<div>COLUMN-China's metal imports falter, raw materials still robust: Andy Home</div> <!-- no image --> <div>China's imports of refined base metals faded over the course of the first half of 2019.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTKN7MQVsHk:8K_AHF-wgu8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTKN7MQVsHk:8K_AHF-wgu8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=UTKN7MQVsHk:8K_AHF-wgu8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTKN7MQVsHk:8K_AHF-wgu8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=UTKN7MQVsHk:8K_AHF-wgu8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/UTKN7MQVsHk" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters