Global copper short-term outlook December 2018
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Table of contents
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Executive summary
- Copper key forecasts
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Supply-demand balances
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Market developments
- Price forecasts and world quarterly supply/demand balance - (kt)
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Market developments
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Demand
- ASEAN
- Mexico
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Canada
- Production and shipments of copper wire rod and copper semis - kt
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Supply
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Concentrate markets
- Global copper-in-concentrate stock changes - (kt Cu)
- Blister market RCs
- Global mine production - breakdown by product type (kt copper in concentrate & leach output)
- Global copper refined consumption - (kt)
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Concentrate markets
Tables and charts
This report includes 25 images and tables including:
- Executive summary: Table 1
- Copper prices in 2017 and 2018
- Supply-demand balances: Image 2
- Copper prices and stocks in days of consumption
- Copper market balance and prices
- IP growth for Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slowed in 2018
- Flattish exports of copper semis overall in the first three quarters of 2018
- Total Mexican copper semis exports
- Copper semis share of total Mexican semis exports
- Total Canadian copper semis exports
- Canadian share of US copper tube imports decreasing
- Concentrate market TCRCs
- Supply-demand balances: Table 1
- Demand: Table 1
- Global quarterly refined copper consumption - kt
- Supply: Table 2
- Supply: Table 3
- Supply: Table 4
- Supply: Table 5
- Supply: Table 6
- Supply: Table 7
- Supply: Table 8
- Supply: Table 9
- Supply: Table 10
- Supply: Table 11
What's included
This report contains:
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