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Chinese Port Stops Metal Shipments Due to Probe, Trade Sources Say

By Melanie Burton
Reuters
Monday, June 2, 2014

SYDNEY, Australia -- China's northeastern port of Qingdao has halted shipments of aluminium and copper due to an investigation by authorities, causing concern among bankers and trade houses financing the metals, trading and warehousing sources said on Monday.

Port authorities could not immediately be reached for comment. ...

"Banks are worried about their exposure," one warehousing source in Singapore said.

"There is a scramble for people to head down there at the minute and make sure that their metal that they think is covered by a warehouse receipt actually exists," he said. ...

... For the full story:

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/06/02/china-qingdao-metals-idINL6N0OJ...



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