Global copper market hit by China's slowdown
Glencore's announcement of production cuts is one of many measures undertaken to improve the industry's efficiency
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- Producers' response
- Social unrest
- Activist governments
- Scrap market
- Smelter demand
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_350.jpg "Glencore Xstrata CEO Ivan Glasenberg (on the left) of mining and commodity trading company Glencore Xstrata (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)")