Commodities
Copper Gains as Investors Weigh China Data and BHP Mine Strike
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Copper rose for a second day as traders weighed bearish Chinese economic data against labor disruptions at the world’s biggest mine.
Prices rose by roughly 2% in London, building on Wednesday’s advance. China’s economic malaise extended into the third quarter, while attempts to resolve a conflict between workers and BHP Group at the world’s biggest copper mine, Escondida in Chile, faltered.