In 1999, Asia accounted for 38% of global copper demand. Today, the figure is 62%. In 1999, China consumed 4.5 million barrels of oil per day. Ten years later, that had increased to 8.6 million barrels per day.
On the London Metal Exchange (LME), 25% of trades in its highly popular three-month zinc contract now take place between 1am and 7am, an Asian time-slot that only became available four years ago.
