11.   Copper dropped to a nine-month low amid rising refined copper production and a slowdown in manufacturing demand.

12.   Copper dropped to an nine-month low amid a surge in refined copper production and a slowdown in demand from manufacturers.

13.   Copper production costs, after allowing for gold produced as a byproduct, will be very low.

14.   Copper production in Chile was disrupted by severe winter weather last month and by strikes earlier in the year.

15.   Escondida is working at one-third capacity after the strike, which began Friday, cut into copper production.

16.   In NEW YORK, copper fell to an nine-month low amid a surge in refined copper production and a slowdown in demand from manufacturers.

17.   Meanwhile copper production is soaring.

18.   Most of the new copper production is coming from South America and Indonesia.

19.   Rising copper production has already pushed the market into surplus -- where supply exceeds demand -- analysts say.