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Global copper markets navigate trade flow shifts and smelting challenges

Category: Business
Duration: 00:15:04
Publish Date: 2025-03-26 10:03:52
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Copper smelter margins have been facing noticeable pressure in recent months as copper concentrate TC/RCs plunged on tight supply, will this mean more production cuts upcoming? Primary copper prices, premiums, and even byproduct sulfuric acid charges, meanwhile, have been rising. Can these offer enough relief to smelters amid record-low TC/RCs?

In this podcast, Asia nonferrous metals senior price reporter Han Lu is joined by minerals and fertilizer associate price reporter Ong Jia Lun, and metals market news specialist Lucy Tang, to discuss the latest happenings in copper and take a closer look at key drivers in the market.

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