Copper Market Report December 2015
2016-01-06 18:44:38 【Print】
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Contents
Introduction 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 Copper futures on LME go up 3
1.2 Copper inventories on LME continue to decline 3
2 Chinese domestic market review 3
2.1 Copper prices edge up 3
2.2 Spot copper concentrate prices climb 4
2.3 Trading in copper rod market improves 5
2.4 Copper scrap trading still slow 5
3 Monthly production data 5
3.1 Global refined copper output analysis 5
3.1.1 Global refined copper market in surplus by 266,000t in Jan-Oct 5
3.2 Chinese copper product analysis 5
3.2.1 Operating rate of China’s copper rod plants falls to 74.4% in December 6
3.2.2 Copper rod stocks in main Chinese plants up by 4.6% MOM in late December 6
4 Import data 7
4.1 China’s copper imports up by 4.43% MOM in November 7
4.2 China’s copper ore and concentrate imports up by 36.5% MOM in November 8
4.3 Chinese imports of copper products up by 6.23% MOM in November 10
4.4 Chinese imports of copper scraps up by 3.19% MOM in November 10
5 Company news 12
5.1 Copper refineries 12
5.1.1 Chifeng Jinjian Copper to produce 135,000t of copper in 2015 12
5.1.2 Shuikoushan Nonferrous’s 100,000tpy copper project to come on stream in March 2016 12
5.1.3 Bayannur Western Copper Product likely to resume copper production in January 12
5.2 Copper rod plants 12
5.2.1 Nanhai Copper’s 320,000tpy copper rod project to come on stream in March 12
5.2.2 Shengxiang Copper starts trial production of copper rod in early December 12
5.2.3 Quanwei Tongling Copper to produce 150,000t of copper rod in 2015 12
5.2.4 Jiangrun Copper to produce 620,000t of copper rod in 2015 13
6 Related industry developments 13
6.1 China’s real estate development investment up by 1.3% YOY in Jan-Nov 13
6.2 China’s investment growth in power grid during Jan-Nov up by 11.3% YOY 13
7 Outlook for January 13
Introduction 3
1 International market review 3
1.1 Copper futures on LME go up 3
1.2 Copper inventories on LME continue to decline 3
2 Chinese domestic market review 3
2.1 Copper prices edge up 3
2.2 Spot copper concentrate prices climb 4
2.3 Trading in copper rod market improves 5
2.4 Copper scrap trading still slow 5
3 Monthly production data 5
3.1 Global refined copper output analysis 5
3.1.1 Global refined copper market in surplus by 266,000t in Jan-Oct 5
3.2 Chinese copper product analysis 5
3.2.1 Operating rate of China’s copper rod plants falls to 74.4% in December 6
3.2.2 Copper rod stocks in main Chinese plants up by 4.6% MOM in late December 6
4 Import data 7
4.1 China’s copper imports up by 4.43% MOM in November 7
4.2 China’s copper ore and concentrate imports up by 36.5% MOM in November 8
4.3 Chinese imports of copper products up by 6.23% MOM in November 10
4.4 Chinese imports of copper scraps up by 3.19% MOM in November 10
5 Company news 12
5.1 Copper refineries 12
5.1.1 Chifeng Jinjian Copper to produce 135,000t of copper in 2015 12
5.1.2 Shuikoushan Nonferrous’s 100,000tpy copper project to come on stream in March 2016 12
5.1.3 Bayannur Western Copper Product likely to resume copper production in January 12
5.2 Copper rod plants 12
5.2.1 Nanhai Copper’s 320,000tpy copper rod project to come on stream in March 12
5.2.2 Shengxiang Copper starts trial production of copper rod in early December 12
5.2.3 Quanwei Tongling Copper to produce 150,000t of copper rod in 2015 12
5.2.4 Jiangrun Copper to produce 620,000t of copper rod in 2015 13
6 Related industry developments 13
6.1 China’s real estate development investment up by 1.3% YOY in Jan-Nov 13
6.2 China’s investment growth in power grid during Jan-Nov up by 11.3% YOY 13
7 Outlook for January 13
