Congo's copper output falls on low prices, gold rises

By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo dropped for the first time in six years in 2015 and this year could be another tough one as low commodity prices continue to bite, the Central African country's chamber of mines said on Wednesday. Output dropped 3.3 percent in Africa's top copper producer to 995,805 tonnes from 1.03 million tonnes in 2014, the first time production fell since the global economic downturn in 2009. The sharpest fall was in the fou