Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Copper rally stalls as dollar steadies

(Reuters) - Copper slipped on Tuesday as the dollar steadied after recent falls and the market shrugged off the possibility of supply disruptions from Indonesia, while tin hit a new record high.

Generally softer base metal prices and a weaker tone on equity markets weighed on mining stocks. London-listed Vedanta Resources, Kazakhmys, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were all down around two percent.


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