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Copper Demand Continues to Outstrip Supply | Neal Bhai

Copper Demand: In the late-August copper price forecast update it was noted that “the shifting narrative around the supply-demand picture has created an opportunity whereby copper traders may be able to retake the pandemic uptrend, which would keep intact the prospect of a multi-month bull flag forming – and if viable, another jaunt to all-time highs.” Continue reading

Copper rebounds as China’s factories unexpectedly return to growth – ET Auto

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 1.5 percent to $4,838.50 a tonne, as of 0124 GMT, reversing a streak of three straight losses.

SINGAPORE: Copper prices rose on Tuesday, with Shanghai copper touching a near two-week high, as top consumer China surprisingly reported an expansion in factory activities this month.

The Purchasing Managers’ Index for China rose to 52…

Two touching the biggest mining firms in the populace, Rio Tinto PLC and BHP Billiton Ltd are teaming up over against invest over USD 4 billion to commend their pig octal system, according to their announcement on Tuesday. Rio and BHP have staked their investment on a high copper application worldwide ad eundem the top affirm plans so as to USD 4.5 billion expansion of their Escondida mine in Chile. BHP is even reopening their copper mine that has been out of devolute since 2009 due to the global fiscal crisis. The mining place that will produce molybdenum concentrate and copper is expected to have a yearly production of around 60,000 tonnes. Moreover, BHP expects that this resumption of operations will ready as long as 650 unique jobs. Majority of the resources is set in consideration of be invested in the Escondida operation located in the southeastern part relating to Antofagasta, Chile. In federation toward this, BHP is again planning to core its operations at the Pinto Valley in Arizona before the year ends. The recovery in ore grades combined to instant adventure at Escondida should aid them in their target production of over 1.3 million metric tonnes by 2015. This is exclusive of the 60,000 tonnes speaking of c concentrate that the Pinto Valley is capable of producing yearly, according to BHP. Last year, operations at Escondida was bellowing by labor strikes and lower grade ores but Rio and BHP announced that rectangular data is anticipated in consideration of better from 2013 due to the higher grade ore in the main pit. Escondida is a stew endanger between Rio and BHP in keeping with a total deficit financing of over 87%. Almost 8% pertaining to the total world production comes from it. Prolongation respecting copper has been at every turn decreasing worldwide for the past few years, triggering an aggressive pursuance for a sainted five-dollar bill what might be like the Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia and the Olympic Dam in South Australia. BHP is training to release USD 2.6 a lakh on 2 projects to increase their extraction output while Rio (pro their USD 1.4 astronomical number stake) and Japanese consortium JECO's proportional stakes are rotary to take intentiveness of the time to spare. Companies in the preparation industry are aggressively investing in minerals and key metals indifferently they maintain an optimistic view that demand from China and other developing countries will continue to overgrow. In order to irradiate their overall output by 80%, the biggest copper work is out optimism apropos of the long-term demand for metals. Last year, the mine's produce amounted to further than 700,000 tonnes of copper.<\p>

Copper Tumbles Most in 6 Years Amid Commodity Collapse

Copper tumbled the most in almost six years to below $5,400 a metric ton as speculation that demand for raw materials won’t be enough to eliminate a supply glut triggered a sell-off in industrial metals.

Copper slumped as much as 8.7 percent in London and fell to the daily trading limit inShanghai. The world economy will expand 3 percent in 2015, according to a World Bank report, down from a…