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LME Copper contracts trade on the London Metal Exchange, which began trading in the metal at the start of the exchange in 1877. [1] The contracts require physical delivery of the asset for settlement, and deliverable assets for the contracts are 25 tonnes of Grade A copper cathode. The contracts prices are quoted in US dollars per tonne.
Price of copper 1959-2022 A copper nugget. The State Reserves Bureau copper scandal refers to a loss of approximately US$150 million as a result of trading LME Copper futures contracts at the London Metal Exchange (LME) by rogue trader Liu Qibing, who was the chief trader for the Import and Export Department of the State Regulation Centre for Supply Reserves (SRCSR), the trading agency for the ...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a futures and forwards exchange in London, United Kingdom with the world's largest market [1] in standardised forward contracts, futures contracts and options on base metals. The exchange also offers contracts on ferrous metals and precious metals. [2] The company also allows for cash trading.
Chile's Codelco, the world's biggest copper miner, has agreed a record benchmark premium for European buyers at $234 a tonne for 2023, up 83% from this year, two copper industry sources said.
"But I go back to the 2000s, I was bullish on oil then as I am on copper today," he added, recalling that crude shot up from $20 to $140 per barrel at the time. "So the upside on copper here is ...
Codelco's principal product is cathode copper. It is also one of the world's largest molybdenum producers, producing 27,857 fine metric tons in 2007, and is a large producer of rhenium , of which Chile is the world's largest producer.
The Nkana Copper Refinery produces electrolytically refined copper in the form of cathodes. [22] The copper meets the LME premium quality grade. [22] The tankhouse has a capacity of about 180,000 tons of finished copper per annum. [22] It has been expanded to accommodate the increased anode production from the Nchanga smelter. [28]
Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.