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Copper: US$13,992/t (US$13.99/kg), LME official cash, 10 November. LME three-month US$13,805/t (US$13.81/kg) and COMEX about US$13,780/t (US$13.78/kg), 11 November. Market overview Copper posted its biggest weekly fall since March as the US midterm elections undercut two pillars of this year’s rally: the refined-copper tariff trade and the AI data-centre story. The LME official cash price […]

    Copper firms to a two-week high as IMARC turns the spotlight on getting mines built faster Copper: US$14.68/kg (US$14,678/t) on COMEX, 28 October settlement; LME three-month about US$14,430–14,490/t (27–28 October) COMEX December copper settled at US$14.68/kg on 28 October, up about 1.2% on the week and 4% above the 22 October low of […]

Copper steadies near US$14,400/t as LME Week bulls meet rising stocks Copper: US$14,357/t LME three-month and US$14,540/t LME cash (20 October settlement); US$14.46/kg on COMEX (21 October) London’s three-month contract traded around US$14,364/t late on 21 October, down 0.4% on the day and about 3.4% below the 10 September record of US$14,875/t. COMEX settled at […]

  Copper slips from a midday high of US$14,741/t to US$14,436/t as hot US inflation offsets Chile supply risk Copper: US$14,741/t LME official, US$14,436/t LME close, US$14.57/kg on COMEX LME copper set an official cash price of US$14,741/t at midday on 14 October. It then sold off after a hotter US inflation print lifted the […]

  International Copper Association Australia · 9 October 2026 Copper: about US$14,400/t on COMEX, US$14,526/t on LME Copper ended a choppy week firmer in London and flat in New York. Chinese buyers returned from Golden Week on 8 October, a day after a strike began at Chile’s Centinela mine. LME three-month traded up to US$14,646.50/t, […]

  Copper: about US$14,370/t on COMEX, US$14,250/t on LME Copper ends the week near a two-week low. COMEX is about 3% lower on the week, and LME closed at US$14,253.50/t on 1 October, about 4% below its September record. A fading US tariff premium and a hawkish Fed outweighed fresh supply risk in Chile, where […]

  Market Overview Copper climbed back to record territory this week, then eased as the Federal Reserve outlook took over. The rebound followed a sharp mid-month correction. On 14 September, LME three-month copper dropped to a session low of US$14,018.50/t, its weakest level since 20 August. It later touched US$13,958/t (US$13.96/kg), about 6% below the […]

  New geological insights from Geoscience Australia’s Delamerian Project have strengthened the case for South Australia as a major future source of copper, gold and critical minerals, highlighting the prospectivity of a vast, largely undercover region extending across South Australia and neighbouring states. By integrating extensive geochemical, geophysical and drilling datasets, the project delivers a […]

  Market Overview Copper spent the week consolidating below US$14,100/t after last Thursday’s sharp reversal from a record US$14,875/t (US$14.88/kg), as the market priced a growing probability that the US refined-copper tariff will be delayed or shelved. Benchmark three-month LME copper opened the week at US$14,065/t (US$14.07/kg), down 1.2% on Monday, and touched US$14,018.50/t, its […]

Market Overview Copper set fresh records this week before retreating sharply as doubts emerged over the US tariff plan that has distorted global inventories and pricing. LME three-month copper broke January’s previous high on Monday, reached US$14,779/t on Tuesday and touched US$14,875/t early on Thursday. It then fell 3.1% to US$14,312/t after Reuters reported that […]