Become a customer

VIDEO: Copper supply talks set the tone for 2014

As another LME Week draws to a close, copper premiums have been settled in Europe, and negotiations over concentrates supply are moving quickly. Metal Bulletin editor Alex Harrison and copper correspondent Mark Burton discuss the week's developments.

October 11, 2013
By Generic people page
Base metals Copper
{BrightcoveVideo} 

As another LME Week draws to a close, copper premiums have been settled in Europe, and negotiations over concentrates supply are moving quickly. Metal Bulletin editor Alex Harrison and copper correspondent Mark Burton discuss the week’s developments.

Mark Burton
mburton@metalbulletin.com
Twitter: @mburtonmb

What to read next
Copper elements ready to be used for the production of electric motors
Copper concentrate benchmark structure at risk in current market
The influential annual treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) benchmark that sets the price that smelters charge miners to process their copper concentrate could be at risk, according to multiple market sources, although most believe the system, or elements of it, will remain
May 3, 2024
 · 
By Albert MacKenzie
Mining, Outdoors, Road
First publication of low-carbon nickel briquette premium reflects regional differences
Fastmarkets' initial low-carbon premium for nickel briquettes captured existing regional price differences, with growing awareness and legislative incentives indicating there is potential for a strong market to emerge
May 2, 2024
 · 
By Callum Perry
Chilean govt to press ahead with plans to build copper smelters, increase state role in lithium production – minister
The Chilean government is pushing ahead with plans for a new copper smelter despite the global smelting crisis, Chile’s minister of mining, Aurora Williams told Fastmarkets, adding that the state will also play a key role in developing the country’s premium lithium assets
April 30, 2024
 · 
By James McKeigue
Ball in BHP’s court; Anglo says bid fails on value, structure | Hotter Commodities
Just under two weeks ago, the chair of BHP made a phone call to his counterpart at mining peer Anglo American and set in motion a flurry of activity designed to create the largest copper producer in the world
April 29, 2024
 · 
By Andrea Hotter
Stacked Aluminum Cylinders
Lower CBA supply driving low-VAT aluminium premium higher in Brazil
Brazilian aluminium supply coming from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) is said to have tightened, helping to boost the P1020A ingot premium, market participants told Fastmarkets in the two weeks to Wednesday April 24
April 25, 2024
 · 
By Leticia Simionato
Copper concentrate traders ‘gambling’ on market tightness continuing into 2025
In anticipation of a tight market, copper concentrate traders have locked in 2025 volumes at notably low treatment charges, with deals being placed well below the long-term industry benchmarks
April 25, 2024
 · 
By Albert MacKenzie