31.  According to analysts at the GNI trading house, the market expects a surplus in copper supplies next year, which will cause prices to fall back.

32.  An end to mass rioting at the US-owned Freeport gold and copper mines in eastern Indonesia eased fears of a disruption to copper supplies, analysts said.

33.  Copper supplies are abundant worldwide, with growing production in the Americas.

34.  One London analyst said that the market was concerned about whether China really intends to buy copper supplies to rebuild its strategic stocks, as it has indicated.