Copper, grade A cathode, LME spot price, CIF European ports, US$ per metric tonne (JAN-1980 - OCT-2007 )
Year	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
1980	2592.63	2916.71	2303.83	2074.55	2076.75	2006.20	2175.96	2081.16	2059.11	2045.89	2010.61	1878.34
1981	1876.13	1803.38	1816.61	1823.22	1746.06	1699.76	1682.12	1787.95	1706.38	1664.49	1651.26	1655.67
1982	1613.78	1596.14	1512.37	1521.19	1530.01	1309.54	1439.62	1450.64	1424.18	1463.87	1444.03	1474.89
1983	1574.10	1649.06	1598.35	1675.51	1765.90	1701.97	1704.17	1640.24	1560.87	1435.21	1388.91	1415.37
1984	1375.68	1428.59	1501.35	1532.21	1419.78	1364.66	1331.59	1338.20	1294.11	1272.07	1344.82	1320.57
1985	1358.05	1388.91	1389.35	1501.35	1530.01	1433.00	1474.89	1419.78	1366.86	1384.50	1369.07	1391.12
1986	1417.57	1404.34	1444.03	1433.00	1417.57	1413.16	1344.82	1302.93	1309.54	1316.16	1302.93	1331.59
1987	1344.82	1380.09	1463.87	1483.71	1518.98	1571.89	1693.15	1754.88	1809.99	1966.52	2519.88	2866.01
1988	2660.98	2328.08	2358.94	2283.99	2442.72	2539.72	2213.44	2200.21	2433.90	2936.55	3302.52	3496.53
1989	3392.91	3095.29	3262.84	3117.33	2738.14	2544.13	2503.79	2760.18	2883.64	2859.39	2590.43	2418.47
1990	2365.56	2358.94	2625.70	2685.23	2740.34	2583.81	2769.00	2956.40	3040.17	2742.55	2583.81	2484.61
1991	2447.13	2447.13	2409.65	2471.38	2340.42	2218.07	2231.26	2236.19	2318.58	2360.65	2375.66	2205.92
1992	2150.58	2208.89	2231.79	2214.17	2219.32	2296.44	2527.29	2513.47	2419.61	2262.46	2161.79	2211.95
1993	2264.21	2212.18	2152.38	1953.62	1799.35	1857.87	1927.34	1951.07	1858.25	1647.00	1632.57	1723.63
1994	1807.07	1865.08	1913.17	1881.37	2144.50	2363.09	2447.24	2409.75	2504.84	2546.02	2803.55	2980.70
1995	3003.26	2870.45	2919.67	2894.89	2771.57	2987.68	3076.45	3040.14	2910.43	2810.07	2981.62	2918.21
1996	2605.00	2544.67	2563.35	2594.17	2658.76	2177.60	1983.93	2017.86	1935.07	1960.20	2215.43	2264.60
1997	2427.27	2406.63	2420.18	2389.32	2513.30	2611.29	2449.20	2250.10	2104.31	2050.70	1918.50	1761.45
1998	1687.60	1664.00	1747.16	1800.13	1731.66	1656.60	1655.67	1619.93	1646.77	1585.50	1573.72	1475.76
1999	1432.00	1412.95	1378.48	1463.73	1510.45	1422.16	1639.18	1646.74	1749.68	1723.29	1726.77	1764.88
2000	1843.85	1807.03	1739.80	1681.91	1785.10	1752.07	1803.14	1857.12	1961.89	1894.37	1795.60	1852.40
2001	1787.06	1766.13	1742.16	1665.97	1684.85	1610.47	1526.77	1466.41	1427.70	1377.38	1434.29	1472.85
2002	1508.23	1561.37	1607.39	1588.57	1597.02	1650.59	1588.28	1482.92	1478.93	1486.17	1581.04	1592.96
2003	1650.31	1682.15	1655.69	1587.87	1651.10	1685.11	1712.83	1756.73	1789.67	1925.58	2053.28	2202.04
2004	2421.48	2751.72	3000.28	2926.98	2728.46	2689.05	2816.80	2844.20	2903.17	3009.40	3130.31	3139.79
2005	3168.10	3247.10	3378.90	3389.81	3241.90	3529.73	3608.48	3791.91	3850.66	4056.17	4278.16	4577.03
2006	4743.86	4974.98	5123.67	6404.44	8059.19	7222.77	7726.74	7690.25	7622.64	7497.41	7029.30	6680.97
2007	5689.34	5718.15	6465.30	7753.34	7677.95	7514.24	7980.93	7500.20	7671.35	8020.59