Far from that, it will only get worse as big copper projects out of south america will have alot of pauses from conflict and government interference. Keep in mind India is a big copper user with places like Mubai doubling its bulding permits and copper is involved with every process. Copper and Silver will have to catch up to inflation and the hedge that will push it up is Gold... paper money is loosing its worth on a daily basis. And here in toronto a whole chicken costs now 10 bucks... prices rising like crazy.