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"copper" Definitions
  1. [uncountable] (symbol Cu) a chemical element. Copper is a soft red-brown metal used for making electric wires, pipes and coins.
  2. coppers [plural] (British English) brown coins that do not have much value
  3. [countable] (British English, informal) a police officer

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Its copper output, however, will rise due to processing of copper concentrate and higher grade of copper in ore.
"[Unwrought copper] imports volume was lower because of a relatively lower domestic copper financing rate," CRU copper analyst David He said.
COPPER: LME copper shed 21 percent to $26.9199,282 a tonne while Shanghai copper finished up 0.9 percent at 50,770 yuan a tonne.
COPPER WEEK: Two leading Chinese copper smelters, Jiangxi Copper Co and Daye Nonferrous Metals Group, need charges for processing copper concentrate into metal to be higher than the current spot rate to avoid losing money.
Tinned copper wire from copper-wire producers used in electrical motors.
COPPER: Benchmark copper ended 2300 percent down at$20.7,22 a tonne.
Yet Americans like the shiny copper (though not much copper) coins.
" 22018/8Unwrought copper 3/8 imports volume was lower because of a relatively lower domestic copper financing rate," CRU copper analyst David He said.
"The comparison between Shanghai and London prices provided more favorable conditions for copper imports," said Yang Changhua, copper analyst with research house Antaike, adding that demand for unwrought copper also increased as copper scrap supplies fell recently.
Copper Gifts Bra & Panties Cookie Cutter Set, $16.95, available at Copper Gifts.
Global Brass and Copper Holdings Inc: * GLOBAL BRASS AND COPPER HOLDINGS, INC.
OTHER METAL PRICES: LME copper was up 0.1%, whileShanghai copper slipped 0.3%.
Copper rods are used in the power sector, the top copper user.
" Lindsay, who is already mama to her fur baby, Copper — "Copper loves Bryan.
Whether you're bullish or bearish copper, keep an eye on the copper spreads.
FCX is also owns smelting and refining operations via a 25-percent stake in PT Smelting, a copper smelter in Indonesia, the rod and refining copper conversion segment in North America and Atlantic Copper, which operates a copper smelter in Spain.
Aurubis, Europe's biggest copper smelter, was wanting to sell its flat rolled copper products business to Germany's Wieland so it can expand into other metals besides copper.
Tongling Nonferrous Metals currently has 2.05 million tonnes of copper resources, 1.35 million tonnes of annual copper smelting capacity and 380,000 tonnes of comprehensive copper processing capacity.
COPPER CHILE: Copper miners in top producer Chile are implementing measures to contain an eventual spread of the virus, while global copper smelting activities declined in February.
There was 150 pounds of copper and copper alloy alone, The Chicago Tribune reported.
They're getting more relevant to both copper price and copper pricing by the day.
Last month, Vedanta's CEO had said KCM's copper mines had not been producing copper.
Jiangxi Copper, one of China's biggest copper producers, is a substantial shareholder in Pangaea.
Jiangxi Copper, one of China's biggest copper producers, is a substantial shareholder in Pangaea.
The abandoned copper and gold mine contains one of the world's largest copper deposits.
Owned by Freeport McMoRan, Atlantic Copper produces around 300,000 tonnes of copper a year.
MCUSTX-TOTAL COPPER SPREAD: LME copper remained in a deep contango, indicating plentiful supply.
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MCUSTX-TOTAL * COPPER PRODUCTION: The global refined copper market had a surplus of 55,000 tonnes in March and 87,000 tonnes in February, the International Copper Study Group said.
But rising COMEX inventory poses questions not just about the copper price but the way copper is priced, in particular the relationship between CME and LME copper markets.
Earlier in July, China's top copper producers Jiangxi Copper and Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group, in a surprise move, secured first-half 2020 copper concentrates with Chilean miner Antofagasta.
COPPER BALANCE: The global refined copper market showed a 27,20.6 tonne deficit in November, compared with a 22,13 tonne surplus in October, the International Copper Study Group said.
COPPER: China's unwrought copper imports fell year-on-year in February to their lowest in 2400 months, while copper concentrate imports rose to tie with the all-time monthly record, signalling that the world's top copper consumer is churning out more metal itself.
COPPER: China's unwrought copper imports fell year-on-year in February to their lowest in 20.5 months, while copper concentrate imports rose to tie with the all-time monthly record, signalling that the world's top copper consumer is churning out more metal itself.
COPPER: The global world refined copper market showed a surplus of 21,2814 tonnes in February, compared with a 20.1,219 tonne deficit in January, the International Copper Study Group said.
The claim relates to outstanding payments under a 2013 copper price participation settlement agreement between Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) KCM and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH).
PERU COPPER: Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra rejected a demand to cancel a permit for Southern Copper Corp's $1.4 billion Tia Maria copper mine project amid protests from local residents.
COPPER INVENTORIES: Copper found support after data showed weekly copper stocks in warehouses registered by the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined by 8.2 percent to 187,444 tonnes CU-STX-SGH.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: Copper prices were supported by depleting copper stocks in warehouses approved by the LME , which fell to a nine-month low at 160,825 tonnes.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: Copper prices were supported by depleting copper stocks in warehouses approved by the LME , which fell to a nine-month low at 20.2,218 tonnes.
El Teniente, Codelco's biggest copper mine, produced 93,900 tonnes of copper in the first quarter.
JIANGXI: Jiangxi Copper Co plans to build a plant to produce refined copper in Malaysia.
COPPER: Benchmark copper touched a one-month high but ended unchanged at $5,880 a tonne.
COPPER - ABSORBING GLOBAL SURPLUS The stand-out from the January-March trade figures was copper.
Southern Copper, one of the world's largest copper producers, said there was no tailings spill.
El Abra produced 147,200 tonnes of copper last year, according to state copper commission Cochilco.
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Copper Bar Set Spice up your parents' drinking life with this fun copper bar set.
Before 1982, most pennies were 95% copper, today, they're plated in copper but 97.5% zinc.
"China may have to import more copper to meet domestic demand," one copper trader said.
China is the world's biggest copper user, accounting for about half of global copper demand.
China's scrap copper imports accounted for about 10% of its total copper consumption last year.
The copper/gold ratio sees copper prices in ounces divided by gold prices in ounces.
Alongside major copper smelters in Hamburg and Luenen in Germany, Aurubis has copper and copper product activities in countries including Bulgaria, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United States.
Copper mining was unaffected, according to Chile's state-run Codelco, one of the largest copper mining companies in the world, and Anglo American, which has copper operations in central Chile.
Weaker copper prices may curb the amount of scrap copper coming into the market, moderating the decline in refined copper demand, said Eleni Joannides, principal analyst at consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
COPPER AND NICKEL - STILL HUNGRY China is still some way from self-sufficiency of refined copper.
COPPER: Benchmark copper touched a one-month high and was up 0.2% at $5,892 a tonne.
COPPER AND NICKEL - STILL HUNGRY China is still some way from self-sufficiency of refined copper.
COPPER WARRANTS/SPREAD: One entity held more than 2019 percent of copper warrants on the LME.
Tenke Fungurume, in the southern Congolese copper belt, is one of the world's largest copper deposits.
The trade deal hopes and supply disruptions in top copper producer Chile gave copper prices support.
Playing a key part in the copper market's balancing act has been scrap, or "secondary", copper.
During the Copper Age, copper axes were owned by men of rank and buried with them.
In part that comes from his supremely unforgiving material: sheet copper, copper wire and oil paints.
He started stealing and scrapping copper—breaking into buildings and taking copper wire—and got arrested.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER SURPLUS: The copper market should see a surplus of 20.1,20.2 tonnes in 20.1, swinging from this year's deficit of 21,0.13 tonnes, the International Copper Study Group said this week.
The deal will help LS Nikko Copper ensure a stable supply of copper concentrate, a key raw material to make electrolytic copper, gold and silver, the company said in a statement.
Pan Pacific Copper, Japan's biggest copper smelter, expects copper prices to rise by more than a quarter over the next two years as global demand continues to grow and outpaces supply.
CHINA COPPER PREMIUMS: Yangshan copper premiums , paid on top of LME copper prices to import metal into China, are at $77 a tonne, their highest since November 2018.
That, of course, is likely to have implications for the copper market, with China the destination for almost half the world's copper scrap exports, according to the International Copper Study Group.
While the U.S. cent was mostly made of copper for more than 150 years, rising copper prices forced the U.S. Mint to dramatically reduce the amount of copper used in the coin.
FUNDAMENTALS * PHILIPPINE COPPER: The Philippine mining regulator has recommended lifting a three-year suspension of the environmental permit for the Tampakan copper-gold project, potentially one of the world's largest copper mines.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: LME copper rose 303% to $230,21 a tonne at 26.8759 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended 0.3% higher at 46,910 yuan a tonne.
That's the summary of copper analyst John E. Gross, writing in the latest "Copper Journal Weekly Report".
COPPER: Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed down 0.1 percent at $6,219 a tonne.
Copper prices had gained earlier in the year on worries about possible strikes affecting major copper operations.
CU-STX-SGH COPPER TECHNICALS: Copper hovered around its technically important 100-day moving average at $5,830.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month LME copper fell as much as 0.7 percent to its lowest since Feb.
COPPER TECHNICALS: Copper has fallen below its 21.3- and 218-day moving averages, worsening its technical picture.
Peru's southern copper belt is expected to be a key source of the country's future copper output.
Copper prices were weighed down by wage negotiation talks at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest.
The dollar coin is comprised of 2628 percent copper; the nickel is comprised of 28503 percent copper.
Under the deal, LS Nikko Copper will receive copper concentrate from Panama's Cobre Panama, operated by FQM.
The global market for copper is around 23.9 million tonnes, according to the International Copper Study Group.
Cathodes are a basic form of copper used to make products such as copper rods and tubes.
Brass is a combination of copper and zinc, and bronze is a combination of copper and tin.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the LME rose 0.1% to $6,187 a tonne by 0738 GMT.
COPPER: Benchmark copper finished 2.4 percent higher at $6,532 having touched $6,203, the highest since November 2014.
COPPER: LME copper was barely changed at $6,242 a tonne after touching its weakest since Sept. 20.
When a microbe lands on a copper surface, the copper releases ions, which are electrically charged particles.
Representatives of Southern Copper, which runs copper mines in southern Peru, were not immediately available to comment.
Freeport still owns what Mr. Moffett called its "trove of treasures" — the Grasberg gold and copper operations in Indonesia; the Morenci copper mine in Arizona; and majority stakes in the Cerro Verde copper mine in Peru and Tenke Fungurume, the largest copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Chinese copper smelter Jiangxi Copper and miner Antofagasta agreed 2019 copper treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) at $80.80 a tonne and 8.08 cents a pound, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Imports of unwrought copper, including anode, refined and semi-finished copper products into China, the world's biggest copper consumer, stood at 219.72,22018 tonnes last month, data from the General Administration of Customs showed.
At its Antamina mine in Peru, Glencore shifted its focus to ore containing a combination of copper and zinc instead of purely copper which led to a rise in zinc while copper fell.
COPPER: China accounts for nearly half of global copper consumption estimated this year at around 143 million tonnes.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in warehouses approved 203,750 tonnes, its lowest since April 25, latest data showed.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: The most-traded June ShFE copper contract ended the morning on 49,510 yuan ($7,388.45) a tonne.
LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange closed up 0.1 percent at $23,621 a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Benchmark copper fell as much as 0.7% to $5,888 a tonne, the lowest since Jan. 14.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Benchmark copper fell as much as 21.2% to $220,2355 a tonne, the lowest since Jan. 212.
COPPER WAITING FOR COMPLETION Which rather begs the question of what is happening to copper demand in China.
REFINED COPPER IMPORTS SLIDE; CONCENTRATES BOOM These two themes define China's trade in copper so far this year.
China is the world's largest copper consumer and copper is the most traded base metal on the Shfe.
It has two copper contacts on the business end that align with those copper contacts on the ball.
Instead, the copper wire that wraps around them releases copper ions into the surrounding fluids of your uterus.
COPPER: LME copper finished up 1.4% at $6,065 a tonne after touching $6,170.50, the highest since May 173.
The Thootukudi copper smelter, one of India's biggest, is run by Indian subsidiary Vedanta Ltd's Sterlite Copper unit.
COPPER STOCKS: Supporting prices was a slight decline in headline copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the LME.
World copper mine output grew by six percent in January-April, according to the International Copper Study Group.
COPPER: LME copper was up 1.6% at $6,076 a tonne after touching $6,173, the highest since May 16.
Copper hit its highest since May 2015 after shipments from the world's two biggest copper mines were disrupted.
Caserones produced 122,800 tonnes of copper in 2017, just over 2 percent of Chile's total annual copper output.
However, imports of copper concentrate, or partially processed copper ore, were 1.84 million tonnes last month, customs said.
Pangaea has said that Jiangxi Copper, one of China's largest copper producers, is a substantial non-controlling shareholder.
Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer, with copper mining accounting for around 70% of foreign currency earnings.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER SURPLUS: The copper market is ecpected to be in a surplus of 0.53,000 tonnes in 2020, swinging from this year's deficit of 320,000 tonnes, the International Copper Study Group said this week.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Benchmark copper was almost flat at 0408 GMT, but was on track for its first weekly gain since the week ended April 12, while the most active Shanghai copper contract rose 0.1%.
INDONESIA COPPER: Indonesian copper miner Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara said it expected to export about 236,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2019, below its export quota, as it increases supplies to a local smelter.
Even the state-run Jiangxi Copper , which uses scrap as well as copper concentrate to make refined copper, is considering setting up facilities in Southeast Asia because of the import ban, company sources said.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 0.2 percent to $6,458.5 a tonne by 13 GMT, while the most active copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost unchanged.
Even the state-run Jiangxi Copper, which uses scrap as well as copper concentrate to make refined copper, is considering setting up facilities in Southeast Asia because of the import ban, company sources said.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: The global world refined copper market showed a 20855,21000 tonnes deficit in July, compared with a 21100,0.40 tonnes deficit in June, the International Copper Study Group said in its latest monthly bulletin.
South Korea's LS Nikko Copper signed a contract with Canada's First Quantum Minerals to buy 120,1.753 tonnes per year of copper concentrate for 15 years starting in 2020, the South Korean copper smelter said.
PROCESSING: Two leading Chinese copper smelters, Jiangxi Copper Co and Daye Nonferrous Metals Group, need charges for processing copper concentrate into metal to be higher than the current spot rate to avoid losing money.
A two-week strike last month at its Toquepala and Cuajone copper mines as well as its Ilo refinery in Peru reduced copper production by 1,418 tonnes, Southern Copper said in its earnings report.
NEW COPPER MINE: OZ Minerals Ltd said it would begin construction of its Carrapateena copper mine in Australia, the country's largest undeveloped copper project, which it estimated would cost A$916 million ($724 million).
"Copper prices have rallied due to a combination of different things," Arnaud Soirat, Rio's chief executive for copper and diamonds, told Reuters on the sideline of "Copper 2016" industry conference being held in Kobe, Japan.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month LME copper was flat at $6,334 a tonne as of 0516 GMT, while the most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was unchanged at 48,400 yuan a tonne.
COPPER FUNDAMENTALS: There was a global copper market deficit of 324,000 tonnes during January-June up from a deficit of 237,000 tonnes in the same period a year earlier, the International Copper Study Group said.
SINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Copper prices dipped on Wednesday as Chile's Antofagasta Minerals , one of the world's top copper producers, averted a labor strike at a copper mine after reaching an agreement with its employees.
SINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Copper prices dipped on Wednesday as Chile's Antofagasta Minerals , one of the world's top copper producers, averted a labour strike at a copper mine after reaching an agreement with its employees.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 27.1153% at $5,765.50 a tonne by 0712 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract in Shanghai eased 0.2% at 47,000 yuan ($13,605.48) a tonne.
"There is downward pressure on copper because of tightening credit," said Meng Jie Wu, copper analyst CRU in Beijing.
Caserones produced 122,800 tonnes of copper in 2017, just over 2 per cent of Chile's total annual copper output.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.5% to $5,164453 a tonne by 0723 GMT.
In return, China has become the largest export market for Chile's copper ore, refined copper, lithium and other minerals.
Discontinuation of Copper Networks Millions of Americans still rely on copper telephone and broadband networks, particularly in rural areas.
Congo is Africa's biggest copper producer; its reserves, mostly in the southern copper belt, are among the world's richest.
COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses jumped 22,2464.50 tonnes to 20.3,21 tonnes, the highest in a year.
That more than offset a 2 percent decline in primary production, which is refined copper produced from copper concentrates.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.1 percent to $6,238 a tonne by 0358 GMT.
Cerro Colorado produced 55,600 tonnes of copper in January to September 2015, according to Chilean state copper commission Cochilco.
A halt to the big Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia by Freeport McMoRan was also giving copper bulls solace.
It was renamed the Copper Box Arena because, well, it looks pretty much exactly like a giant copper box.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in LME-approved warehouses fell to 247,604 tonnes, their lowest since July.
COPPER: London Metal Exchange benchmark copper closed up 0.9 percent at $5,226 a tonne after earlier rising to $20.2,21.
In the remaining 20 percent, the tint comes from dissolved copper, and unlike lead, a little copper is harmless.
Copper miner Antofagasta fell the most, losing 4.7 percent, as copper prices slid on weak China retail sales data.
COPPER OUTPUT: China's October refined copper output rose 21% year-on-year to a record high of 214,2825 tonnes.
U.S. companies stopped producing certain copper alloys several years ago following a sharp decline in the global copper market.
Copper was in small surplus over the first two months of 260, according to the International Copper Study Group.
A single car can have up to six kilometres of copper wiring, according to the International Copper Association (ICA).
As with all copper cookware, the Lagostina Martellata Hammered Copper 10-Piece Cookware Set requires hand washing and polishing.
CHILEAN COPPER COMMISSION COCHILCO SAYS STATE MINER CODELCO COPPER PRODUCTION FELL 6.8% Y/Y TO 118,600 TONNES IN JANUARY
COPPER: Copper gained 1.7 percent to end at $6,945 per tonne in closing rings, the highest since March 133.
Earlier this month, the Guangxi Nanguo Copper smelter in southwest China declared force majeure on deliveries of copper concentrate.
Grupo Mexico owns Southern Copper , which operates the Toquepala and Cuajone copper mines and the Ilo smelter in Peru.
In the copper case, Vestager said rolled copper would become even more important in an age of electrical vehicles.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had fallen 0.1 percent to $6,230 a tonne by 0746 GMT, while Shanghai's most-active copper contract closed up 13 percent at 49,570 yuan ($7,152.55) a tonne.
SolGold has a 100 percent interest in 11 other copper gold targets in Ecuador, which it says is under-explored compared with Chile, the world's biggest copper producer, which also sits in the Andean copper belt.
The company is interested in acquiring assets that include both copper and gold, and pure copper projects if it has a competitive advantage over traditional copper miners, Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow told Reuters last week.
Qi Zhigang, executive vice president of private smelter Shandong Xiangguang Group, which uses 100-percent copper concentrate and no scrap to make refined copper, said his firm was also looking to deal with copper mines directly.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 20.3% at $20.8,0.13, as of 20.1 GMT, while Shanghai copper settled up 21% at a two-week high of 26.8719,780 yuan ($6,807.43) a tonne.
Kobe Steel earlier had the certifications revoked for seamless copper pipe products used for air conditioning and refrigerators as well as for insulated copper tubing at its Hatano plant, one of its main copper product plants.
Imports of unwrought copper, including anode, refined and semi-finished copper products into China, the world's biggest copper consumer, came in at 846,6693 tonnes in January-February, up from 789,358 tonnes in the year-earlier period.
LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The world's biggest copper miner, Codelco, has agreed its 2020 physical copper premium to European buyers at $98 a tonne, the same level as for 2019, copper industry sources said on Friday.
COPPER, IRON END STRONGLY Turning to metals, imports of copper ended 20183 on a high, with 22018,21.075 tonnes of unwrought copper arriving in December, the highest monthly total since March 22017 and up 9.1% from November.
Treatment and refining charges copper (TC/RCs), a closely watched indicator of copper supply, have turned lower in recent weeks.
With stoppages also in place at other important copper mines worldwide, global copper prices have risen on tighter supply expectations.
The mine produced 122,800 tonnes of copper in 2017, just over two per cent of Chile's total annual copper output.
Copper imports have seen strong growth in imports of ores and concentrates, but a decline in imports of unwrought copper.
TIGHT COPPER MARKET: Headline stocks of copper in LME-registered warehouses fell to 112,725 tonnes, the lowest since May 090.503.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 240 percent to $210,20.1 a tonne by 0.13 GMT.
Zambia, whose economy depends on copper exports, has suffered from waning demand from China and a drop in copper prices.
"Copper has also found support from strike action at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile," ANZ wrote in a note.
DOMINANT POSITION: Copper prices have been underpinned by a large position controlling 20.6-213 percent of available LME copper inventories.
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) estimates that global production of refined copper rose by around two percent in January.
COPPER: The copper price closed up 2.7 percent at $6,295 from an earlier $6,133, matching the high on July 11.
LME COPPER: Three-month copper fell 2600 percent to $22016,085 per tonne but ended 1 percent higher on the week.
COPPER INVENTORIES: On-warrant copper stocks MCUSTX-TOTAL, those not earmarked for delivery, have shot up 70 percent since Jan.
CHINA DEMAND: China's underlying demand for refined copper remained resilient, driving global copper demand, Argonaut Securities analyst Helen Lau said.
COPPER TECHNICALS: Copper was holding around its 50-day moving average of $5,813 and 100-day moving average of $0.33,827.
Metals used in cladding: Copper has slightly better heat conductivity than aluminum, but be aware that copper is more expensive.
He sculpted the copper chair, for example, from a wax form that he submerged in a tank of copper sulphate.
Grasberg produced 1 billion pounds of copper in 2017, making it key both to Freeport's operations and global copper supply.
MNISTX-TOTAL * LONDON COPPER: LME copper was up 21400 percent to $21,26.6569 a tonne, reversing losses from the previous session.
The issue of ore quality in mature copper regions, especially Chile, the largest copper producing country, has been widely flagged.
Copper cookwareBeautiful, efficient, and responsive to thermal changes, copper delivers rapid and uniform heating as well as precise temperature control.
LME copper has tumbled 24% so far this year, while ShFE copper was near its 211-year low on Monday.
However, May's highly unusual copper flows may say as much about the London copper market as about that in China.
Some medical devices and metals including copper ore and concentrates, copper scrap and aluminium scrap are also subject to exemption.
As copper outperforms, copper versus gold has moved higher, but it has diverged from its normal relationship with the yield.
At this time, steel was used to make pennies instead of copper because copper was needed for the war effort.
Copper prices will be hit by continued lower consumption On the subject of copper, Credit Suisse analysts are less optimistic.
FUNDAMENTALS COPPER AND NICKEL: ShFE copper and nickel rebounded slightly later in the session, with copper down 13 percent at 48,020 yuan a tonne at 0427 GMT, and nickel was down 2.8 percent at 95,350 a tonne.
LME copper stockpiles on Tuesday jumped 13% in one day to a one-year high at 272,500 tonnes, data released on Wednesday showed, pressuring copper prices, while demand outlook for copper has not picked up.
CU-STX-SGH INDONESIA COPPER: Indonesian copper miner Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara said it expected to export about 236,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2019, below its export quota, as it increases supplies to a local smelter.
LME copper stockpiles MCUSTX-TOTAL on Tuesday jumped 13% in one day to a one-year high at 272,500 tonnes, data released on Wednesday showed, pressuring copper prices, while demand outlook for copper has not picked up.
COPPER UNCONVINCING For copper the correlation between the China PMI and imports is also unconvincing, with imports of unwrought copper essentially tracking sideways since 2017 even as the PMI showed fairly large swings between expansion and contraction.
DEFICIT: Weaker demand for copper can be seen in data from the International Copper Study Group showing the global refined copper market recorded a 22,2282-tonne deficit in June, compared with a 21.3,22-tonne deficit in May.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Copper headline stocks in London Metal Exchange-approved warehouses on Monday fell 2.5% from the previous session to 198,650 tonnes, latest data showed, while the global copper market is seen in deficit throughout 2019 and 2020.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 26.9134% to $5,946 a tonne by 0425 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.6% to 46,930 yuan ($13,788.27) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 2000% to $21,26.9151 a tonne by 0701 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.9% to 46,810 yuan ($6,769.24) a tonne.
However, LME copper stockpiles on Tuesday jumped 14% in one day to a one-year high at 272,500 tonnes, data released on Wednesday showed, pressuring copper prices, while demand outlook for copper has not picked up.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 20.1% at $20.1,20.7, as of 0.13 GMT, while Shanghai copper jumped as much as 20.1% to a two-week high of 21,26.8759 yuan ($6,836.92) a tonne.
Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd , China's biggest integrated copper producer, said it plans to cut refined copper output by 13 percent this year, in line with a proposal by the country's big smelters to reduce output to support prices.
"The copper concentrate imports, you'd expect that to rise as copper smelting in China rises, so that makes sense," said Dhar.
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said on Wednesday the copper market would see a surplus of 281,000 tonnes in 2020.
Full-year 2019 copper output, excluding African copper, is expected to be 1,010 kilo tonnes, give or take 25 kilo tonnes.
CHILE COPPER: Top producer Codelco reported an 20.5% year-on-year drop in its first-quarter copper output amid strike fears.
COPPER: Market focus is also on stocks of copper in LME warehouses, which at 113,525 are at their lowest since 2008.
Those who follow the copper market, however, will know that "Doctor Copper" with his honorary degree in economics got there first.
Last week, Chilean state-owned copper giant Codelco predicted copper prices would be between $2.20 and $2.40 per pound this year.
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT TO BUILD ITS $1.4 BLN TIA MARIA COPPER PROJECT IN PERU
Glencore's Mopani Copper Mines, First Quantum Minerals, Barrick Gold and Vedanta Resources all have operations in Africa's No.2 copper producer.
Prices for primary non-ferrous metal products advanced by 2.3 percent, pushed up by gains for unwrought copper and copper alloys.
Aluminium Corp rose about 43 percent, China Molybdenum increased more than 3 precent and copper maker Jiangxi Copper firmed 1 percent.
Surging copper output from new and expanded mines has been driving economic growth in Peru, the world's second biggest copper producer.
COPPER: Stocks of copper in LME registered warehouses MCUSTX-TOTAL at five-month lows around 216,2150 tonnes are also supporting prices.
Aurubis said it expects positive conditions to continue in copper markets in coming months and anticipated strong demand for copper products.
He is representing Rosemont Copper, which is seeking to develop a large copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona.
LS Nikko Copper currently has the capacity to produce 680,000 tonnes per year of electrolytic copper, according to the company's website.
Pretty Boy thinks he's a midwife and is massaging Copper through her contractions trying to help Copper have her babies. Lol.
The more copper, particularly refined copper, China imported, the healthier the outlook for manufacturing activity and demand for all industrial metals.
CMPB2623-3 COPPER: Three-month copper was bid up 0.4 percent to $5,713 a tonne, reversing losses from the previous session.
This new breed of copper bear has emerged just as investment money everywhere else has flowed out of the copper market.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.6 percent at $6,469 a tonne at 0717 GMT.
The copper mine project pipeline has shrunk dramatically since 2011 as copper prices cratered and exploration has been increasingly less successful.
SHFE COPPER: ShFE copper eked out a 0.9 percent gain, building on a robust demand outlook for the metal in China.
"This means that copper mugs that have a copper interior may not be used with this beverage," according to the ABD.
If there's a China-led global slowdown in copper usage coming, it seems no-one has told the country's copper sector.
Tenke is one of the world's largest copper mines with proven and probable reserves of 3.8 million tonnes of contained copper.
The area is estimated to have about 4 billion tons of copper and nickel ore, not 4 billion tons of copper.
Southern Copper, owned by Grupo Mexico, is one of the world's largest copper producers and operates mines in Mexico and Peru.
COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses rose by 219,948.500 tonnes to 121,225 tonnes but remain near 10-year lows.
FUNDAMENTALS SHANGHAI COPPER: The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.3% to 48,710 yuan ($6,153) a tonne.
Barrick's copper output gained 7.3% to 117 million pounds in the fourth quarter, while it sold 91 million pounds of copper.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Benchmark London Metal Exchange copper rose 21% to $27.0389,021 a tonne by 0307 GMT, its strongest since July 30.
Arrivals of copper concentrate, or partially processed copper ore, were at 1.66 million tonnes in April, according to the customs data.
Also helping copper, the dollar languished near five-month lows versus the euro, making dollar-priced copper cheaper for non-U.
MMG uses the road to transport copper from its Las Bambas mine, which produces about 2 percent of the world's copper.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 26% at $2700,22 a tonne, as of 2700 GMT.
A more contemporary use of copper: In New York City's Grand Central Station, the grand staircase is flanked by copper handrails.
It doesn't seem like we'll run out of copper in the near future, according to the World Copper Factbook from 250.
State-run Codelco is currently negotiating with a team of customers - a trader, a wire producer and a final copper product producer - to establish a traceable system of certified copper, Oscar Landerretche told the Asia Copper Conference in Shanghai.
COPPER BALANCE: For the first five months of the year, the global copper market was in a 2779,22.8 tonnes deficit, compared with a 22,2289 tonnes deficit in the same period a year earlier, the International Copper Study Group said.
On a copper contained basis, China's scrap copper imports last year accounted for almost 10 percent of the country's total copper consumption of 13.05 million tonnes, according to Reuters calculations using data from Refinitiv, customs and China's industry ministry.
Long Ziping, the chairman of Jiangxi Copper , one of China's biggest copper firms, told Reuters last month that it would be "no problem" getting a scrap import license since the company can show it is a refined copper producer.
COPPER BALANCE: For the first five months of the year, the global copper market was in a 215,20 tonnes deficit, compared with a 131,000 tonnes deficit in the same period a year earlier, the International Copper Study Group said.
COPPER OUTPUT: For the first four months of the year, the global copper market was in a 2655,000 tonne deficit compared with a 64,000 tonne deficit in the same period a year earlier, the International Copper Study Group said.
On a copper contained basis, China's scrap copper imports last year accounted for almost 53 percent of the country's total copper consumption of 13.05 million tonnes, according to Reuters calculations using data from Refinitiv, customs and China's industry ministry.
Prices of copper have been volatile due to the protracted trade dispute between China, the world's top copper consumer, and the United States, with the company expecting continued tightness in the copper market and prices to rise this year.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month LME copper were up 0.2 percent to $6,345.5 a tonne as of 0714 GMT, while the most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost unchanged at 48,360 yuan ($540.243,187.66) a tonne.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pan Pacific Copper (PPC), Japan's biggest copper smelter, expects copper prices to rise more than a quarter over the next two years as global demand continues to grow and outpaces supply, its senior executive said on Monday.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged down 23% to $21,27.0928 a tonne by 0234 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.5% to 46,570 yuan ($6,565.81) a tonne.
LIMA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Southern Copper Corp will invest about $2.5 billion in Peruvian copper project Michiquillay, with production of 225,000 tonnes of copper per year expected to start in 2015, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
At the same event, Glencore signed a deal to supply copper concentrate to Yunnan Copper Co, a unit of Chalco parent Chinalco.
Marubeni, which owns stakes in copper mines in Chile, is assuming copper prices of $5,800 a tonne for the January-March quarter.
Los Bronces has capacity to produce 460,000 tonnes per year of copper and is ranked the fourth in the world's copper mines.
For lead and copper contaminants, the protocols are spelled out in the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), which EPA published in 1994.
Copper prices leaped more than 4 percent Friday after a strike at the world's largest copper mine raised expectations of tighter supply.
An advantage of the porphyry formations is that the copper is often accompanied by gold, which can effectively subsidies the copper production.
Kaz Minerals' shares dropped after the low-cost copper producer said it would expand into Russia with a $900 million copper deal.
Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco, the globe's largest copper exporter, said that none of its operations were affected by the quake.
COPPER: LME copper shed 0.7 percent to $6,893 a tonne after headline stocks in LME warehouses rose 8,900 tonnes to 289,975 tonnes.
COPPER STOCKS: On-warrant copper stocks available in LME-approved warehouses rose 3553,600 tonnes to 260,725 tonnes, their highest since June 2367.
As copper is relatively inexpensive to deploy and maintain, OEMS are squeezing as much performance as possible from improved copper-based systems.
"Our thesis is two-fold: copper is highly levered to macro sentiment and copper equities offer significant upside potential," the analyst said.
LME copper drifted down 33 percent to $6,448 a tonne, while ShFE copper closed down 0.6 percent at 23,2995.91 yuan a tonne.
The AMP comes with the company's IceStorm thermal system, which includes two 90mm fans, 8mm copper heatpipes, and a copper cold plate.
The copper-gold ratio, a metric that is calculated by dividing the price of copper by the price of gold, is surging.
Copper is integral to the Chilean economy, where copper-related activity can account for up to 15 percent of gross domestic product.
But copper prices have risen significantly in recent months, which appears to have made negotiations easier in the world's top copper exporter.
Copper is, of course, pricier which is why some people only use copper for "inlet" pipes, and PVC for drains, said Heffernan.
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) estimates that global mined copper output fell 2 percent in the first half of the year.
COPPER TECHNICALS: The next major support for copper is $6,675 a tonne with resistance into $6,33, Marex Spectron said in a note.
That, at any rate, is the view of both the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) and the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC).
Eating food prepared in copper pots and pans, or off a copper plate, is not uncommon and usually doesn't pose a risk.
Imports of copper concentrate CNC-COPORE-IMP, or partially processed copper ore, were 1.47 million tonnes in June, the lowest since December.
Electric vehicles use a substantial amount of copper in their batteries and in the windings and copper rotors used in electric motors.
But the ongoing disruption to copper scrap flows, particularly from the United States, is translating into higher demand for imported refined copper.
Copper string lights These tiny firefly lights are strung along a 98-foot copper wire and can be placed however she wants.
COPPER STOCKS: On-warrant copper stocks available in LME-approved warehouses rose 5,600 tonnes to 260,725 tonnes, their highest since June 21.4.
PERU COPPER: Operations at Las Bambas, one of Peru's largest copper mines, are being affected by blocked roads disrupting supplies since Sept.
This, combined with copper use in electric cables and other EV infrastructure, will bring additional copper demand of 400,000 tonnes, said Wang.
TC/RCs are paid to copper smelters to refine concentrate into metal and are a key part of the copper refiners' income.
Cerro Colorado, in the extreme north of Chile's copper belt, in the Tarapacá region, yielded 65,000 tonnes of copper in fiscal 2017.
Freeport, the biggest U.S.-listed copper producer, suspended its annual dividend last year and made cuts to capital spending and copper output.
RIO: Rio Tinto , which runs the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, said its copper concentrate shipments to China had slowed.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange added 0.3 percent to $13,886 a tonne by 0720 GMT and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.6 percent at 47,560 yuan ($6,955.45) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER PRICES: Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) had dropped 103% to $210,21 a tonne by 26.8641 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) declined 0.2% to 47,660 yuan a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 12303 percent to $30,21 a tonne by 26.7287 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 48,880 yuan ($7,264.40) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 2000 percent to $1503,2150 a tonne by 21 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was almost flat at 26.7286,850 yuan ($7,260.05) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 26.9131% at $5,866.50 a tonne, as of 0814 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 0.4% at 46,480 yuan ($13,723.47) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.1% at $13,882.50 a tonne, as of 0400 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 0.3% at 46,540 yuan ($6,730.10) a tonne.
Tia Maria is expected to produce 120,000 tonnes of copper per year, one of a series of projects in the world's No. 2 copper producer that should add hundreds of thousands of tonnes to global copper supplies in coming years.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 14 percent to $26,21.1 a tonne by 22 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was up 2782 percent to 6.71553,26.7155 yuan ($21,26.7175) a tonne.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had climbed 1.1 percent to $6,019 a tonne by 0725 GMT, while the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.7 percent to 48,13 yuan ($7,004.11) a tonne.
SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - South Korea's LS Nikko Copper signed a contract with Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FQM) to buy 120,000 tonnes per year of copper concentrate for 15 years starting in 2020, the South Korean copper smelter said on Wednesday.
The premiums, to be paid on top of London Metal Exchange prices for delivery of copper cathodes, a basic form of copper used to make products such as copper rods and tubes, are seen as a benchmark for global contracts.
The new standards set minimum copper contents ranging from 99.9% for types of scrap including bare bright copper wire, commonly known as "barley" under Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) specifications, down to 94% for No. 3 copper scrap nodules.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.5% at $5,854 a tonne, as of 0712 GMT, and the most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave up 0.3% to 13,080 yuan ($6,688.55) a tonne.
COPPER/ZINC STOCKS: While copper and zinc stocks in LME-registered warehouses were fairly stable in July, stockpiles in Shanghai Futures Exchange storehouses fell, with copper down 213 percent at 2860,068 tonnes and zinc down 50 percent at 48,135 tonnes.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER DEFICIT: Analysts expect the copper market to face a deficit of 26.9817,000 tonnes this year, a Reuters poll showed, while the market showed a 33,000 tonnes deficit in October 2019, latest data by the International Copper Study Group showed.
Shahid Bahonar buys copper cathode and scrap from local suppliers in Iran and turns it into copper alloys, semi-finished and finished products.
The world No.1 copper producer told Reuters that it loses approximately 1,500 tonnes of copper output each day the mine is halted.
Chile's state-owned copper miner Codelco noted that a shortage of new mining equipment ended with the end of the copper price boom.
COPPER POSITIONING: Speculators' net short position in LME copper was equal to 2790.50% of open contracts as of Wednesday, brokers Marex Spectron said.
Even so, Jiangxi Copper is planning a plant in Malaysia that will process scrap into refined copper, for possible onward shipment to China.
The plant in Villingen in southern Germany produces strips from copper and copper alloys for the automotive, electrical engineering, electronics and construction industries.
Rio does not break out its copper profits separately, but its copper and diamonds division generated about 10 percent of its core profit.
COPPER SWINGS The nature of China's copper demand is also shifting, with a move toward ores and concentrates and away from refined products.
LME COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper was down 1.1 percent at $5891 a tonne, as of 13 GMT, as immediate supply threats eased.
Arrivals of copper concentrate, or partially processed copper ore, were 1.77 million tonnes last month, according to the General Administration of Customs data.
They covered a sheet of copper with chlorine atoms, a process in which the chlorine atoms naturally form a lattice above the copper.
Escondida, majority owned by BHP, produced slightly more than one million tonnes of copper in 2016, making it the world's largest copper mine.
Pretty Boy has been sleeping with, sitting on and massaging Copper since Copper was confined to a stall to prepare for her deliveries.
Copper Black looks good, thanks to its shining and contrasty copper edges, but it doesn't stand out nearly as much as Ocean Depths.
Enjoy the culinary benefits of copper without breaking the bank with the T-fal Ultimate Stainless Steel Copper Bottom 13-Piece Cookware Set.
Vedanta's Sterlite Copper smelter is one of only two major copper smelters in India and it had announced plans to double its capacity.
The strike follows labor disruptions at Peru's biggest copper mine, Cerro Verde, and Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, earlier this year.
Rather, the copper market, particularly the speculative part of it, seems to have started reassessing the prevailing copper narrative of chronic over-supply.
The Kakula Discovery is part of Ivanhoe's Kamoa Copper Project, which is thought to be the world's largest untouched high-grade copper discovery.
Many found cleaning the All-Clad Copper Core 10-Piece Set easy, but some found keeping the copper band shiny a tedious nuisance.
"Long-term copper fundamentals remain strong," Jacques, currently deputy chief executive and head of copper, said in a statement announcing the company's decision.
SHFE copper open interest experienced its own step-change in late 2011 and 2012 as more investment money flowed into the copper market.
Increasing Chinese exports would mark an abrupt turnaround in global copper trade flows as China's refined copper imports hit a record in 210.
COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell $6 a tonne, or 0.1 percent, to $6,133 a tonne by 0240 GMT.
There are two bathrooms, one of which has a large copper soaking tub, a wood toilet with a copper bowl and ornate fixtures.
Check out the pounded-copper earrings (88 lei), the array of copper bowls (350-193 lei), and leather-accented whisk brooms (22 lei).
South Africa exported copper worth $209 million in 2018, according to United Nations COMTRADE data, while China imported 25,000 tonnes of Zambian copper.
The Kakula discovery is part of Ivanhoe's Kamoa copper project, which is thought to be the world's largest untouched high-grade copper discovery.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper rose by 03% to $5714 a tonne by 0352 GMT, having fallen to its weakest since Sept.
China, the world's biggest copper consumer, will recategorise high-grade copper and aluminium scrap meeting certain standards as a resource from July 1.
Stocks of copper sitting in China's bonded warehouse zone have for several years dwarfed the amount of copper in the LME's storage system.
COPPER STOCKS: On-warrant copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses fell to 110,350 tonnes, the lowest since March, after 9270,325 tonnes of cancellations.
COPPER STOCKS: On-warrant copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses fell to 9233,350 tonnes, the lowest since March, after 8,325 tonnes of cancellations.
Copper mines in Arequipa operated by Southern Copper Corp and Freeport McMoRan Inc were unaffected by the quake, representatives of both companies said.
China's imports of unwrought copper and copper concentrate both fell by 18.7 percent month-on-month in October, albeit from bumper September volumes.
Chile's state copper commission Cochilco on Thursday forecast average copper prices of $2.15 per pound for 2016 and $2.20 per pound in 2017.
The world's largest publicly traded copper miner said it expected lower copper prices in the quarter and reduced revenue by about $85 million.
Copper is one of the most recycled of all metals—nearly all copper can be recycled and not lose any of its properties.
If you run a current though a circuit made from copper and bismuth metal wires, a temperature rise occurs at the point where the current passes from copper to bismuth, and a temperature drop occurs where the current passes from bismuth to copper.
TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Pan Pacific Copper, Japan's biggest copper smelter, said on Monday it expects copper prices to rise to $7,280 a tonne in 2018 and $7,720 a tonne in 2019, against $6,100/T in 2017, its executive said on Monday.
CHINA: China's unwrought copper imports surged to their highest in 2-1/2 years in September, while copper concentrate imports climbed to an all-time high as the world's top copper consumer's crackdown on scrap leaves it needing other forms of the metal.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: London copper was rising 2.7% so far this week, its best since March, while Shanghai copper rose as progress after China and the United States agreed to hold high level trade talks, reviving hopes for an end to a prolonged dispute.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: London copper was rising 2.5% so far this week, its best since June, while Shanghai copper rose as progress after China and the United States agreed to hold high level trade talks, reviving hopes for an end to a prolonged dispute.
"Asia Copper Week will be an important event this year as the copper industry faces a number of challenges," said Vanessa Davidson, director of copper research and strategy at CRU, citing Chinese restrictions on scrap imports and the need for mine investment.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's unwrought copper imports surged to their highest in 1203-1/2 years in September, while copper concentrate imports climbed an all-time high as the world's top copper consumer's crackdown on scrap leaves it needing other forms of the metal.
Copper lost 1.2 percent to $5,992 a tonne after China's overseas investment weakened and sentiment waned over demand in the world's top copper user.
Copper is particularly in demand for electrification and some of Anglo American's share price gains have resulted from its copper projects in Latin America.
A strike at the country's biggest copper smelter, which is Freeport's sole domestic buyer of copper concentrate, has added to pressure on the partnership.
Copper is not for the simple reason that there is not a lot of copper to finance, or at least not outside of China.
China consumes nearly 50 percent of the world's copper, so when its economy is on the rise, the price of copper tends to soar.
COPPER TECHNICALS: Fund investors were buying copper off the lows and technical resistance was around $5,675-$5,690, brokers Marex Specton said in a note.
COPPER POSITIONING/TECHNICALS: Speculators' net short in LME copper has expanded to 0.73% of open contracts, the most since October, brokers Marex Spectron said.
Miners pay smelters to process copper concentrate into refined metal, and terms of these deals are a key to the global copper industry's earnings.
FORCE MAJEURE: Guangxi Nanguo Copper smelter has declared force majeure on deliveries of copper concentrate as a result of the outbreak, sources told Reuters.
STOCKS: Rising copper stocks in LME approved warehouses -- at 22,0.43 tonnes and up 20.4% since late May -- are weighing on copper prices.
Copper constitutes the second biggest share of BHP's earnings and it has an operating stake in the world's biggest copper mine Escondida in Chile.
It is built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 2399 Mobile Platform with a two-day battery life and comes in Black/Copper and White/Copper.
It said it would separate its African copper business from copper operations in less risky parts of the world, including the Americas and Australia.
COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses jumped 212,2350 tonnes to 21.2,22 tonnes, the highest in a year, suggesting a better supplied market.
He employed electricity to drive chemical reactions in solutions (for example, releasing metallic copper from a solution of copper sulphate), a process called electrolysis.
COPPER POSITIONING/TECHNICALS: Speculators' net short in LME copper has expanded to 0.83% of open contracts, the most since October, brokers Marex Spectron said.
COPPER: Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closed down 2.2 percent at $6,830 a tonne after touching $6,782.50, the lowest since Oct. 42.
WORLD'S BIGGEST COPPER MINE The impact of China's rule changes on copper scrap is already feeding into the refined segment of the supply chain.
"Strong enquiries for copper in Asia, with deals done at $10 a tonne for Chilean copper in Korea," said broker Triland in a note.
The mine's output - it produced around 36,000 tonnes of copper in 2015 - is small by the standards of Chile, the world's top copper producer.
Arizona has been a major copper producer since the 19th century and 12 active copper mines in the state directly employ nearly 10,000 workers.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's copper production could jump by nearly 30 percent over the next 10 years, Chile's state copper agency Cochilco said on Monday.
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is not producing copper, the chief executive of the mining firm's owner Vedanta Resources said on Friday.
As a sign of further, gradual development of China's copper trading market, some analysts pointed to the emergence of more spot copper trading venues.
Copper prices touched a two-month peak earlier this week as workers at the world's largest copper mine, Escondida in Chile, voted to strike.
Copper rose on supply worries after the world's second-biggest copper mine said it could not deliver promised shipment due to export permit problems.
But if the copper mug you're drinking out of has a copper interior, maybe ask to switch to a glass just to be safe.
STOCKS: Rising copper stocks MCUSTX-TOTAL in LME-approved warehouses — at 21,22 tonnes and up 0.83% since late May — are weighing on copper prices.
In commodities, copper hit its highest levels since May 2015 after shipments from Chile and Indonesia, the world's two biggest copper mines, were disrupted.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: LME on-warrant copper inventories , or those available for delivery, fell to a two-month low of 27.0928,650 tonnes.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER STOCKS: LME on-warrant copper inventories , or those available for delivery, fell to a two-month low of 13,650 tonnes.
The use of copper as the surface material is directly related to his time in Chile, where he visited a number of copper mines.
COPPER INVENTORIES: Copper stocks in warehouses certified by the LME continued a steady trend of decline, shedding 123,212 tonnes to 2740,22019 tonnes.
As copper prices fell to three-year lows, the currency of the world's largest copper producer, Chile, dropped 113% to an all-time low.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 0.5% to $5,837.50 a tonne, its highest since Sept.
Via listed arm Jinchuan Group International Resources, Jinchuan also has copper and cobalt mines in Africa, where rival Jiangxi Copper is looking to invest.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 0.7% to $6,33 a tonne, its highest since May 8.
COPPER INVENTORIES: On-warrant inventories of copper in LME-registered warehouses slipped 675 tonnes to 194,200 tonnes, having grown by 33,000 tonnes last week.
COPPER INVENTORIES: On-warrant inventories of copper in LME-registered warehouses slipped 675 tonnes to 194,200 tonnes, having grown by 5503,000 tonnes last week.
COPPER: China's copper imports rose to 483,22 tonnes in November, up 2226% from the previous month to their highest in more than a year.
In other commodities, Rio Tinto stuck to a 251 target of 266,000-610,000 tonnes of mined copper and 225,000-265,513 tonnes of refined copper.
COPPER: China's copper imports rose to 2893,20.3 tonnes in November, up 217% from the previous month to their highest in more than a year.
Chile is the world's leading exporter of copper, accounting for one-quarter of world output, and copper prices climbed seven-fold 28503 to 22019.
Arrivals of unwrought copper, including anode, refined and semi-finished copper products into China, the world's top copper consumer, stood at 420,000 tonnes last month, the General Administration of Customs said, up from 326,000 tonnes in June but still down 7.1% from July 2018.
Residents from the area bordering Southern Copper Corp's $1.4 billion Tia Maria copper mine project in the south of Peru, which is the second largest copper producer in the world, began protesting on Monday with a blockade of a portion of Peru's main coastal highway.
COPPER: First Quantum Minerals Ltd fell as much as nearly 213% on Monday after the copper miner said it had adopted a poison pill takeover defense, nearly a month after China's Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd, agreed to pay $2820 billion to become its largest shareholder.
The solid outlook for copper coupled with Rio's desire to reduce its reliance on iron ore has prompted the miner to boost its copper assets.
The global market deficit for refined copper widened in April to 53,000 tonnes, from 18,000 tonnes in March, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said.
Las Bambas is one of Peru's biggest copper mines and produced 217,640 tonnes of copper in the first half of 2017, according to government data.
It used proprietary "Magnetic Field Architecture" which enabled its Hover Engines to float over a passive conductive surface (copper or aluminum, but copper works best).
The outcome is in line with an agreement by China's top integrated copper producer, Jiangxi Copper , and Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals over 2016 TC/RCs.
Prices were still supported by another disruption in copper supply at Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mine in Indonesia, the world's second-largest copper mine, Reuters reported.
Copper prices have soared in recent weeks amid fears of a supply disruption at Escondida, which produced 6 percent of the world's copper in 2015.
People pay so much attention to copper as a barometer that traders jokingly call it Dr. Copper, as if it has a PhD in economics.
The copper mining company said it expected to produce 20906,000 to 155,000 tonnes of copper cathode equivalent in 2016, up from 81,100 tonnes in 1573.
COPPER: Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closed up 1.7 percent at $6,330 a tonne after earlier touching $2040,21, its highest since May 22.
"The copper scrap import numbers were very low, so that does point to a tightening copper market over the course of the year," Hamilton said.
FUNDAMENTALS * SHANGHAI COPPER: The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell as much as 13 percent to 47,550 yuan ($6,989.15) a tonne.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Copper treatment charges fell to $57 a tonne on Monday, its lowest since November 13, according to latest data assessed by Asian Metal.
A copper foil sheet is used, along with argon gas, in a furnace to drive out oxygen that spits graphene onto the copper foil sheet.
The Chilean copper commission said earlier this week that BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, tripled its production in the first quarter of 2018.
China's commodities imports surged in July, with unwrought copper imports bouncing back after two months of declines and copper concentrate imports hitting a record high.
"We are going to work with copper mines and funds so we can secure our own supply," he told the Asia Copper Conference in Shanghai.
But on a weekly basis, London copper is heading for its sixth consecutive decline, while Shanghai copper is also bound for a fall this week.
An earlier road blockade at the site by an indigenous community in March and April disrupted the mine's copper concentrate exports and boosted copper prices.
A copper wiring device made up of roughly 60 intertwined individual copper wirings, wrapped in thick yellow rubber that had a serial number on it.
Southern Copper put its copper project Tia Maria on hold in 2015 after similar deadly protests by local residents and activists worried about environmental impacts.
COPPER POSITIONING: Speculative investors are betting on lower LME copper prices, with a small net short as of last Thursday, according to brokers Marex Spectron.
FUNDAMENTALS * LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed as much as 0.5 percent to $6,33 a tonne, the highest since Dec.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 33 percent to $6,363.50 a tonne by 0212 GMT, extending Thursday's 0.4 percent drop.
Additionally, to match Gaga's copper hair, the singer's makeup artist, Sarah Tanno, didn't skimp on the metallic colors, including copper lipstick and rosy pink eyeshadow.
"Copper is going to be central to the green revolution," Charlie Durant, a CRU analyst, said at the World Copper Conference this week in Santiago.
COPPER PREMIUMS: Yangshan copper import premiums SMM-CUYP-CN have been near $120 since late September, levels last seen in 2015 and indicating strong demand.
On its website, the EPA published a regulation in 1991 — known as the Lead and Copper Rule — to control lead and copper in drinking water.
World top copper miner Codelco said the $260 million contract with SNC-Lavalin had included engineering, supply and construction operations at its copper smelting plant.
In other metals, Rio's copper output jumped 32 percent to 159,700 tonnes in the quarter thanks to robust production from its Kennecott Utah Copper business.
In Indonesia, a strike at the country's biggest copper smelter, which is Freeport's sole domestic offtaker of copper concentrate, has added to the company's woes.
If approved, firms would be allowed to import copper concentrates with high levels of arsenic, a toxic element that is often found with copper ore.
Antofagasta needs access to water for the future development of its Zaldivar copper deposit, which is near BHP's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine.
The agreement is meant to end public anger over foreign ownership of Indonesia's biggest copper asset, which is also the world's second-biggest copper mine.
A strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile and a dispute over mining rights in Indonesia hit copper markets earlier in the year.
The company's copper production, up 12.5 percent from 2015, was boosted by higher output at its Centinela mine and additional copper from two new operations.
Copper hit a 4-1/2-year high on concerns over the potential that wage negotiations at the world's biggest copper mine could disrupt supply.
Barrick would be interested in copper and gold assets, and also in pure copper if it has a competitive advantage over traditional miners, he said.
Ward's most recent works, displayed in the penultimate room, are massive copper sheets perforated with holes, each with its own orbit of flatheaded copper nails.
The US Mint at the time was pressing coins made of zinc-plated steel instead of copper because copper was being rationed for wartime materials.
Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the neighborhood and a comfortable king-size bed with a copper frame flanked by hanging copper lights and night stands.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the LME rose 20.1% to $20.2,23 a tonne by 23 GMT, extending a 23% gain from the previous session.
FUNDAMENTALS * LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 0.5% to $5,837.50 a tonne, its highest since Sept.
COPPER: Copper was up 0.4 percent at $6,834 a tonne in official trading rings after dropping in the previous session to its weakest since Oct.
COPPER SUPPLY: MMG Ltd said copper production from its Las Bambas operation in Peru would be marginally below guidance due to a blockade by locals.
SMELTERS: Chinese refined copper production touched its lowest level in 20.1 months in January, according to an index based on satellite surveillance of copper plants.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the LME rose 23% to $23,33 a tonne by 23 GMT, extending a 21% gain from the previous session.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 22.4% at $20.9,20512, as of 23 GMT, after closing 23% firmer on Wednesday.
COPPER STOCKS: Headline copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses fell by 2300,21.3 tonnes to 21,1.33 tonnes, down 21.3% from August and the lowest since March.
COPPER STOCKS: Headline copper inventories in LME-registered warehouses fell by 21.3,21 tonnes to 0.13,20.1 tonnes, down 217% from August and the lowest since March.
Full-year copper output of Antofagasta, one of the world's top copper producers, however, came in at 770 kt - up 6.2% from a year earlier.
A copper and cobalt refinery in Zambia and copper mine in Namibia are set to halt activity in the next two months, union officials said.
A copper and cobalt refinery in Zambia and copper mine in Namibia are set to halt activity in the next two months, union official said.
Situated in the Atacama desert, Lomas Bayas is an open pit copper mine in Chile that produces about 75,000 tonnes of copper cathode a year.
In photovoltaic solar cells, for example, the European Copper Institute (ECI) states that copper is used in cabling, earthing, inverters and transformers, among other things.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange dipped 0.3% to $22350,230 by 231 GMT, after closing down 23% in the previous session.
On other minerals, the government is raising royalties on copper ore to 5% and has set royalties for copper concentrate at 4%, the regulations showed.
FUNDAMENTALS * COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.6% to $6,162 a tonne by 33 GMT, after ending down 0.4% on Friday.
The company said that average copper prices in the second quarter rose by 21 percent year on year, while copper sales fell by 7 percent.
For 2016, shipments of oil, iron ore, unwrought copper, copper concentrates and soybeans hit all-time highs, the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.
The copper smelters were, ostensibly, exposed to less of the cholera bacterium because their surroundings included a lot of copper that bacteria couldn't live on.
It was formed by heating quartz sand, copper, an alkali, and lime (or lime-heavy sand) into calcium copper silicate, a highly stable chemical compound.

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