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Copper prices collapse to a six year low

Geoff Riley

29th September 2015

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The Chinese slowdown is an important factor behind the slump in world commodity prices and copper is no exception. Prices have collapsed to a six year low and might well be the catalyst for the extinction of mining giant Glencore whose share price has tanked in recent days.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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