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Flash: Copper spot premiums in Shanghai

Jan 23, 2018 10:00

Source:SMM

SHANGHAI, Jan 23 (SMM)－Spot copper in the Shanghai market were trading at discounts of 130-100 yuan/mt on the morning of Tuesday January 23, SMM learned.

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