Copper Slips as Chile Supply, China Demand Weigh
Copper futures eased on Thursday, August 20 as investors weighed strained Chilean output against softer global factory signals. The US-listed CPER tracker close The post Copper Slips as Chile Supply, China Demand Weigh appeared first on The Rio Times .
Copper prices slipped on August 20 as investors balanced Chile's mining output issues with softer demand from China, according to the latest Reuters report. The global benchmark settled at US$6.48 per pound, a 0.11% decrease from the previous day, while the CPER fund, which tracks copper futures, closed at US$39.35, a 0.10% decline.
Chile and Peru together supply more than a third of the world's copper, making their production fluctuations highly impactful. While Chilean miners like Southern Copper rose and Freeport-McMoRan climbed, the futures contract's decline indicated investors anticipated longer-term supply constraints. The gap between commodity prices and producer stock prices highlighted the market's belief that structural demand issues, particularly from China's factories and the energy transition, would drive copper prices higher in the long run.
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