Off-Season Continues, Production Enthusiasm at Copper Billet Enterprises Dampened.

Published: Aug 14, 2026 10:49

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[SMM Brass Billet Flash] The traditional off-season of the downstream copper billet industry continued. Orders from end-use industries showed no notable improvement, and only small-volume restocking on demand was maintained. Destocking of finished brass billet products was slow, and finished product inventories at sampled enterprises stood at 5.14 days this week, up slightly WoW. As copper prices continued to climb, raw material costs for brass billet processing enterprises rose; however, product price pass-through lagged, corporate profits were continuously squeezed, and the production enthusiasm of most enterprises was dampened.

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