Copper Surges to All-Time High as Tariff Turmoil Rocks Market
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Copper touches record high, focus on tight supplies outside US
Copper prices hit a record high as concerns over shortages outside the US boosted buying, while a weaker dollar supported metals. LME copper touched $14,533 a metric ton, surpassing its January peak. Falling Shanghai stocks and strong US inventories highlighted the growing divergence in global copper supplies.
Driven by the possible introduction of new tariffs in the United States and by fears of insufficient production, the price of copper reached new highs on Monday on the London Metal Exchange.
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The Copper Chart Causing Alarm Copper futures in London continue to move higher, once again approaching record highs, as US buyers purchase record volumes from the seaborne market, with imports reaching 200,000 tons in July. A phased US tariff would keep that buying in motion for longer, further tightening the ex-US market and limiting any near-term price correction in London trading. Rafael Barcellos, head of Latin American Metals & Mining and …
Movement is driven by the expectation that President Donald Trump will expand tariffs for imports of refined metal
Copper reached its highest price in history on the London Metal Exchange after a several-week upward streak driven by the expectation that President Donald Trump will extend US tariffs on refined metal imports.The three-month reference futures in the LME rose to 0.8%, contributing to US$14,533 per ton, surpassing the previous record set in January.The 17% advance of metal over the past year has been driven by a long-term mismatch between supply …
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