Home Shanghai copper import arb turns positive after 11-month hiatus China’s copper import arbitrage window has opened for the first time since last November as a raft of post-holiday buying interest boosted demand for bringing cathodes into the country. The Metal Bulletin arbitrage calculator indicates that market participants can make $61 per tonne profit on Thursday October 12 by bringing physical copper into China from the Shanghai bonded zone, having been at $24.87 on Wednesday. Chinese demand for refined copper imports has been comparatively sluggish so... 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 To view this content, please take a free trial or subscribe to our service in just a few steps. Already registered? Log in Discover what Metal Bulletin has to offer with a FREE 7 day trial: View a sample of all 1,000+ prices Access the past month's market insights No commitment Try our global metal company database Get free access now Subscribe now to get access to Metal Bulletin: 1,000+ metals prices and premiums including key industry benchmarks Prices analysis tool Live news and breaking news alerts Contact information for 11,500+ companies Subscribe now Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 subs@metalbulletin.com Published Archie Hunter October 12, 2017 11:37 GMT London Keywords China copper copper arbitrage Chinese copper cathode imports Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}