Copper futures rose on Thursday, along with other industrial metals, boosted by a rebound in China’s demand for the manufacturing material and an unexpected rise in the country’s overall exports in April.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.9% to $5,245 a tonne by 0713 GMT, extending gains into a fourth session.
The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended up 1.3% at 43,110 yuan ($6,074.57) a tonne.
Empire Metals Ltd (LON:EEE) is a junior AIM-listed copper and gold exploration and resource development company focussed on the prolific Tethyan Belt. Currently the Company holds a large highly prospective 860km2 licence area in Georgia with a 30-year mining licence in a joint venture with a local explorer.