Global copper short-term outlook November 2022
Report summary
Table of contents
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Supply-demand balances
- China
- North America
- United States
- Asia ex-China
- Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
- Concentrate markets
- China concentrate markets
- Blister/anode and scrap markets
- Smelter production developments
- Other smelter news
- Mine production developments
- In other production news
- Mine project developments
- Corporate activity
Tables and charts
This report includes 24 images and tables including:
- LME prices - highs, lows and monthly average ($/t)
- LME copper prices vs trade weighted dollar index
- Managed money CFTC positions
- Cash to 3-month spread and LME stocks - total and on warrant
- Cancelled Warrants as % of LME Stocks
- Price forecasts and world quarterly supply-demand balance (kt)
- Vehicle production growth in South Korea
- Production and shipments of copper wire rod and copper semis - kt
- Global quarterly refined copper consumption - kt
- Concentrate market TCRCs
- Global copper-in-concentrate stock changes (kt Cu)
- 2022 Planned maintenance for Chinese smelters
- Monthly global imports of copper scrap and electronic scrap (gross weight kt)
- Blister market RC
- Monthly reported Chilean copper production
- Monthly reported Peruvian copper production
- Global mine production - breakdown by product type (kt copper in concentrate and leach output)
- Global copper refined consumption (kt)
- Global copper mine production (kt copper in concentrate and leach output)
- Global copper smelter production (kt)
- Global copper refined production (kt)
- Copper stocks
- Copper prices and premia
- Copper supply-demand balance global summary (kt)
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