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Show COPPER PRICE IS SET AH2 CENTS Producers of newly-mined copper cop-per sold varying amounts of the metal to regular customers at 12 cents a pound today, highest for primary metal in two years, then withdrew quotations. The 12-cent figure for primary electrolytic for immediate delivery, deliv-ery, Connecticut Valley base, compared with 12 cents quoted Tuesday by smelting interests. Primary producers had no quotations quo-tations posted Tuesday. Tuesday's short-lived 12-cent price represented a rise of one cent a pound over last week's final 11 -cent quotation, and was the latest of a series of consecutive consecu-tive advances carrying the price upward from 10 cents on May 8 last. |