Every time you read something good, you can find something negative, and vice versa. Here from the Wall Street Journal is a piece suggesting that China is slowing down and so the price of copper will drop: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304356604577338313447727688.html

Maybe they didn't read that other story about China managing their economy and anticipating a soft landing with continued steady growth. Its possible we could hear some good things coming out of this conference.

Don Lindsay will be in Chile for Cesco Week sitting at the top table.

"As copper miners, consumers, investors and bank analysts meet this week in Santiago, Chile, they will be debating whether tight supplies will continue to give miners leverage in negotiating sales, or if a slowdown in the world's most important consumer could tip the market into a surplus sooner than expected.

The forum will be Cesco Week, the industry's most important event, hosted by Chile's Center for Copper and Mining Studies and commodities research firm CRU. The meeting gets under way on Monday."