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    Copper supply squeeze?


    The Big Squeeze - mystery hand scoops up copper

    LONDON/NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Someone has made a near billion-dollar bet on copper this week, virtually cornering the world's key stocks of the metal.

    That has stoked worries of a supply squeeze, as warehouses run low on a raw material vital to global industry, and has raised questions about commodity exchanges' efforts to curb attempts to manipulate prices by aggressively heavy trading.....



    The Big Squeeze - mystery hand scoops up copper | Reuters

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