Copper concentrate TCs stay flat amid quiet trading

Nuode (600110) disclosed its semi-annual report on July 30. H1 revenue was 6.433 billion yuan, up 113.33% YoY;net profit attributable to shareholders of the publicly listed firm was 103 million yuan, versus a loss of 72.4329 million yuan in the same period last year, marking a turnaround to profitability YoY; basic earnings per share was 0.0598 yuan.During the reporting period, the supply-demand pattern of the lithium battery copper foil industry experienced a complete reversal:outdated low-end capacity continued to exit the market, the rollout of new capacity in the industry slowed down, and combined with the surge in demand from both power batteries and energy storage, copper foil processing fees bottomed out. Leveraging its differentiated product portfolio of ultra-thin lithium battery copper foil and high-end electronic copper foil, the company successfully achieved a turnaround to profitability, with overall profitability improving significantly QoQ and YoY.

Presiden Korea Selatan Lee Jae-myung dan Presiden Chili Jose Antonio Kast menggelar pertemuan puncak di Santiago, dan pada hari Kamis kedua negara menandatangani lima nota kesepahaman, termasuk dokumen kerja sama sumber daya mineral yang bertujuan memperdalam kerja sama di rantai pasok litium dan tembaga. Lee Jae-myung menyatakan bahwa kedua negara merupakan "mitra alami dan ideal" di bidang mineral penting. Ia menekankan bahwa Chili adalah produsen tembaga terbesar di dunia dan memiliki cadangan litium terbesar di dunia, sementara Korea Selatan memiliki keunggulan terdepan global dalam industri mutakhir seperti semikonduktor dan baterai daya. Perjanjian kerja sama mineral ini mengangkat kerja sama bilateral terkait ke tingkat menteri, dan berencana memperluas kerja sama seluruh rantai industri untuk sumber daya inti seperti litium dan tembaga, yang mencakup berbagi informasi, kerja sama teknologi, serta pertukaran personel.

Institut Statistik Nasional Chili (INE) mengatakan pada hari Jumat bahwa produksi tembaga di produsen terbesar dunia, Chili, naik 5,1% YoY menjadi 447.294 ton pada bulan Juni.