Copper prices have rebounded from five-year lows hit in January, giving a glimmer of hope that the end of Chinese new year could produce renewed demand for the industrial metal in the world’s largest consumer.
Yet two weeks after the holiday, signs still have not emerged of a real pick-up in consumption after China’s imports of copper fell to their lowest level since 2011 last month.
How strongly demand comes back will indicate whether buyers have just held off on purchases or whether the country’s economic slowdown is eating into sectors that use the metal in wiring, such as property and infrastructure.
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