Copper dropped to two-month lows on Thursday amid growing evidence of slackening demand in China, the largest consumer of the metal.
Imports by the country, whose share of global copper consumption has soared from 10 per cent to 40 per cent in little over a decade, dropped to their lowest in two years in February, according to customs data.
The benchmark copper futures price, for delivery in three months on the London Metal Exchange, fell 1.9 per cent to $9,115 a tonne, before ending at $9,220. The red metal is down 7 per cent since Monday.
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