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Miners likely to struggle as metals drop

POTENTIAL Chinese curbs on commodity prices rises continued to weigh on sentiment on Friday.

 Image by KazuN from Pixabay

Image by KazuN from Pixabay

Iron ore fell again, while base metals were also weak. Nickel lost more than 2%, while copper fell 1.6% to US$9867.50 per tonne, the lowest since April 30. Bloomberg reported overnight that workers...

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