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Quick read: 4 things you need to know about the outlook for the global copper market
- The market continues to be at the mercy of wider global developments, with bearish sentiment brought about by a deterioration in China-US relations over the past three months.
- Despite a tight market for refined metal, prices continue to be swayed by geopolitical events.
- We still expect a stronger performance over H2 2019, which should support an annual average copper price of $6696/t ($3.04/lb) for 2019.
- 2021 will be a turning point, as supply from the 2.7 Mt of projects committed since 2017 and additional production from existing mines begins to hit the market.
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Market outlook
- Demand update
- Scrap update
- Supply update
Tables and charts
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Tables and Charts
- Global stocks of refined copper and annual average copper price
- Total exchange stocks and prices
- Global supply-demand balance
- Change in global refined copper consumption
- Change in China copper consumption
- Manufacturing PMIs show demand weakening
- Demand set to recover in 2022
- Global refined copper consumption growth at a glance
- Chinese total copper consumption growth (2018 -2040)
- Regional breakdown of global refined copper consumption growth (2020-2040)
- Copper consumption grows faster than EV sales
- China set to be main market for BEV sales
- Copper scrap supply in China, copper contained
- Global copper scrap use as % of total demand
- Revisions to global mine production forecast, Q2 2019 vs Q1 2019 LTO
- Global copper production and primary demand
- Mining projects moved to the base case since the start of 2017
- Smelter production capacity
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