Copper prices jumped Wednesday to their highest in seven months in London and hit a nearly two-year peak in China, as Chinese smelters, which process half the world's mined copper, agreed on a joint production cut.
China's top copper smelters reached a deal to cut production at some loss-making plants, driven by a drop in income due to a tightness in ore supply caused by mine disruptions and a surge in global smelting capacity.
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