry giant.
NPR: Glencore Sees Sharp Fall In 2012 Earnings
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While this may have been good news for Nepal, Indian industry claims the market was flooded with exports of hydrogenated vegetable oil, acrylic yarns, iron pipes, copper wire and zinc oxide, which India claims has hurt its market.
BBC: India, Nepal prepare for trade talks