China Jan imports of refined copper fall 14.7 pct on month

BEIJING, December 10(Reuters) - China's imports of refined copper fell 14.7 percent to 180,490 tonnes in January versus 211,527 tonnes in December, the official customs data showed on Monday. The world's top aluminium producer also exported only 82 tonnes of primary aluminium in January, down from December's 46,364 tonnes. China is the world's top consumer of copper and aluminium. It imported 7,622 tonnes of refined nickel in January versus 10,765 tonnes in December. BEIJING, Feb 23 (Reuters) - China's imports of refined copper fell 14.7 percent to 180,490 tonnes in January versus 211,527 tonnes in December, the official customs data showed on Monday. The world's top aluminium producer also exported only 82 tonnes of primary aluminium in January, down from December's 46,364 tonnes. China is the world's top consumer of copper and aluminium. It imported 7,622 tonnes of refined nickel in January versus 10,765 tonnes in December.