Supplies of copper scrap increased last week as sellers sold cargoes actively. Meanwhile, demand from downstream copper semis producers using copper scrap weakened, leaving ample supply of high-quality copper scrap in the market. Most of copper rod plants using copper scrap could sustain their production for 5-6 days with existing inventories, which increased some 300 mt from the prior week.
Due to the slow recovery of real estate consumption, orders for copper rods produced with copper scrap underperformed the same period in previous years. If the end-user consumption fails to improve in the near term, the demand for high-grade copper scrap will fall. The resultant shipments of high-grade copper scrap to smelters will cap price gains.

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