<p><keyword id="46003" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Copper">Copper</keyword> futures are down more than 2.5 percent and are poised to see their largest decline in 16 months, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578432290712522494.html">Dow Jones' Francesca Freeman writes.</a></p>
<p>The sell-off came after a report that Zambia, <keyword id="12925" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Africa">Africa</keyword>'s largest producer, resumed shipments after a two-week halt because of a railroad accident, she says.</p>
<p>Here's the chart:</p>
<p><table class="image-container" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51714c53eab8eadb63000003-620-305/copper chart.png" border="0" alt="copper chart" /></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.investing.com/commodities/copper">Investing.com</a></p></td></tr></table></p>
<p>Other commodities were mixed. Gold and oil were trading slightly higher, while natural gas was down. </p>

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Copper Is Getting Slammed

Copper futures are down more than 2.5 percent and are poised to see their largest decline in 16 months, Dow Jones' Francesca Freeman writes. The sell-off came after a report that Zambia, Africa's largest producer, resumed shipments after a two-week halt because of a railroad accident, she says. Here's the chart: Investing.com Other commodities were mixed. Gold and oil were trading slightly higher, while natural gas was down.

Copper futures are down more than 2. 5 percent and are poised to see their largest decline in 16 months, Dow Jones' Francesca Freeman writes.

Copper Is Getting Slammed

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