Home Copper price rout could cause ructions in concentrates market The violent sell-off in copper prices over the past week could shake up supply and demand in the concentrates market, as knock-on effects are felt across the value chain. Chinese mines could halt production as output becomes unprofitable, while smelters could face substantial losses on any unhedged concentrates inventory they are holding, compounding lower revenues from cathode sales. Meanwhile,... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Mark Burton Metal NM March 14, 2014 12:27 GMT London Keywords Copper concentrates treatment and refining charges TC/RCs copper price rout Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}
