If mr. westgate and others are right , china is sitting on enough copper to offset any expected deficit .

如果韦斯特盖特等人是对的，那么中国目前的铜储备足以弥补任何预期的缺口。

It ' raises the prospect of a balanced market , or even a small surplus , ' mr. westgate said .

韦斯特盖特说，这增大了实现市场供需平衡的可能，甚至会出现少量的盈余。

Yet his big concern , he said , is for the thousands of westgate workers he had to lay off .

而他更纠结的是westgate的几千名员工，他不得不把他们裁掉。

In his march 28 report , mr. westgate said that these warehouses were so full that some copper was being stored outside them .

韦斯特盖特在3月28日的报告中说，这些仓库堆满了铜，以致于有些铜被存放在仓库外。

Mr. westgate focused on so-called bonded warehouses , storage facilities where trading houses park goods before paying duties and officially moving them in or out of the country .

韦斯特盖特专注于所谓的保税仓库，即贸易公司在缴纳关税、正式进出口货物之前存放货物的场所。