So far this year, copper has rallied more than 20% along with other industrial metals, on prediction of tighter supplies and increasing global economic growth amid new sources of demand. Top producer Codelco forecasts prices could test record highs as the supply-demand balance shifts to substantial deficits for 2018, according to Archana Chaudhary and Swansy Afonso of BusinessDay.
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