Price of Copper Braces for H2 2025: Demand Jitters Coming?

A long presentation regarding its regular publication had the quarterly report that the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), usually makes on copper market trends. The report of the first three months of 2025 was affected by the volatility that affected copper, amid the commercial war announcements of the president of the United States, Donald Trump. However, its projections brought positive news for the price of copper, as the projection for t…

Price of Copper Braces for H2 2025: Demand Jitters Coming?

Copper prices are entering the second half of 2025 on a knife’s edge. After a roller-coaster first half that included soaring to record highs in March only to plunge weeks later, the outlook for the price of copper remains clouded by dueling forces. On the one hand, robust long-term demand drivers like electrification and EVs […]

The Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) announced on Wednesday the Report of Trends of the Copper Market, corresponding to the first quarter of this year, with projections of price, demand and supply of metal for the years 2025 and 2026. Mining Minister Aurora Williams announced that Cochilco raised the price projection [...] The entry Cochilco raises to US$4.30 the pound of copper for 2026 was first published in Desenfoque.cl.

Glencore will send to China the most dominant and least desirable copper of the LMEChile raised its price projections for copper this year and the next due to the decrease in the tensions of the trade war and supply interruptions, which indicate that the market is entering a deficit.The Chilean Copper Commission, Cochilco, expects prices to average US$ 4.30 per pound this year and the next, compared to its previous forecast of US$ 4.25 for both …