Long order negotiation results "settled" spot copper concentrate to maintain 60 low operation [SMM Copper Weekly report selection]

Published: Dec 18, 2021 10:47 (GMT+8)
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[SMM Copper Weekly selected: long order negotiation results "settled" spot copper concentrate to maintain 60 low operation] as of Friday (December 17), the SMM imported copper concentrate index (week) was 60.75 US dollars / ton, slightly lower than the previous December 10 index of 0.15 US dollars / ton. Market transactions are still mainly between mines and smelters, mining traders rarely participate in transactions, sporadic January shipment spot, Mainly shipped in February and March. Many mining traders said that in the near future, long order negotiations are still the main core. At the same time, most smelters have ample inventories, curbing the overall activity of the spot market.

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As of Friday (December 17), the SMM imported copper concentrate index (week) was 60.75 US dollars / ton, slightly lower than the previous December 10 index of 0.15 US dollars / ton. Market transactions are still mainly between mines and smelters, with little participation of mining traders, with sporadic January shipment and spot shipment in February and March. Many mining traders said that in the near future, long order negotiations are still the main core. At the same time, most smelters have ample inventories, curbing the overall activity of the spot market.

On Thursday, the domestic smelters and Freeport with Jiangxi Copper, China Copper, Tongling Nonferrous Metals and Jinchuan Group as the core finalised the 2022 copper concentrate processing fee Benchmark at 65 US dollars / ton and 6.50 cents / lb, up 5.50 U.S. dollars / ton and 0.55 cents / lb compared with 59.5 U.S. dollars / ton and 5.95 cents / lb in 2021. Reflect that buyers and sellers finally reached a looser situation in the copper concentrate market in 2022 than in 2021, and it also gives some relief to the smelter pressure in the long order negotiations with mining traders, because of the difference of Package, the long order between mining traders and smelters, and the processing fees of both sides are mostly located in the annual Benchmark deduction of 2-8 US dollars / ton.

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