Copper continues to fall in price, creating problems for producers

Copper continues to fall in price on world market, thus creating certain problems for producers of copper with high costs, which have to make a difficult choice between reduction of the production and operating at a loss for the first time for the recent decade, the Financial Times reports.

In March, copper fell in price to 3-year low because of fears of oversupply on the world market with concurrent weakening of the demand in China, which is the world's leading consumer of copper. Finmarket notes.

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