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The article reports on the decline in London Metal Exchange (LME) copper in early Asian trading in January 2012 as Asian participants are still unconvinced by advances made by the red metal. LME decided to cancel warrants for copper increase to their highest level since May 2009. Tao Jinfeng, a consultant at Haitong Futures, said they need to follow the economic progress in the U.S., Europe, and China for industrial resources like copper.

This article reports on a decline in the price of copper in early Asian trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in November 2011. The copper price dropped to around 7,500 U.S. dollars per tonne. An analyst attributed the price decrease to a worsening in European debt crisis. He noted the risk of further declines in copper prices.

The article reports that London Metal Exchange (LME) copper traded in a near-200 U.S. dollars range above 8,000 U.S. dollars in Asian trading on October 21, 2011 as optimism continued over world economy. Copper reportedly gained support during the third week of October as European leaders voted through a raft of measures to discuss the debt crisis. The article cites the increase in Shanghai Futures Exchange copper on October 21 with the January contract opening at 60,890 yuan per tonne.

The article reports on the increase in copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in August 2011 following recovery in regional stock markets and improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity. It notes that copper trading was affected by data such as the purchasing managers' indices (PMIs) from China and Europe. It cites an increase in the Shanghai stock composite index against the Hang Seng and the Nikkei. It mentions an increase in aluminium and nickel in early Asian trade.