虽然铜价由于美元对英镑的剧烈升值而受到干扰,1985年铜工业的形势开始好转。随着库存的急剧下降,消费情况良好并且预料这一形势将持续下去,铜市场看来已处于自1980年以来所期待的良好回升状态。1984年库存几乎下降了50万吨,达到一个特别低的水平。截至1985年2月份,虽然纽约商品交易所价格因美元的坚挺而下降 Although the price of copper was disrupted by the violent appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the British pound, the situation in the copper industry began to turn positive in 1985. With the sharp drop in inventories, good consumer spending and the expectation that the situation will continue, the copper market appears to be in a good state of recovery since 1980. Inventories fell by almost 500,000 tons in 1984, reaching a particularly low level. As of February 1985, although the price of the New York Mercantile Exchange was declining due to the strength of the U.S. dollar