China October Copper Production 400,000 Tons, Down 0.2% On Year

SHANGHAI, Nov 10, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex) -- China's copper output in October declined 0.2% from a year earlier to 400,000 metric tons, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

Output was down 1.2% compared with September, the bureau said.

The world's largest copper consumer produced 3.92 million tons of the metal in the first 10 months of the year, up 13%, it said.