LME ASIAN WRAP: Copper slips as Asian participants question rally.

The article reports on the decline in London Metal Exchange (LME) copper in early Asian trading in January 2012 as Asian participants are still unconvinced by advances made by the red metal. LME decided to cancel warrants for copper increase to their highest level since May 2009. Tao Jinfeng, a consultant at Haitong Futures, said they need to follow the economic progress in the U.S., Europe, and China for industrial resources like copper.