Copper prices continue to fall from a nine-month high.
According to the Zhihui Finance APP, copper prices continue to fall from a nine-month high as market forecasts suggest that the supply chaos caused by USA tariffs may end sooner than expected. Copper prices have fallen for the third consecutive day and may see a slight decline this week. Previously, it was reported that the US government plans to impose tariffs on imported copper in a few weeks (rather than the several months that was generally expected). The earlier implementation of tariffs has left traders with almost no time to shift more copper to the USA.
Fan Rui, an Analyst at Guoyuan Futures, stated: "The rapid decline in copper prices is due to the arbitrage trade of shipping copper to the USA coming to an end quickly." However, the potential risk of production cuts in China could limit the decline in copper prices.
One of China's largest smelting companies, Jiangxi Copper (00358), plans to continue producing more refined products this year. However, the company believes that some domestic peers may reduce production after processing fees fall significantly.
Jiangxi Copper announced on Thursday that refined copper production will increase by 3% to 2.37 million tons by 2025. Due to intense competition resulting in decreased profit margins in processing and manufacturing businesses, its Net income was slightly below Analyst expectations.
On Friday, LME copper prices fell 0.4% to $9,804 per ton, while reaching the highest level since June of last year on Wednesday. Other Metals mostly declined, with Aluminum prices dropping 0.5%, marking the seventh consecutive day of decline.
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