* Copper production at 511,000 T, 2nd-highest level this yr * Aluminium eases from record to 1.67 mln T SHANGHAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chinese copper production matched its second-highest level this year in September as tight scrap supplies and favourable export policies encouraged smelters to keep output high, although primary aluminium output dropped from a record high in August. Metal demand in China, the world's top consumer and producer of copper, aluminium, lead, zinc, nickel and tin, has fallen this year after economic activity slowed in global markets. But hopes that appetite will rebound in the fourth quarter and early next year on the back more infrastructure spending have encouraged...
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