China’s copper boom under threat as miners test bargaining power | Metals Mine

  • China’s copper boom under threat as miners test bargaining power

    From miningweekly.com

    The unrelenting expansion of Chinese copper processing capacity over the past few years has now become a global headache, as smelters scramble to secure the ore they need to produce the vital industrial metal. Output in the world’s top producer of the refined metal has ballooned to a record this year, even in the face of trade tensions wars that are clouding the outlook for demand. The resulting competition has handed bargaining power to some of the world’s largest miners. Copper treatment charges, typically a key earner for processors, have plunged deep below zero on the spot market. Chilean miner Antofagasta ... (full story)

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