Major trading houses Mercuria and Glencore secured copper concentrate offtake agreements totaling at least $450 million in prepayment financing in late December, with Mercuria signing for 195,000 wet metric tonnes from Bulgaria’s Ellatzite mine on December 30 and Orion Minerals providing an update on December 31 on its $200-250 million Glencore financing and offtake deal for South Africa’s Prieska project.

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After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the pricing frequency of four European copper cathode premiums – grade A delivered Germany; grade A, CIF Leghorn; grade A, CIF Rotterdam; and the copper EQ cathode premium, CIF Europe. Following the consultation, which ended on Tuesday December 30, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency from fortnightly to weekly, on […]

Fastmarkets is clarifying the holiday pricing calendar for its twice-weekly Shanghai copper EQ cathode premium assessment.

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Fastmarkets proposes to amend the pricing frequency of its copper grade A cathode premium, delivered Germany; copper grade A cathode premium, cif Leghorn; and copper EQ cathode premium, cif Europe to one a week from the current fortnightly basis, effective December 30.

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Glencore copper output expected to drop as production difficulties at Collahuasi mine hinder 2026 forecast adjustments.

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