Copper prices have set a new record

At the auction in London after the Christmas holidays, copper prices have reached record levels, rising above 9,400 dollars per tonne As the Financial Times, in early June, a strategic metal for the world economy has risen in price by more than 50%. Traders, analysts and investors believe that current prices - this is not the limit, and next year we can expect a rise in price to 12 thousand dollars a ton. Analysts at Barclays Capital forecast that in 2011 for copper in the middle will offer 9,550 dollars per tonne. Their colleagues at Goldman Sachs expect in the coming 12 months, the metal could rise in price to 11 thousand dollars / tonne.