China’s top copper miner to ramp up output as supply risks mount
China’s leading copper miner raised its output guidance at a time when prices have been rallying toward a record on expected deficits.
Zijin Mining Group aims to boost mined copper production to 1.22-million tons in 2025, up 4% from a previous target, according to a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange late Thursday.
Output for 2028 would surge to between 1.5-and 1.6-million tons, it said, which would be up about 50% from 2023.
The Fujian-based company said it made the revisions given its positive fundamentals and the potential to increase capacity. Zijin will accelerate development of existing mines in Tibet, Congo and Serbia while also sourcing big mining projects globally, it added.
Global copper prices are near all-time highs as aging mines are predicted to struggle to keep pace with demand fueled by the world’s green transition. The market has tightened significantly this year following the sudden shutdown of First Quantum Minerals’ Cobre Panama mine and a cut to output guidance by Anglo American.
Zijin also revised down its lithium carbonate output to 100 000 t in 2025 from 120 000 t previously, in response to plunging prices, it said in a separate statement on WeChat.
Meanwhile, its mined output of gold will increase to 85 t in 2025 and to 100 t to 110 t in 2028, from 68 t in 2023, it said.
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