VIDEO: Copper prices are on the way down

UBS analyst Angus Staines, who came top in Metal Bulletin's Apex leaderboard for copper for 2013, talks to Metal Bulletin's Alex Harrison about what underpins his price predictions for copper this year, and when he thinks aluminium premiums will begin to fall.

January 30, 2014

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UBS analyst Angus Staines, who came top in Metal Bulletin’s Apex leaderboard for copper for 2013, talks to Metal Bulletin’s Alex Harrison about what underpins his price predictions for copper this year, and when he thinks aluminium premiums will begin to fall.

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