Crisis in the copper chain: innovation, geopolitics and Australia's role

Copper Crisis: Why the U.S. Must Act Now to Save Its Copper Industry - Coalition For A Prosperous America

KEY POINTS U.S. copper mills are facing a crisis as traders take advantage of higher relative prices in the United States for refined copper.The disparity between U.S. and global copper prices has raised input costs for domestic mills—which are indexed to the higher prices in the U.S.— relative to imports of semi-finished copper sheet, strip, plate, and bar, which are priced at the lower, global price.Chinese state-back…

Crisis in the copper chain: innovation, geopolitics and Australia's role

A widening demand-supply gap in the copper market is driving innovations to help miners go deeper, and further, than before.The post Crisis in the copper chain: innovation, geopolitics and Australia’s role appeared first on Mining Technology.