Protests in Peru are showing signs of easing. The government of Peru, the second-largest producer of copper and zinc, expects stranded copper and zinc shipments to start returning to normal as roadblocks are largely cleared.
According to Bloomberg, the Peruvian government expects shipments of these goods to begin to normalise within days as the country's worst street protests in decades ease.


![Widening Price Spread Between Futures Contracts, Weak Downstream Consumption, Spot Premiums Continue to Fall [SMM South China Spot Copper Cathode Weekly Review]](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/oeWiG20251217171714.jpeg)
