The word "weak" was one commonly used by attendees of last week's Cesco Asia Copper Week in Shanghai when describing their expectations for demand growth in China's downstream copper markets next year.
"The automobile market is weakening - not only in China, but globally, the home appliance market is slowing and the refrigerator sector is also poor due to high inventories," one attendee from the Chinese port city of Guangzhou told Fastmarkets on the sidelines at the conference.Other participants at the conference echoed this view, adding that China's domestic markets for copper...