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[SMM Analysis] When Southeast Asia Shuts Its Doors:Can the Middle East Take Over the Role of Copper Scrap Processing Hub?
Nov 11, 2025 23:23
The global copper scrap trade is entering a new cycle of restructuring. Over the past decade, the global trade network for copper scrap has been highly dependent on China. However, since China implemented the Solid Waste Import Ban in 2018, the global supply chain has been forced to reorganize, and a large volume of copper scrap has been redirected to Southeast Asian countries. By 2020, as Southeast Asian countries gradually tightened import controls, the global copper scrap market ongoing a “second phase of flow rebalancing.”
Spot premiums/discounts held steady, with the market maintaining a mediocre pattern. [SMM North China Spot Copper]
In North China today, spot #1 copper cathode prices against the front-month contract were at a discount of 160-120 yuan/mt, averaging a discount of 140 yuan/mt, unchanged from the previous trading day. Transaction prices ranged from 86,490 to 86,710 yuan/mt, with the average price at 86,600 yuan/mt, up 30 yuan/mt from the previous trading day.
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Nov 12, 2025 10:07
U.S. Government Shutdown Expected to End, LME Copper Fluctuated and Closed Lower Overnight [SMM Copper Morning Meeting Minutes]
SMM Morning Meeting Minutes: LME copper opened at $10,824/mt overnight, initially touched a low of $10,801/mt before rising straight to a high of $10,871/mt, then moved sideways and finally closed at $10,840/mt, down 0.32%, with trading volume reaching 13,000 lots and open interest at 324,000 lots. The most-traded SHFE copper 2512 contract opened at 86,590 yuan/mt overnight, touched a high of 87,050 yuan/mt early in the session, then fell all the way to a low of 86,530 yuan/mt near the close, and finally settled at 86,770 yuan/mt, up 0.08%, with trading volume at 31,000 lots and open interest at 205,000 lots.
Nov 12, 2025 09:06
[SMM Analysis] When Southeast Asia Shuts Its Doors:Can the Middle East Take Over the Role of Copper Scrap Processing Hub?
The global copper scrap trade is entering a new cycle of restructuring. Over the past decade, the global trade network for copper scrap has been highly dependent on China. However, since China implemented the Solid Waste Import Ban in 2018, the global supply chain has been forced to reorganize, and a large volume of copper scrap has been redirected to Southeast Asian countries. By 2020, as Southeast Asian countries gradually tightened import controls, the global copper scrap market ongoing a “second phase of flow rebalancing.”
Nov 11, 2025 23:23
China's Copper Foil Industry Operating Rate Continues to Climb, Full-Year Prosperity Expected [SMM Analysis]
SMM Analysis: According to SMM, the operating rate of China's copper foil enterprises reached 84.22% in October 2025, up 2.05 percentage points MoM and up 8.61 percentage points YoY...
Nov 11, 2025 18:29
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