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"Chinese commodity prices collapsed on the first day of trading after the Lunar New Year break as investors returned to markets gripped by fear over the impact the coronavirus will have on demand in the world's biggest consumer of raw materials. The country's three major commodity exchanges were hit by a fevered bout of selling as they reopened with Chinese traders getting their first opportunity to catch up with losses inflicted on overseas markets while they had been on holiday."

The full impact on copper is not known yet. We will have to wait and see how the health issue impacts manufacturing and also wait to see the China government fiscal response. Seemingly anything else at this time is speculation.

Time will tell and media does overhype. What I found noteworthy that these stories were linked to Dr Copper, which rarely happens. Agreed that we do not need to stir the hive, but I alerted Joe that he may receive lots of interest for the January edition of his index.

35% YoY drop in January exports, according to PV-Tech: https://www.pv-tech.org/news/52114

we have focused so exclusively on leanness that it has made us blind to the importance of resilience.