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To: LoneClone who wrote (10288)	11/16/2007 9:42:00 AM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 193542

China October copper production increases to record mining-journal.com China, the world's largest copper consumer, produced a record amount of the industrial metal last month to meet rising demand from home and power grid builders. Copper output was 358,000t in October, Mainland Marketing Research Co, which releases monthly data on behalf of China's National Bureau of Statistics, said in a faxed statement on November 15. Production gained 15% from September and 44% from October last year, Bloomberg data showed. Increased domestic supplies may lead to a plunge in overseas purchases from the world's fastest-growing major economy, Beijing Antaike Information Development Co said in October. Smelters have increased overseas purchases of raw material, both concentrate and scrap, to feed their production. The following table lists China's production of copper and other non-ferrous metals in October, and for the first 10 months of this year. Figures are in tonnes. Percentage changes are from a year earlier. Oct % Change Jan.- Oct % Change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Copper 358,000 43 2,849,000 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aluminium 1,120,000 37 10,030,000 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alumina 1,718,000 41 16,116,000 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zinc 342,000 24 3,039,000 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lead 217,000 0 2,188,000 5.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tin 13,200 6.8 124,800 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nickel 9,900 1.7 102,400 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------