Copper sank to its lowest in three weeks on Wednesday as hostilities in the Middle East and concerns about the implications for global economic growth outweighed the market impact of reduced inventories. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 1.2% to $13,457 a metric ton at 0925 GMT. It earlier touched $13,441, its lowest since May 20. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out missile and drone attacks on U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz. The tit-for-tat action is ... (full story)