SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) - Prices of #1 bare bright copper without invoices averaged 62,660 yuan/mt as of Friday March 24, down 180 yuan/mt from a week earlier. The average price spread between copper cathode and copper scrap expanded 130 yuan/mt to 1,772 yuan/mt. Higher copper prices and low absolute prices of copper scrap incentivised purchases by copper rod factories using copper scrap as raw materials.
For copper scrap, cif quotes for #1 copper scrap were Comex July copper less $0.09-0.13/lb, and offers for birch/cliff were Comex July copper less $0.22-0.24/lb. The coefficient for US brass against LME copper was 67.25%-68.5%, with the fixed prices of $5,900-6,000/mt. The coefficient for copper granules (Cu 98.5%) against LME copper was 95.5%-96% on a cif basis, and the coefficient for bare bright copper against LME copper at 97.75%-98.5%, on a cif basis.

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