Japan's Nikkei share average rose slightly on Thursday, led by technology heavyweights after the Nasdaq jumped overnight, while a stronger yen weighed on exporters and limited the index's advance. By 0217 GMT, the Nikkei index was up 0.2% at 27,394.52. Of the Nikkei components, 50 stocks rose, 174 fell and one traded flat.
Copper prices dropped on Monday as worries about the outlook for demand in top consumer China dominated sentiment ahead of key data from the country's manufacturing sector, while a softer dollar provided some support. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.2% at $9,244 a tonne at 1112 GMT.
According to Techforce, a national privately owned recruitment and workforce management company experienced in supplying qualified employees to a range of occupations, including rigger jobs and mining chef jobs, across Australia and New Zealand, the COVID-19 pandemic created intense global supply chain issues for the mining industry, including a massive shortage of skilled workers.
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