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Red metal in the spotlight at Lausanne

If any confirmation was needed that metals are the new oil, it could be found at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne. At a meeting of traders, where energy and agricultural markets have historically taken centre stage, metals found themselves the centre of attention.

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Unsurprisingly copper, the most widely traded and investable of the new energy metals, was the most widely discussed.