The Copper Crossroads: Where Is the Market Headed in 2026? 

‘Unprecedented’ has been a familiar precursor to describe the copper market in 2025, with a negative TC/RC environment for copper concentrates, changing trade flows in global copper cathodes and volatility in copper futures prices amid policy uncertainties and supply disruptions.

Towards the end of a record-breaking year, global market participants are shifting their focus to key opportunities and challenges in the coming year.

Join Fastmarkets analysts and industry experts as they share insights from the front lines of global copper markets, drawing on over a decade of benchmark pricing experience to decode 2025’s developments and forecast what’s next for copper in 2026.