1.   The loss of consumption is showing up at exchange warehouses, where copper inventories are rising.

2.   Any disruption to copper mine production would come at a time when copper inventories are declining.

3.   Copper fell to its lowest price in four years as weak consumption in Asia helped push exchange-monitored copper inventories higher.

4.   Copper inventories are rising as many factories close or reduce operations for annual maintenance.

5.   Copper inventories have almost tripled since mid-June as producers increased mining and smelting capacity.

6.   Copper fell to its lowest price in four years as weak consumption in Asia helped push copper inventories higher.

7.   Copper inventories have more than doubled since the beginning of the Northern hemisphere summer amid a seasonal lull in demand.

8.   Copper inventories held in London Metal Exchange warehouses have tripled in the past five months, amid increased production and stagnant demand.

9.   Copper inventories have nearly tripled since mid-June as producers increased mining and smelting capacity.

10.   Copper inventories continue to grow, even with robust demand from wire and tube makers in Europe and the U.S., the largest consumer of the metal.