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ICSG predicts copper surplus for 2025
European trade group predicts copper output will exceed consumption by more than 285,000 metric tons in 2025 and notes rising Chinese inventory.
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Copper market navigation stress lingers
Miners and recyclers helped meet healthy copper demand last year, but price volatility seems poised to remain an issue.
Copper tariff talk causes price spike
A Trump administration investigation into copper imports has led to an after-hours rise of 20 cents per pound in Comex copper’s value.
Copper traders grapple with arbitrage activity
A sizable spike in copper’s Comex value compared with other global exchanges has American traders acting with caution.
Mueller enjoys rise in sales and income
Metals producer credits acquisitions for a 15 percent boost in net income in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared with the previous year.
Off to an uncertain start
Uncertainty fueled by the possibility of potential tariffs and trade wars continues to affect nonferrous metal flows, values, consumption and demand.
Bright contrast in a dim setting
Nonferrous recycled metals were the bright stars in a sometimes gloomy year for recyclers of other materials.
The Scrap Show: Johnnie Jr., Roger and Marcie Rodriguez, Comal Iron & Metals
Marcie Rodriguez, CEO of New Braunfels, Texas-based Comal Iron & Metals, is joined by Roger Rodriguez, director of operations, and Johnnie Rodriguez Jr., nonferrous manager, to discuss the family-owned and -operated company's growth over the last 55 years.
Mayhem in May
We look at how two weeks in May affected months of copper trading and the market expectations moving forward.
Copper speculators might have retreated from the market
Commodities analysts say August pricing seems more directly tied to the red metal’s supply and demand situation.
LME sees opportunities in the US
A market development specialist at the exchange says 25 percent of the LME’s business originates in North America and it sees lead and ferrous scrap as offering growth potential.
