Scrap metal gets scrapped – and copper prices soar
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China is tired of buying everyone else’s trash and the associated pollution of doing so.
That’s why an industry association has indicated that seven types of scrap metal will be banned as imports into China from 2018.
It’s already having a market effect (Reuters):
“London copper surged to ...