julie: thanks, jens nordvig.is on its hottest streak in nearly 30 years and metal up almost 32% issue year alone. will it continue to shine in 2018? we will have details. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: "what'd you miss?" theer overrun said to be best in almost 30 years. what is driving the heat in the red hot commodity? let's ask joe. what is going on here with copper? is it china? kind of a perfect storm going on right now. we've been talking to some of the brokers and traders who are still around. global growth looks pretty solid across the board. china may slow down a little next year but it still looks solid. you are starting to see production cuts announced in china. going down. all that combine makes it look good right now for mr. dr pepper. joe: the production cuts in from, we think of china the demand side mostly. copper has gone up, there must be a lot of demand in china. tell us more about china from the supply side of the occasion. they said we want you guys to stop production for least a w