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Copper price pauses below record as China’s imports slump, mine supply heads for first drop since 2017

Source: Mining.com · Reported September 9, 2026
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China brought in 382,000 tonnes of copper in August, its weakest August in six years, while Collahuasi is restarting a mothballed leach plant now that $14,000 copper pays for the acid.

From the available Mining.com headline and excerpt. Company claims have not been independently verified.

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