PRICING NOTICE: Shanghai bonded copper stock assessment delayed for national holiday

Metal Bulletin's Shanghai bonded copper stock assessment, scheduled for Monday September 24, 2018, will be published on Tuesday due to a Chinese national holiday today.

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