China's production of refined copper rises 5.8% on year in H1: NBS

SHANGHAI, Jul 16 (SMM) – China produced 800,000 mt of refined copper in June, up 11.8% from a year ago, after the reading fell 5.2% year on year in May, showed data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday July 16. 

This brought output in the first six months to 4.52 million mt, up 5.8% from the same period last year.

NBS data also showed that China’s output of copper materials grew 13.4% from a year ago and stood at 1.75 million mt in June, accelerating from a rise of 9.9% in May. 

Production of copper materials in the first half of the year posted 9.06 million mt, up 12.7% year on year.