Since mid-to-late September 2025, copper prices have surged strongly and rapidly, repeatedly hitting record highs. As of now, the SHFE copper 2601 contract reached a peak of 99,730 yuan/mt, while the ...

Analysts warn structural deficits may start in 2026 as copper hits records, demand accelerates and supply struggles to keep ...

Copper had a historic year in 2025. On the London Metal Exchange (LME), the copper price has risen by almost 40 percent so ...

The global copper market is experiencing price volatility due to a combination of factors, including scrap shortages, US-China trade tensions, and policy changes in China. China's halt on US copper ...

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, China's cumulative import volume of recycled copper raw materials reached 1.8956 million physical tonnes from January to October 2025, ...

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) -Proposed limits on U.S. scrap copper exports which aim to reduce reliance on overseas production of the metal, are unlikely to have much impact, analysts say, with exports ...

U.S. copper scrap traders said Friday, Jan. 9, the domestic market remained tight, though spreads to top-buyer China had widened with more material flowing into the market before the Asian New Year ...

The global copper market has been volatile for most of the year, especially on the supply side, amid issues related to primary and secondary raw material availability. Tariff threats and trade ...

President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on all semi-finished copper products coming into the US, but stopped short of applying the duty to imported refined copper, sparing domestic industries from ...

A mountain of scrap metal in Salt Lake City that had been growing in recent weeks is finally set to shrink, thanks to the temporary truce in the trade dispute between the US and China. The 300,000 ...

After the recent weeks' price rally, the LME copper price has stabilised at around $11,700 per tonne last week. On the ...

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) -Proposed limits on U.S. scrap copper exports which aim to reduce reliance on overseas production of the metal, are unlikely to have much impact, analysts say, with exports ...