Copper's 2.4% price rise at the close of trading on Thursday May 27, supported by the start of a strike at BHP's operations center in Chile, led the rest of the London Metals Exchange base-metals complex higher, making it the first day of strong rises following a week of lower prices.
The three-month price of copper was $10,221 per tonne on Thursday at the close, up from Wednesday's $9,979 per tonne.The multinational company said that employees who are not part of the trade union which started the strike, as...