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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.

Our team of experts provides global and local data-driven insights, prices, forecasts and market news to help you make sense of the forces influencing the copper market. Our expert analysis provides critical insights to help you predict future trends for win-win outcomes in your contract negotiations.
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What’s ahead in the copper market? 

As copper prices reach record highs and analysts warn of ‘unsustainable deficits’, we explore the key trends shaping the copper market:

  • How copper demand growth is being spurred by the energy transition
  • Copper production forecasts and the struggle to keep up with demand
  • Copper recycling and predictions for the future
  • Data on forecast copper deficit
  • The emerging challenges for copper smelters
  • Whether current copper trends can be sustained

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What’s happening in the copper market?

Will trading metal futures markets be transformed by the liberalisation of financial markets in China more rapidly than anybody expected?

Claire Hack presents her second report from Balkhash, Kazakhstan, where she is visiting Central Asia Metals’ $42 million Kounrad copper project. The facility was decommissioned by Kazakhmys in 2005, and CAML is now planning on leaching 10,000 tpy from the waste heaps.

China is undergoing a process of liberalising its economy, and as the market opens up, new contracts will be launched to meet the demand, says Newedge’s John Browning in an article written for and published by Metal Bulletin’s sister publication Futures & Options World (FOW).

Claire Hack reports from Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she has travelled to meet Central Asia Metals as it prepares for the official opening of its Kounrad copper project in eastern Kazakhstan, which is targeting production of 10,000 tpy of copper cathode.

Clive Palmer, the owner of a company involved in Australian mining projects, is planning to build an exact replica of the RMS Titanic and intends calling the oceangoing vessel Titanic II.

Will the 20% of outright three-month business that has recently been done on the London Metal Exchange during the Asian day soon look relatively minuscule?

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