The supply of copper has risen significantly faster than demand so far this year. This trend should lastwell into next year, adding to the downward pressure on the price of the red metal. We thereforecontinue to expect the price of copper to fall from around $7,200 per tonne currently to less than$6,000 in 2014.
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