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China's Jinchuan May Halve Its Copper Supply

CHINA NEWS
June 6, 2013, 5:30 a.m. ET
China's Jinchuan May Halve Its Copper Supply
The Company's Force Majeure Will Likely Push Copper Prices, Premiums Higher

By CLEMENTINE WALLOP And YUE LI

A major Chinese copper producer has declared force majeure at one of its smelters, in a move that is likely to halve the amount of metal it supplies to customers for the next few months.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324299104578528731246475470.html

Finance: WSJ: China Risks Being Next Property-Bubble Blow Up

REAL ESTATE|JUNE 27, 2011
WSJ: China Risks Being Next Property-Bubble Blow Up

BEIJING—A recent decline in Chinese real-estate prices is starting to shake confidence in the country's economic vitality and open a debate about whether the country's economy is over-leveraged. That's what made the real-estate bubble's aftermath so painful for the U.S. and Japan.