Home COMMENT: 'Certain parties' and the future of the LME You produce and trade copper in China, the country that is the world's largest producer and consumer of the red metal. Copper prices in the global market turn, to a large degree, on investors' anticipation of demand in the market that you are most plugged into. Yet physical demand is poor... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published May 04, 2012 11:49 GMT London Keywords LME bidders for the LME Chinese copper market global copper market Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}