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If “challenging” was the word that many metals market participants used to summarise 2016 at the start of LME Week, they might be ending the week on a slightly more optimistic note.
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Sentiment is bullish for the copper market for the coming year amid possible supply strain from the mining side and higher-than-expected demand from China, while expectations for lower processing fees for copper concentrate are growing.
Copper prices are expected to average $2.15 per lb (about $4,739 per tonne) this year and $2.20 per lb next year, with the red metal unlikely to return to super cycle highs, according to the mining minister of Chile.
Freeport-McMoRan expects lower contractual treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for copper concentrates next year, reflecting the company’s expectation that an unexpectedly strong period for mined copper production may soon end, senior vp of sales and marketing Javier Targhetta told Metal Bulletin.
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