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Copper is one of the most commonly used of the base metals, and when in high demand, copper is a reliable indicator of our economic health. But its importance isn’t confined to electrical wires and thermal conductors.
Copper also plays a vital role in the rise of renewable energies and the production of electric vehicles, helping us transition to a low-carbon economy.
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As copper prices reach record highs and analysts warn of ‘unsustainable deficits’, we explore the key trends shaping the copper market:
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Freeport McMoRan, Newmont Mining, state-owned company PT Antam and Chinese investors have teamed up to build a $2.2 billion, 400,000-tpy copper smelter in east Java, Indonesia.
The Metal Bulletin copper concentrates index was broadly stable on Wednesday April 30, as market participants awaited firm news regarding the restart of exports from Indonesia.
Over in Hong Kong for LME Asia Week, the focus was on the island’s trading ties with China. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) ceo Charles Li said he hopes that mutual access in equities will be followed by mutual access in commodities.
Following another busy week in the newsroom, Metal Bulletin’s deputy editor Fleur Ritzema takes a look back at some of the key stories.
Less than a year after it bought Xstrata, Glencore is set to erase the name from its official corporate title in an agm vote next month, the company confirmed on Thursday April 17.
Copper. The arbitrage window into China opened the week before the conference began, and bonded stocks are decreasing. After the sharp decline seen following Black Friday, March 7, when LME copper prices lost around 5% of their value, premiums in Shanghai assessed by Metal Bulletin firmed up last week. Has the bear story in China been overdone?
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