MCX Copper Tips For Today: Copper prices breaking above $849 signal a bullish breakout, driven by strong market dynamics. This move suggests robust demand, likely fueled by global industrial growth, particularly in sectors like construction, electronics, and renewable energy, where copper is a key component. Supply constraints, such as disruptions in major copper-producing regions like Chile or Peru, or reduced output from mines due to labor or environmental issues, could further tighten the market, pushing prices higher. Additionally, macroeconomic factors, including a weaker U.S. dollar or increased infrastructure spending in major economies like China, may amplify this upward momentum.
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Copper has continues to retreat from its nine-month high
Meanwhile, Copper has continued to retreat from its nine-month high as expectations for the ex-US tightness are retreating following reports earlier this week that US tariffs on Copper imports could be imposed within weeks, not months.
Producers are responding to the expected increase in demand
“In the second quarter, however, production did not increase compared to the second quarter of last year. As a result, primary Copper production from ores has increased more than mining production over the last three months. This is likely to lead to more subdued production of refined Copper in the coming months, as this will put pressure on the margins of Copper smelters.”
Surging Copper Demand Will Complicate the Clean Energy Boom
Copper is one of the essential elements of today’s economy, and tomorrow’s. It’s in the turbines and solar modules that generate electrons, the transmission and distribution lines that carry electricity to consumers, the home wiring that delivers it to dishwashers and iPhones, and the motors that move everything from elevators to electric bicycles.
Copper Demand Continues to Outstrip Supply | Neal Bhai
Copper Demand: In the late-August copper price forecast update it was noted that “the shifting narrative around the supply-demand picture has created an opportunity whereby copper traders may be able to retake the pandemic uptrend, which would keep intact the prospect of a multi-month bull flag forming – and if viable, another jaunt to all-time highs.”
