China Copper imports fall 10.9% in May

From scrapregister.com

China’s unwrought copper imports fell 10.9% from the previous month to 361,000 tonnes in May, according to official customs data. Arrivals of unwrought copper, including anode, refined and semi-finished copper products were down from 405,000 tonnes in April and down 23.2% from 470,000 tonnes in May 2018. For the first five months of the year, imports came to 1.95 million tonnes, down 9.4%, the General Administration of Customs data showed. Imports of copper concentrate, or partially processed copper ore, were 1.84 million tonnes last month, customs said. That was up 10.8% from 1.66 million tonnes in April and up ... (full story)